# 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:** 273
**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 30, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5441 "2016-03-30T12:37:22Z")
Sailin’ away on the crest of a wave It’s like magic Rollin’ and ridin’ and slippin’ and sliding It’s magic And you and your sweet desire You took me, oh, higher and higher baby It’s a livin’ thing It’s a terrible thing to lose It’s a givin’ thing What a terrible thing to lose ---
**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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5442 "2016-03-30T16:20:42Z")
Livin’ in America, eye to eye, station to station Livin’ in America, hand to hand, across the nation Livin’ in America, got to have a celebration ---
**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 31, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5443 "2016-03-31T21:29:13Z")
Doot do do do do doot doot, living in the U.S.A. Doot do do do do doot doot, living in the U.S.A. Where are you goin’ to? What are you gonna do? Do you think that it will be easy? Do you think that it will be pleasin’, hey hey ---
**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 31, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5444 "2016-03-31T21:30:56Z")
Sully is a singer and good one too, doobie doobie doo show it to him once and he’ll sing it do, doobie doobie doobie doobie doobie doobie He will do his duty and his duty is a doobie doobie doo. do-doo, do-doo, doobie doobie doo ---
**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 31, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5445 "2016-03-31T23:22:46Z")
I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still Da doo ron-ron-ron, Da doo ron-ron Somebody told me that his name was Bill Da doo ron-ron-ron, Da doo ron-ron ---
**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 31, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5446 "2016-03-31T23:26:13Z")
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you. You’re ready and you’re willing. If we can count on you, Scooby-Doo, I know we’ll catch that villain ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5447 "2016-04-01T12:00:58Z")
You can count on me like one two three I’ll be there And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two You’ll be there 'Cause that’s what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5448 "2016-04-01T12:17:52Z")
1-2-3, oh, that’s how elementary it’s gonna be C’mon, let’s fall in love, it’s easy (it’s so easy) Like takin’ candy (like takin’ candy) from a baby ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5449 "2016-04-01T14:58:31Z")
One, two, three, four Tell me that you love me more Sleepless long nights That is what my youth was for ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5450 "2016-04-01T14:59:37Z")
One two three four Can I have a little more Five six seven eight nine ten I love you ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5451 "2016-04-01T15:26:36Z")
Punished for his written thoughts Starving for his fame Working blindly, building blocks Number for a name His blood flows frozen to the snow Red blood, white snow He knows frozen rivers won’t flow So cold, so true Mother Russia-he cries for you ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5452 "2016-04-01T17:35:19Z")
Been away so long I hardly knew the place Gee it’s good to be back home Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case Honey disconnect the phone I’m back in the U.S.S.R. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5453 "2016-04-01T22:34:41Z")
In an apartment on Times Square You can assemble them anywhere Held to ransom, hell to pay A revolution every day U.S.S.R., G.D.R., London, New York, Peking It’s the puppets, it’s the puppets pull the strings ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5454 "2016-04-01T23:37:03Z")
Just follow the stairway, To this lonely world of mine. You’ll find me waiting here, In apartment number nine. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5455 "2016-04-02T07:09:39Z")
Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number… ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5456 "2016-04-02T11:35:53Z")
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She’s got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin’ little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5457 "2016-04-02T14:32:48Z")
Workin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’ Barely gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’ They just use your mind and they never give you credit It’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it 9 to 5, for service and devotion You would think that I would deserve a fat promotion Want to move ahead but the boss won’t seem to let me I swear sometimes that man is out to get me! ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5458 "2016-04-02T15:22:24Z")
Hey I’m not complaining 'cause I really need the work Hitting up my buddy’s got me feeling like a jerk Hundred dollar car note, two hundred rent I get a check on Friday, but it’s already spent ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5459 "2016-04-02T15:28:29Z")
I got in town a month ago, I seen a lotta girls since then If I could meet 'em I could get 'em but as yet I haven’t met 'em That’s why I’m in the shape I’m in Here another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody I got some money 'cause I just got paid How I wish I had someone to talk to I’m in an awful way ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5460 "2016-04-02T18:42:25Z")
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in I watched myself crawlin’ out as I was crawlin’ in I got up so tight I couldn’t unwind I saw so much I broke my mind I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=274)