# 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:** 275
**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 6, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5481 "2016-04-06T12:49:56Z")
White bird, in a golden cage, on a winter’s day, in the rain. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5482 "2016-04-06T16:06:16Z")
_So I lay upon my side With all the windows open wide Couldn’t pressurize my head from speaking… I’m just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow_ ---
**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 6, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5483 "2016-04-06T16:58:26Z")
I hear the drizzle of the rain Like a memory it falls Soft and warm continuing Tapping on my roof and walls. ---
**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 6, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5484 "2016-04-06T18:04:10Z")
Remember a day before today A day when you were young Free to play alone with time Evening never came. ---
**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 7, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5485 "2016-04-07T03:24:41Z")
Do you recall That lonely summer day? We were together and things got in our way Well, so you think that it’s all over And you know it’s gone to stay Oh, after stormy weather Does the sun shine every day? ---
**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 7, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5486 "2016-04-07T11:50:31Z")
You were the sunshine, baby, whenever you smiled But I call you Stormy today All of a sudden that ole rain’s fallin’ down And my world is cloudy and gray, you’ve gone 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:** [April 7, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5487 "2016-04-07T11:59:36Z")
She said “hi” and asked me why Was I looking with sorrow When there were much brighter days In store for me tomorrow I looked up at her and smiled And said, why I don’t know But would she agree, to stay with me And she said Never in your sun, she said Never in your sun, then she said I will only come In your pouring rain to relieve the pain ---
**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 7, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5488 "2016-04-07T13:56:39Z")
I met my maker I made her cry And on my shoulder she asked me why Her people won’t fly through the storm I said “Listen up girl, they don’t even know you’re born” ---
**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 7, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5489 "2016-04-07T14:03:23Z")
Ridin’ the storm out Waitin’ for the thaw out On a full moon night in the Rocky Mountain winter My wine bottle’s low Watching for the snow I’ve been thinking lately of what I’m missing in the city ---
**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 7, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5490 "2016-04-07T20:07:31Z")
Standing on a mountain looking down on a city The way I feel is a doggone pity Teardrops fallin’ down a mountainside Many times I’ve been here, many times I’ve cried We used to be so happy when we were in love High on a mountain of love ---
**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 8, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5491 "2016-04-08T13:11:19Z")
The buildings are lost in their limitless rise My feet catch the pulse and the purposeful stride I feel the sense of possibilities I feel the wrench of hard realities The focus is sharp in the city ---
**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 8, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5492 "2016-04-08T15:06:27Z")
Leave out the fiction The fact is, this friction Will only be won by persistence Leave out conditions Courageous convictions Will drag the dream into existence ---
**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 8, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5493 "2016-04-08T16:04:40Z")
The winner takes it all The loser’s standing small Beside the victory That’s her destiny ---
**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 9, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5494 "2016-04-09T11:37:24Z")
The battle’s over and the dust is clearing Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing By-Tor, in defeat, retreats to Hell Snow Dog is victorious The land of the Overworld is saved again ---
**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 9, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5495 "2016-04-09T13:50:06Z")
Me and you and a dog named Boo Travellin’ and livin’ off the land Me and you and a dog named Boo How I love being a free man. ---
**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 9, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5496 "2016-04-09T14:41:46Z")
I see ya’ little speed boat head up our coast She really want to skip town Get back cruffy, back scruffy, Get back u flea infested mungrel Who let the dogs out? [Who, who, who, who?!] Who let the dogs out? [Who, who, who, who?!] Who let the dogs out? [[who, who, who, who?!] ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5497 "2016-04-09T15:22:10Z")
All day long I think of things But nothing seems to satisfy Think I’ll lose my mind if I don’t Find something to gratify. ---
**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 9, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5498 "2016-04-09T16:47:26Z")
The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush The knot in the wood, the song of a thrush The will of the wind, a cliff, a fall A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all ---
**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 9, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5499 "2016-04-09T17:39:24Z")
What does the free fall feel like? Asks the boy with a spark in his eye Know why the nightingale sings Is the answer to everything Taking a step to a world unbound Spin my fantasies all around Freed from the gravital leash I swear that heaven’s in my reach ---
**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 9, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5500 "2016-04-09T17:39:34Z")
(Bravo, Prof. That is one of my absolute most favorite songs!!) And who by fire, who by water, who in the sunshine, who in the night time, who by high ordeal, who by common trial, who in your merry merry month of May, who by very slow decay, and who shall I say is calling? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=274) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=276)