# 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:** 288
**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 4, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5741 "2016-05-04T00:44:42Z")
And he shall be Levon And he shall be a good man And he shall be Levon In tradition with the family plan And he shall be Levon And he shall be a good man He shall be Levon ---
**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 4, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5742 "2016-05-04T07:33:11Z")
But he said, leave me alone I’m a family man And my bark is much worse than my bite He said, leave me alone I’m a family man But if you push me too far I just might ---
**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 4, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5743 "2016-05-04T11:40:27Z")
We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up ev’rybody and sing ---
**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 4, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5744 "2016-05-04T11:45:44Z")
I got a girl, she lives on the hill. She won’t do it but her sister will, When she boogie, She do the tube snake boogie. ---
**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5745 "2016-05-04T14:59:38Z")
All her books are closed in scatters And she feels that nothing matters to her Outside this dream her sister frequents Like a cobweb catching fragments She approaches like a vision She says “Anna, do you hear me?” But the picture’s always shuttered All the distant thoughts that flutter to her ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5746 "2016-05-04T15:08:42Z")
A desert road from Vegas to nowhere Some place better than where you’ve been A coffee machine that needs some fixing In a little caf just around the bend I am calling you Can’t you hear me? I am calling you ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5747 "2016-05-04T15:09:38Z")
Ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call? Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall And I sit all alone impatiently Won’t you please understand the need in me So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call? ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5748 "2016-05-04T15:55:23Z")
“Hello, how are you? Have you been alright through all those lonely, Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights?” That’s what I’d say, I’d tell you everything If you pick up that telephone, yeah, yeah, yeah. ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5749 "2016-05-04T15:58:47Z")
How is your life? How is it going? Are you still dreaming and making big plans? How are the nights? Are they still lonely? Are you still struggling the way that I am? Oh, how are you? ---
**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 4, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5750 "2016-05-04T16:36:37Z")
There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life, I’ve loved them all ---
**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 4, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5751 "2016-05-04T20:20:49Z")
Back then long time ago when grass was green Woke up in a daze Arrived like stangers in the night Fab - long time ago when we was fab Fab - back when income tax was all we had ---
**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 4, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5752 "2016-05-04T21:51:41Z")
Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas You know he knows just exactly what the facts is He ain’t gonna let those two escape justice He makes his livin’ off of the people’s taxes ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5753 "2016-05-04T21:56:25Z")
Let me tell you how it will be There’s one for you, nineteen for me 'Cuz I’m the tax man Yeah, I’m the tax man ---
**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 4, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5754 "2016-05-04T22:41:53Z")
I was gambling in Havana I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns and money Dad, get me out of this ---
**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 5, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5755 "2016-05-05T00:39:25Z")
I’ve been to the table, and i’ve lost it all before I’m willin’ and able, always comin’ back for more Squeezin’ out a thin dime ‘til there’s no one hanging on my arm I’ve gambled on a third time, a fool will tell you it’s a charm If i’m bettin’ on a loser, i’m gonna have a devil to pay But it’s the only game i know to play, it doesn’t matter anyway ---
**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 5, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5756 "2016-05-05T07:23:35Z")
Games people play, you take it or leave it Things that they say just don’t make it right If I’m tellin’ you the truth right now, do you believe it? Games people play in the middle of the night ---
**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 5, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5757 "2016-05-05T11:24:56Z")
We’re playing those mind games together Pushing the barriers planting seeds Playing the mind guerrilla Chanting the Mantra peace on earth We all been playing those mind games forever Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil Doing the mind guerrilla Some call it magic the search for the grail ---
**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 5, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5758 "2016-05-05T13:58:23Z")
Oh, my own life is all I can hope to control. Oh, let my life be lived for the good, Good of my soul. Let it bring Peace Sweet peace Peace will come And let it begin with me ---
**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 5, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5759 "2016-05-05T14:01:21Z")
She’s a Dior girl Twisting round the world Midnight crush boogie scene Firm fixed expression Sensual, tender, smooth Sexual panther, beautifully cool Sweet soul sister Keep on pushing til the dawn Sweet soul sister Forever dancing on and on ---
**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 5, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5760 "2016-05-05T14:05:03Z")
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on Then a man of low degree stood by her side And promised her he’d take her for his bride Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=287) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=289)