# 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:** 257
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5121 "2016-01-30T20:49:10Z")
Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirate’s life for me. We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho! We kidnap and ravage and don’t give a hoot. Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho! Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirate’s life for me. ---
**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, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5122 "2016-01-30T22:30:43Z")
Countless years ago, while lost in barren sea, There whispered murmurs of a bloody mutiny We took up arms and slayed the officers of rank And with swords drawn near, the captain walked the plank But as he fell down to the depths, he swore a deadly curse: “As sure as Hell’s my final fate, you’ll all soon die, or worse!” Now as we stand before the gallows waiting for the end, I’ll say these final words, my friend ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5123 "2016-01-30T23:15:17Z")
Val-deri,Val-dera! Val-deri, Aal-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Val-deri,Val-dera! My knapsack on my back. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5124 "2016-01-31T01:53:44Z")
Yes, I feel like traveling on, I feel like traveling on; My heav’nly home is bright and fair, I feel like traveling on. ---
**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 31, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5125 "2016-01-31T04:19:13Z")
I’ve been everywhere, man I’ve been everywhere, man Crossed the desert’s bare, man I’ve breathed the mountain air, man Of travel I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere ---
**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 31, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5126 "2016-01-31T04:27:15Z")
I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now I see. ---
**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 31, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5127 "2016-01-31T15:25:54Z")
I was on the inside When they pulled the four walls down I was looking through the window I was lost, I am found If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away, I will follow ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5128 "2016-02-01T06:01:05Z")
Just walk away, Renee You won’t see me follow you back home The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same You’re not to blame From deep inside the tears that I’m forced to cry From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5129 "2016-02-01T13:54:41Z")
Inside himself, He runs to look in the mirror And the face that stares right back Has never been any clearer But look at the doubt in his eyes He’s not the one to blame It was a different man, no he’s never been here You can be so close, you can be so near It was a different man, playing different cards You can be so soft, you can be so hard ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5130 "2016-02-01T15:40:13Z")
The joker laughs from the street Weaves his web, bittersweet Ace is high, deuce is low Take the first, the rest should go And it’s all in the draw of the cards And it’s all in the draw of the cards ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5131 "2016-02-01T22:26:49Z")
Backstage the girls were playin’ five-card stud by the stairs Lily had two queens and she was hopin’ for a third to match her pair Outside the streets were fillin’ up and the window was open wide The gentle breeze was blowin’, you could feel it from inside Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5132 "2016-02-02T04:01:39Z")
And who do you think you are? Runnin’ 'round leaving scars Collecting your jar of hearts And tearing love apart ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5133 "2016-02-03T06:47:41Z")
I’ll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it! Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby. Oh, oh, break it! Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, Oh, oh, have a! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5134 "2016-02-03T17:43:34Z")
I’m scattered in the breeze Living on memories Everywhere I look As far as I can see Broken promises, broken promises Pieces of me, pieces of me ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5135 "2016-02-03T17:51:19Z")
Like a seed that is sown All the children are scattered By a breeze that is blown Now the crops are all scattered We are torn, we are shattered Now some of us are barmy and battered And the fields where we gathered Are overgrown in weeds and in tatters Through it all we were scattered ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5136 "2016-02-03T19:02:42Z")
It’s a long way home from the Field of Mars Distant, alone, beneath the platinum stars And I turn to look, but I’m never any closer Only just the rain makes the skin feel colder All my life seems so far away All my life seems so far away ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5137 "2016-02-03T22:30:46Z")
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And maybe they’d be happy for a while (Buddy Holly’s 57th death anniversary today) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5138 "2016-02-04T20:57:46Z")
Let me sing a funny song With crazy words that roll along And if my song can start you laughing I’m happy, happy ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5139 "2016-02-04T21:03:00Z")
If you’re listening to this song You may think the chords are going wrong But they’re not We just wrote them like that ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5140 "2016-02-04T21:43:29Z")
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