# 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:** 285
**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 29, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5681 "2016-04-29T03:54:05Z")
It doesn’t matter what they say In the jealous games people play Our lips are sealed Give no mind to what they say It doesn’t matter anyway Our lips are sealed ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5682 "2016-04-29T06:14:44Z")
Oh the games people play now Every night and every day now Never meaning what they say now Never saying what they mean. While they wile away the hours In their ivory towers Till they’re covered up with flowers In the back of a black limousine ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5683 "2016-04-29T06:37:25Z")
Do what they say Say what they mean One thing leads to another You told me something wrong I know I listen too long But then one thing leads to another One thing leads to another ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5684 "2016-04-29T14:25:24Z")
Someone’s taking over And it look like they’re aiming Right at you and me and everybody Everybody Someone said we’ll be dead by morning Someone cries leaving Red eyes at night Red eyes at night Wo oh oh ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5685 "2016-04-29T14:29:28Z")
Love is like a dying ember; Only memories remain. And thru the ages I’ll remember Blue eyes cryin’ in the rain. ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5686 "2016-04-29T14:59:06Z")
I bet you’re fat and married and you’re always home in bed by half-past eight, And if I talked about the old times you’d get bored and you’d have nothing more to say. Yes, people often change, but memories of people can remain. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5687 "2016-04-29T17:38:53Z")
I’ll be down to get you in a taxi honey You’d better be ready around half past eight ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5688 "2016-04-29T18:31:25Z")
Hold me, love me Hold me, love me I ain’t got nothing but love, babe Eight days a week ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5689 "2016-04-29T18:35:13Z")
After eight, A rendezvous with Kate She works late, I’ve had a hard day watching color TV ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5690 "2016-04-29T18:44:05Z")
The present rules could use revision Make the obvious decision Put it all on television Let’s bring back the chair Smack a little make-up to ‘em And as the juices sizzle through ‘em Howard Cosell can interview ‘em Let’s bring back the chair Oh, bring back the chair Strap someone there Strap down a pair Bring back the chair Oh, bring back the chair Zap someone there Medium rare Bring back the chair ---
**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 29, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5691 "2016-04-29T19:42:44Z")
Guilty as charged But damn it, it ain’t right There’s someone else controlling me Death in the air Strapped in the electric chair This can’t be happening to me Who made you God to say, “I’ll take your life from you!” Flash before my eyes, now it’s time to die Burning in my brain, I can feel the flame ---
**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 29, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5692 "2016-04-29T19:51:28Z")
Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead Mama, life had just begun But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away ---
**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 29, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5693 "2016-04-29T19:56:17Z")
But I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowin’ I hang my head and cry. ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5694 "2016-04-29T20:23:46Z")
It’s easy to see you don’t need a palace To feel like Alice in Wonderland Back in Ohio where I come from I’ve done a lot of dreamin’ and I’ve travelled some But I never thought I’d see the day When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe (Wanna take a ride on the Santa Fe) I would lean across my window sill ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5695 "2016-04-29T21:05:51Z")
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We’re finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming, Four Dead in OHIO ---
**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 29, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5696 "2016-04-29T22:54:40Z")
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 ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5697 "2016-04-30T02:10:46Z")
Yes, and how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, and how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind The answer is blowin’ in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5698 "2016-04-30T03:45:31Z")
I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I’m finally free, I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me. You’ll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above, And I’ll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, And it makes me feel so sorry. Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, Blowing through the letters that we wrote. Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves, We’re idiots, babe. It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves. ---
**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 30, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5699 "2016-04-30T11:50:54Z")
Summer breeze makes me feel fine blowing through the jasmine in my mind ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5700 "2016-04-30T12:27:25Z")
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