# 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:** 268
**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 11, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5341 "2016-03-11T13:06:18Z")
Did you see any action, did you make any friends? Would you like some affection, before I leave again? I’ve been walking behind you, since you’ve been able to see There’s never been any reason for you to think about 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 11, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5342 "2016-03-11T20:14:23Z")
Oh, shock me! Make it electric Shock me! Make it last Shock me! Gimme thunder’n’lightning Shock me! Ooh babe I need it fast Cause all I want is some action, action, action not words Gimme action, action, action not words ---
**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 11, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5343 "2016-03-11T21:14:54Z")
I feel depressed, I feel so bad 'Cause you’re the best girl that I’ve ever had I can’t get your love, I can’t get a fraction Oh, little girl, psychotic reaction ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5344 "2016-03-12T08:53:20Z")
I can’t get no satisfaction I can’t get no girl with action 'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try I can’t get no, I can’t get no ---
**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 12, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5345 "2016-03-12T14:51:50Z")
No no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no Nobody can do the (shimmy) like I do Nobody can do the (shake) like I do Nobody can do the (boogaloo) like I do Nobody can do the (Philly) like I do ---
**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 12, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5346 "2016-03-12T16:10:52Z")
I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on Got those swollen hand blues Got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from I’ve got electric light, and I’ve got second sight I’ve got amazing powers of observation And that is how I know When I try to get through On the telephone to you There’ll be nobody home ---
**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 12, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5347 "2016-03-12T16:15:09Z")
You came throwing colors all around my blacks and greys, While I stood in wonder, you just opened up my days. Let me tell you what you did to me - I want to shout the news - You came throwing colors 'round my blues. You came throwing colors 'round my blues. ---
**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 12, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5348 "2016-03-12T18:55:55Z")
Some folks see the world as a stone Concrete daubed in dull monotone Your heart is the big box of paints And others, the canvas we’re dealt ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5349 "2016-03-13T01:46:13Z")
I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors any more, I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5350 "2016-03-13T05:24:06Z")
Have you seen her all in gold? Like a queen in days of old She shoots colors all around Like a sunset going down Have you seen a lady fairer? She comes in colors ev’rywhere; ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5351 "2016-03-13T05:33:57Z")
Oh, but ain’t that America, for you and me Ain’t that America, something to see, baby Ain’t that America, home of the free, yeah Little pink houses for you and me Ooh yeah, for you and me ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5352 "2016-03-13T15:50:01Z")
My country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5353 "2016-03-13T16:21:04Z")
Clap your hands, clap your hands Clap your hands, clap your hands Clap your hands, clap your hands Clap your hands, clap your hands Hey, yeah ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5354 "2016-03-13T17:19:39Z")
I adore you and no one before you Could make me feel this way. Since I met you I just can’t forget you; I love you more each day. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ---
**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 13, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5355 "2016-03-13T21:11:13Z")
Don’t you forget about me Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t you forget about me Will you stand above me? Look my way, never love me Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling down, down, down ---
**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 13, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5356 "2016-03-13T21:37:09Z")
The demon stretched its crinkled hand And snatched a butterfly The elves and gnomes were hunched in fear Too terrified to cry The reckoning was beckoning They’re living to their doom There was no hope, no reasoning This rainy day in June ---
**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 13, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5357 "2016-03-13T23:24:06Z")
What I feel has come and gone before No need to talk it out We know what it’s all about Hangin’ around Nothing to do but frown Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down. ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5358 "2016-03-14T15:44:02Z")
Isn’t this a lovely day To be caught in the rain? You were going on your way Now you’ve got to remain ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5359 "2016-03-14T15:56:25Z")
A wonderful day for passing my way Knock and my door and even the score With your eyes Lovely to see you again my friend Walk along with me to the next bend ---
**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 14, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5360 "2016-03-14T18:52:30Z")
Come and knock on our door We’ve been waiting for you Where the kisses are hers and hers and his Three’s company too [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=269)