# 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:** 266
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5301 "2016-03-04T01:54:34Z")
Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be Talkin’ 'bout very free and easy ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5302 "2016-03-04T04:27:17Z")
I thought that they were angels but to my surprise They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies Singing come sail away come sail away Come sail away with me Come sail away come sail away Come sail away with 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:** [March 4, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5303 "2016-03-04T19:27:44Z")
Make fast the guns, tonight we sail when the high tide floods the bay Cut free the lines and square the yards, get the black flag stowed away The Turk, the Arab, the Spaniard will soon have pennies on their eyes And any other laden fancy, we will take her by surprise I will take you and make you Everything you’ve ever dreamed ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5304 "2016-03-05T14:06:05Z")
But thoughts about the Spaniards’ gold And learnin’ to desire it Can make a man so brash and bold He’ll soon become a pirate Pull away, me lads o’ the Cardiff Rose And hoist the Jolly Roger ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5305 "2016-03-05T14:44:54Z")
Second hand pearls I’m wearing second hand curls I never get a single think that’s new Even Jake, the plumber, he’s a man I adore He had the nerve to tell me he’s been married before! Everyone knows that I’m just Second hand Rose From Second Avenue! From Second Avenue! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5306 "2016-03-05T17:21:14Z")
Easy street Easy street Where you sleep till noon Yeah, yeah, yeah She’d repeat Easy street Better get there soon ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5307 "2016-03-05T19:05:03Z")
Now in the street there is violence And-and a lots of work to be done No place to hang out our washing And-and I can’t blame all on the sun Oh no, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we’ll take it higher ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5308 "2016-03-05T19:10:20Z")
You work real hard And the pay’s real low And ev’ry hour Goes oh, so slow And at the end of the day There’s no where to go But home to Avenue Q! You live on Avenue Q! Your friends do too. You are twenty-two And you live on Avenue Q! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5309 "2016-03-05T19:32:59Z")
It’s a Five O’Clock World When the whistle blows ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5310 "2016-03-05T19:37:27Z")
Whistle down the wind Let your voices carry Drown out all the rain Light a patch of darkness Treacherous and scary Howl at the stars Whisper when you’re sleepy I’ll be there to hold you I’ll be there to stop The chills and all the weeping ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5311 "2016-03-05T20:00:23Z")
There’s only one thing that I know how to do well And I’ve often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well And that’s be you Be what you’re like Be like yourself And so I’m having a wonderful time But I’d rather be whistling in the dark ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5312 "2016-03-05T20:42:36Z")
Whistle while you work Hitler is a jerk Mussolini bit his weenie Now it doesn’t work ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5313 "2016-03-06T15:22:04Z")
When der fuehrer says we is de master race We heil heil right in der fuehrer’s face Not to love der fuehrer is a great disgrace So we heil heil right in der fuehrer’s face ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5314 "2016-03-07T02:12:53Z")
Cigareetes is a blot on the whole human race. A man is a monkey with one in his face. Here’s my definition, believe me, dear brother: A fire on one end and a fool on t’other. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5315 "2016-03-07T04:00:50Z")
So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don’t wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no Bingo, bangle, bungle, I’m so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go Don’t want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears So, no matter how they coax him, I’ll stay right here They have things like the atom bomb, so I think I’ll stay where I am Civilization, I’ll stay right here ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5316 "2016-03-07T04:05:40Z")
In man’s evolution he’s created the city And the motor traffic rumble. But give me half a chance and I’d be taking off my clothes And living in the jungle. Cause the only time that I feel at ease Is swinging up and down in the coconut trees. Oh what a life of luxury to be like an apeman. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5317 "2016-03-07T05:37:42Z")
He’s free as the breeze, he’s always at ease He lives in the jungle and hangs by his knees As he swings through the trees without a trapeze In his B.V.D.s He’s got a union card and he’s practicing hard To play, the guitar, gonna be a big star Yeah, he’s gonna go far And carry moonbeams home in a jar ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5318 "2016-03-07T17:07:40Z")
Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store Didn’t know how to play it, but he knew for sure That one guitar felt good in his hands Didn’t take long to understand Just one guitar, slung way down low Was one way ticket, only one way to go ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5319 "2016-03-07T17:23:00Z")
Inside his case was a Gibson disaster Toolmaster of Brainerd He played guitar like a master, but faster Toolmaster of Brainerd He came to town on a charter bus Too young and sweet to be hustling us He played guitar like a natural disaster Play on, Toolmaster of Brainerd ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5320 "2016-03-07T18:39:47Z")
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made People passing by they would stop and say Oh my that little country boy could play [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=267)