# 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:** 272
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5421 "2016-03-27T05:47:29Z")
Sittin’ in the morning sun I’ll be sittin’ when the evening comes Watching the ships roll in Then I watch them roll away again, yeah I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay Watchin’ the tide roll away, ooh I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay Wastin’ time ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5422 "2016-03-27T17:20:21Z")
I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round I really love to watch them roll No longer riding on the merry-go-round I just had to let it 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:** [March 27, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5423 "2016-03-27T17:41:19Z")
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down And we went round and round Each time ‘twould miss, we’d steal a kiss And the Merry-Go-Round went "Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!’ ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5424 "2016-03-27T17:51:01Z")
Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper… Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper… ---
**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 27, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5425 "2016-03-27T19:29:09Z")
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh, a-wimoweh ---
**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 27, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5426 "2016-03-27T19:46:22Z")
Yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip, bmm Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na ---
**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 27, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5427 "2016-03-27T20:28:23Z")
Hush, my darling Be still, my darling The lion’s on the phone ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5428 "2016-03-28T12:01:18Z")
Hush, hush I thought I heard her calling my name now Hush, hush She broke my heart but I love her just the same now Hush, hush Thought I heard her calling my name now Hush, hush I need her loving and I’m not to blame now ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5429 "2016-03-28T22:20:48Z")
He wants me, but only part of the time He wants me, if he can keep me in line Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry ---
**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:** [March 29, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5430 "2016-03-29T00:50:44Z")
There’s something happening here But what it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it’s time we stop Children, what’s that sound? Everybody look - what’s going 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 29, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5431 "2016-03-29T01:43:30Z")
I hear singing and there’s no one there I smell blossoms and the trees are bare All day long I seem to walk on air I wonder why, I wonder why ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5432 "2016-03-29T02:05:14Z")
There were bells on a hill But I never heard them ringing No, I never heard them at all Till there was you There were birds in the sky But I never saw them winging No, I never saw them at all Till there was you ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5433 "2016-03-29T16:37:41Z")
Every time I’m near ya, I get that urge to feel ya Just touchin’ you and lovin’ you makes ev’rything right (Tell me how ya feel, baby) I never knew love before (oh no) Then came you, you, then came you I never knew love before Then came you, then came you ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5434 "2016-03-29T16:41:19Z")
You’re just too good to be true Can’t take my eyes off of you You’d be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last love has arrived And I thank God I’m alive You’re just too good to be true Can’t take my eyes off of you ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5435 "2016-03-29T16:50:10Z")
You are here And so am I Maybe millions of people go by But they all disappear from view And I only have eyes for you ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5436 "2016-03-29T17:19:07Z")
The more I see you, The more I want you. Somehow this feeling Just grows and grows. ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5437 "2016-03-29T20:26:58Z")
Doot-in’ doo-doo, Feelin’ groovy. Got no deeds to do, No promises to keep. I’m dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep. Let the morning time drop all it’s petals on me. Life, I love you, All is groovy. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5438 "2016-03-29T21:04:19Z")
Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for the springing fresh from the world ---
**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 30, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5439 "2016-03-30T11:41:21Z")
Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey. Please walk me out in the morning dew, sometime. Can’t walk you out in no morning dew. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Can’t walk you out in no morning dew. ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5440 "2016-03-30T12:35:19Z")
I’ve seen old men crying at their own grave sides And I’ve seen pigs all sitting watching, picture slides But I never seen nothing like you Do ya, do ya want my love Do ya, do ya want my face Do ya, do ya want my mind Do ya, do ya want my love [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=273)