# 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:** 287
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5721 "2016-05-02T15:53:17Z")
Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong Shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop Dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da doo-bee doo Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy Shoo-be doo-wop she-bop Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yippity dip de doom ---
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5722 "2016-05-02T17:01:50Z")
Boom shaka-laka-laka, boom shaka-laka-laka boom Feeling’s nitty-gritty Sound is in the city too Music’s still flashin’ me Don’t ya, don’t ya, don’t don’t don’t ya want to get higher Baby baby baby light my fire I wanna take you higher ---
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5723 "2016-05-02T17:43:17Z")
Once I hated this city Now it can’t get me down Slushy, humid and gritty What a pretty town What thought I could be duller More depressing, less gay Now my favorite color Is gray ---
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5724 "2016-05-02T18:03:48Z")
And I’m black and white in a grey world Black and white in a grey world Black and white in a grey world It’s not so easy finding answers in the shade It takes some patience, takes some grit But it’s better than throwing all you colors in the street What’s life without color in it? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5725 "2016-05-02T21:18:18Z")
So leave your riches and your houses on the hills Cancel all your credit cards and settle up your bills Cause you won’t need them anymore Close down the factories, blow up all the stores Cause there’s a pink world comin’ down Yeah, there’s a pink world comin’ down ---
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5726 "2016-05-02T23:06:29Z")
I want to be your lover I wanna wrap you in rubber As pink as the sheets that we lay on Pink it’s my favorite crayon, yeah ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5727 "2016-05-03T01:47:19Z")
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same, There’s a pink one and a green one And a blue one and a yellow one And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5728 "2016-05-03T12:02:51Z")
Day after day, alone on the hill The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still But nobody wants to know him They can see that he’s just a fool And he never gives an answer ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5729 "2016-05-03T12:40:07Z")
Who’s the fool with the cross-eyed stare, The turned up nose and moronic glare? Who’s that simpleton standing over there? Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5730 "2016-05-03T13:57:56Z")
What a fool believes he sees A wise man has the power To reason away What seems to be Is always better than nothing And nothing at all keeps sending him ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5731 "2016-05-03T14:02:18Z")
You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away And know when to run You never count your money When you’re sittin’ at the table There’ll be time enough for countin’ When the dealin’s done ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5732 "2016-05-03T16:20:30Z")
But I got to ramble (ramblin’ man) Oh I got to gamble (gamblin’ man) Got to got to ramble (ramblin’ man) I was born a ramblin’ gamblin’ 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:** [May 3, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5733 "2016-05-03T17:08:52Z")
[Had to check to be sure they were in fact two different songs- **Thin Ice** ’s is a Bob Seger tune, not Allman Brothers…possible plagiarism-by the latter?] Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man, Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can. And when it’s time for leavin’, I hope you’ll understand, That I was born a ramblin’ man. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5734 "2016-05-03T17:13:53Z")
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:** ![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:** [May 3, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5735 "2016-05-03T18:00:04Z")
My baby takes the morning train He works from nine to five and then He takes another home, to find me waiting for him. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5736 "2016-05-03T18:02:40Z")
Well he’s the one they’ll choose, You know he just can’t lose, Hear him knocking. There ain’t another rig That’s even half as big, Hear him knocking. Everybody’s gonna say “that train is smart”, The mighty diesel engine is a work of art. The undisputed leader of the Rolling Stock See me knock. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5737 "2016-05-03T18:07:19Z")
Do you hear that whistle down the line? I figure that it’s Engine Number 49 She’s the only one that’ll sound that way On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5738 "2016-05-03T18:16:16Z")
Nosy folks will come from near and far The passengers will watch me from the dining car As I’m ground into a bloody mess 'Neath the Ashkebad, Tblisi, and Kiev Express! You’ll hear that mournful whistle blow. My lingerie will wrap around the wheels below. All the way to old Siber-i-a On the Ashkebad The Ashkebad, Tblisi, The Ashkebad, Tblisi, and Kiev Express! (Note: This was Forbidden Broadway’s tribute to Anna Karenina, one of the shortest running Broadway musicals of all time) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5739 "2016-05-03T19:30:48Z")
Tonight there’s a band, it ain’t such a bad one Play me a song, don’t make it a sad one I can’t even talk to these Russian girls The beer is lousy and the food is worse And it’s so damn cold, yes it’s so damn cold I know it’s hard to believe But I haven’t been warm for a week; Moonlight and vodka, takes me away Midnight in Moscow is lunchtime in L.A., Ooh play boys, play… ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5740 "2016-05-04T00:33:36Z")
Viktor was born in the spring of '44 And never saw his father anymore A child of sacrifice, a child of war Another son who never had a father after Leningrad Went off to school and learned to serve the state Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight The only way to live was drown the hate A Russian life was very sad and such was life in Leningrad [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=288)