# 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:** 292
**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 11, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5821 "2016-05-11T13:47:54Z")
Well if they freed me from this prison, If that railroad train was mine I bet I’d move it on a little farther down the line Far from Folsom prison, that’s where I want to stay And I’d let that lonesome whistle blow my blues 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:** [May 11, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5822 "2016-05-11T16:28:59Z")
I’ll be locked here in this cell Til my body’s just a shell And my hair turns whiter than snow I’ll never see that gal of mine Lord, I’m in Georgia doin’ time I heard that lonesome whistle blow ---
**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 11, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5823 "2016-05-11T16:59:13Z")
No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia brown Two left feet, oh so neat, has Sweet Georgia Brown They all sigh and want to die for Sweet Georgia Brown I’ll tell you just why, you know I don’t lie not much All those gifts, those courters give to Sweet Georgia Brown They buy clothes at fashion shows with one dollar down Oh boy, tip your hat, oh joy, she’s the cat Who’s that, mister? It ain’t a sister, Sweet Georgia Brown ---
**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 11, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5824 "2016-05-11T17:06:22Z")
He piloted this song in a plane like that one. She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade. Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again. Field to weed is lookin’ thin And the train conductor says “Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We’ve been on this shift too long.” And the train conductor says, “Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break. We can reach our destination, but it’s still a ways away” But it’s still a ways 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:** [May 11, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5825 "2016-05-11T18:44:56Z")
Now you think you’re wiser because you’re older, And you think that money buys everything, And you think that you need no one to guide you, But you’re still a long way from home. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5826 "2016-05-12T02:20:00Z")
Lord, I’m one, Lord, I’m two, Lord, I’m three, Lord, I’m four, Lord, I’m five hundred miles a way from home. Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home, Lord, I’m five hundred miles away from home. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name. Lord, I can’t go back home this-a way. This-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a way, Lord, I can’t go back home this-a way. ---
**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 12, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5827 "2016-05-12T03:07:17Z")
Show me the way to go home I’m tired and I want to go to bed I had a little drink about an hour ago And it’s gone right to my head ---
**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 12, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5828 "2016-05-12T12:03:57Z")
Crawlin’ home at five AM (Lord, this sidewalk sure is hard) I guess I drank too much again Help me make it through the yard ---
**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 12, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5829 "2016-05-12T13:22:54Z")
II don’t care who’s right or wrong I don’t try to understand Let the devil take tomorrow 'Cause tonight I need a friend Yesterday is dead and gone And tomorrow’s out of sight And it’s sad to be alone Help me make it through the night. ---
**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 12, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5830 "2016-05-12T13:30:11Z")
Now when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks And the night is so black that the darkness cooks And you come creeping around Making me do things I don’t want to do ---
**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 12, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5831 "2016-05-12T14:30:50Z")
Say hey, good lookin’ - what ya got cookin’? How’s about cooking somethin’ up with me? Hey, sweet baby - don’t you think maybe We can find us a brand new recipe? ---
**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 12, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5832 "2016-05-12T15:32:34Z")
Got home early one morning, Much to my surprise, She was eating chicken and dumplings With some other guy. No more bread and butter, No more toast and jam, I found my baby eating With some other 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 12, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5833 "2016-05-12T16:04:21Z")
Look at all my trials and tribulations Sinking in a gentle pool of wine. What’s that in the bread? It’s gone to my head, 'Till this morning is this evening, life is fine. Always hoped that I’d be an apostle. Knew that I would make it if I tried. Then when we retire, we can write the Gospels, So they’ll all talk about us when we’ve died ---
**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 12, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5834 "2016-05-12T16:20:25Z")
Paul is making me nervous Paul is making me scared Walk into this room and swaggers Like he’s God’s own messenger Changed the name of my brother Changed the things that he said Says he speaks to him But he never even knew the man But I’d give my life 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 12, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5835 "2016-05-12T16:24:41Z")
Off into the world we go, planning futures, shaping years. Love bursts in and suddenly all our wisdom disappears. Love makes fools of everyone: all the rules we make are broken. Yes, love, love changes everyone: live or perish, in its flame. Love will never ever let you be the same. Love will never ever let you be the same! ---
**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 14, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5836 "2016-05-14T00:39:31Z")
Love Love will keep us together Think of me babe, whenever Some sweet-talking girl comes along, singing her song Don’t mess around, you’ve just got to be strong ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5837 "2016-05-14T01:29:31Z")
Too shy we are to come right out and say it Too sly to let the other one know Head full of this kaleidoscope of brain-freight Heart full of something simple and slow Love is not the only thing It’s the best thing Love is never everything But it’s the best thing ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5838 "2016-05-14T01:51:53Z")
Love can make you happy if you fine someone who cares To give a life time to you and who has a love to share. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5839 "2016-05-14T03:14:42Z")
Love, look at the two of us Strangers in many ways We’ve got a lifetime to share So much to say ---
**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 14, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5840 "2016-05-14T16:52:07Z")
Well, the old man was a stranger, but I’d heard his song before, Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door. When no-one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor, And lonesome was more than a state of mind. You see, the devil haunts a hungry man, If you don’t wanna join him, you got to beat him. I ain’t sayin’ I beat the devil, but I drank his beer for nothing. Then I stole his song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=291) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=293)