# 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:** 258
**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 4, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5141 "2016-02-04T23:56:41Z")
One bright morning in the middle of the night Two dead boys got up to fight Back-to-back they faced one another Drew their swords and shot each other A deaf policeman heard the noise And came and killed those two dead boys If you don’t believe my lie is true, Ask the blind man – he saw it too! ---
**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 5, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5142 "2016-02-05T01:45:06Z")
It’s hard to see how the tables have turned It’s hard to see how the people have learned It’s hard to watch the past drizzling past It’s hard to watch them picking the cast And it stacks up badly that it never makes sense You sense that sensation is who’s paying the rent And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies She says: “Can’t you slice the price of your paradise?” ---
**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 5, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5143 "2016-02-05T03:48:48Z")
And the most she will do is throw shadows at you, But she’s always a woman to me. ---
**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 5, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5144 "2016-02-05T03:53:28Z")
Can’t you see, Lord, Can’t you see, What that woman she been doing to me. Can’t you see, can’t you see, What that woman, she been doing to me. ---
**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 5, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5145 "2016-02-05T15:14:19Z")
The more that I see you, the more that I miss you The less that I care I know I should try to kiss you goodbye, but You’re never there ---
**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 5, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5146 "2016-02-05T16:15:17Z")
The more I see you, The more I want you. Somehow this feeling Just grows and grows. ---
**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 5, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5147 "2016-02-05T19:02:31Z")
All the good love When we’re all alone Keep it up, girl Yeah, you turn me on I’m hooked on a feeling I’m high on believing That you’re in love with me ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5148 "2016-02-05T19:19:37Z")
She said, “I wanna learn a love song full of happy things.” She said, “I wanna learn a love song; won’t you let me hear you sing?” She said, “I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play.” She said, “I wanna learn a love song before you go away.” ---
**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 5, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5149 "2016-02-05T19:27:21Z")
You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs But I look around me and I see it isn’t so Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs And what’s wrong with that, I’d like to know ---
**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 5, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5150 "2016-02-05T21:07:29Z")
Let him sit beside you Eat right off your plate You don’t have to be afraid There’s nothing here to hate Ah, princess you might like it If you lower your defence Kiss that frog, and you will Get your prince ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5151 "2016-02-05T21:54:22Z")
_I’m sick of all your bitchin’ 'Bout your poodles and your pills And I just can’t see no humor About your way of life And I think I can do more for you With this here fork and knife Eat the rich There’s only one thing that they are good for Eat the rich Take one bite now - come back for more_ ---
**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 5, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5152 "2016-02-05T22:30:15Z")
Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you must tell me, baby How your head feels under somethin’ like that Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5153 "2016-02-06T03:20:31Z")
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates You got a brand new key I think that we should get together and try them out you see I been looking around awhile You got something for 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 6, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5154 "2016-02-06T03:36:43Z")
She’s bought a hat like Princess Marina’s To wear at all her social affairs She wears it when she’s cleaning the windows She wears it when she’s scrubbing the stairs But you will never see her at Ascot She can’t afford the time or the fare But she’s bought a hat like Princess Marina’s So she don’t care ---
**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 6, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5155 "2016-02-06T14:56:37Z")
I think I’m gonna be sad I think it’s today, yeah The girl that’s driving me mad Is going away She’s got a ticket to ride She’s got a ticket to ride She’s got a ticket to ride But she don’t care ---
**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 7, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5156 "2016-02-07T03:42:54Z")
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain’t got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I’m-a goin’ home My baby, just-a wrote me a letter ---
**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 7, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5157 "2016-02-07T06:03:04Z")
When I come back, I’ll bring your wedding ring. So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me, hold me like you’ll never let me go. ---
**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 7, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5158 "2016-02-07T12:53:55Z")
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me Vanish in the air you’ll never find me I will turn your flesh to alabaster Then you will find your servant is your master And you’ll be wrapped around my finger ---
**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 7, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5159 "2016-02-07T15:44:41Z")
I’m swimming out on a blue, blue ocean You’re sailing out on a blue, blue sea Silhouettes and a vulture hoping He’s gonna pick the bones of you and me You and me ---
**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 7, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5160 "2016-02-07T18:57:55Z")
Sailing takes me away To where I’ve always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=257) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=259)