# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666 "2014-06-26T02:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 256
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5101 "2016-01-27T00:20:14Z")
Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Demons crawl in search of blood To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5102 "2016-01-27T03:09:23Z")
I’m your night prowler, asleep in the day Night prowler, get outta my way I’m the prowler, watch out tonight Yes I’m your night prowler, when you turn out the light ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5103 "2016-01-27T03:36:36Z")
Shame on the night For places I’ve been and what I’ve seen For giving me the strangest dreams But you never let me know just what they mean And oh oh, so shame on the night ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5104 "2016-01-27T09:39:09Z")
We were running with the night Playing in the shadows Just you and I 'Til the morning light We were running Running with the night ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5105 "2016-01-27T16:35:35Z")
I can see the lights in the distance Trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing A waltz on All Souls Night Figures of cornstalks bend in the shadows Held up tall as the flames leap high The Green Knight holds the holly bush To mark where the old year passes by ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5106 "2016-01-27T22:56:14Z")
As the moon climbs high o’er the dead oak tree Spooks arrive for the midnight spree Creepy creeps with eerie eyes Start to shriek and harmonize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize [I just found out that the phrase “Grim Grinning Ghost” is originally from Shakespeare. Who knew?] ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5107 "2016-01-28T02:28:41Z")
Look, he’s crawling up my wall Black and hairy, very small Now he’s up above my head Hanging by a little thread Boris the spider Boris the spider Creepy, crawly Creepy, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5108 "2016-01-28T03:20:02Z")
Go now, you’ve been set free. Another month or so you’ll be poisoning me With your lovely smile. I see you slither away with your skin and your tail, Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales Like a real reptile. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5109 "2016-01-28T04:38:03Z")
I saw a girl; she reminded me of you she did the things that a girl like you might do her body was green & she had two vicious jaws she polished her mate as she kissed him with her claws I’ll survive it was on TV she had six strong legs & it frightened me she had insect eyes but i could still see that the look she gave him you give to me i feel like a praying mantis ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5110 "2016-01-28T14:00:42Z")
And I really got hot When I saw Janette Scott Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5111 "2016-01-29T02:18:43Z")
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around. She’s pretty as a daisy. But look out man she’s crazy. She’ll really do you in ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5112 "2016-01-29T03:30:31Z")
Took me to her crib that night, leather and spikes Broke out the rope and the dope strobe-light And started buggin’, lightin’ candles all over the room Then she did a backflip, landed on my dick I knew that I would be dead soon This girl tried to kill me, she didn’t use a gun or a knife This girl tried to kill me, took me within a inch of my life ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5113 "2016-01-29T14:05:01Z")
Cut in two, that’s the kind of axe I’m grinding (he was not perfect, nor had he ever claimed to be) Cut in two, that’s the kind of sleep I’m getting (enraptured, drifting) (all hail Mr. Sparks and toothpullers!) Cut in two, that’s the kind of love I’m making (reckon myself) (schoolmasters) Cut in two, that’s the kind of life I’m having (smoke from the distant chimneys) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5114 "2016-01-29T15:41:32Z")
Maybe we could last an hour Maybe then we’d see right through Always something breaking us in two ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5115 "2016-01-29T19:11:00Z")
I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It’s gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5116 "2016-01-29T21:05:49Z")
Smokey rooms, minds out of tune Lights go down on the time spent with you Time moves into place, my memories fade Is all I can see so true? You treat me like a fool. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5117 "2016-01-30T01:36:25Z")
Memories press between the pages of my mind Memories sweeten through the ages just like wine ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5118 "2016-01-30T02:22:02Z")
See the curtains hangin’ in the window, in the evenin’ on a Friday night. A little light a-shinin’ through the window, lets me know everything is alright. Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5119 "2016-01-30T13:10:27Z")
The night is calling, I have to go The wolf is hungry, he runs the show He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win On the hunt tonight for love at first sting Here I am, rock you like a hurricane Here I am, rock you like a hurricane ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5120 "2016-01-30T13:21:14Z")
The boat goes out, surrender yours It could be any day The fishermen shout, approaching storm It’s just like yesterday Sometimes I can’t tell what I’m doin’ here Am I s’pposed to be a clown or a buccanneer From the vaguest clue to the faintest idea A Roman holiday [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=257)