# 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:** 294
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5861 "2016-05-16T23:59:06Z")
Rome, Georgia, Athens, Texas And Paris, Tennessee No we’re not the jet set We’re the old Chevrolet set ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5862 "2016-05-17T00:43:25Z")
I’ve been to, Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota Whichta Tulsa Ottowa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattua LaPaloma Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocapillo Pocotello Amperdllo I’m a Killer ---
**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 17, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5863 "2016-05-17T01:09:56Z")
Well, I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time And I’m wasted and I can’t find my way home ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5864 "2016-05-17T11:58:41Z")
The blue bus is callin’ us The blue bus is callin’ us Driver, where you takin’ us ---
**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 17, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5865 "2016-05-17T15:41:01Z")
The Magical Mystery Tour Is coming to take you away Coming to take you away ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5866 "2016-05-17T15:55:19Z")
Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love Never hesitating to become the fated ones Turning and returning to some secret place to hide Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say, my love Take my breath away ---
**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 17, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5867 "2016-05-17T16:50:54Z")
Wo wo wo wo, wo wo wo wo Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo My love does it good Oh, I love, oh, my love Only my love does it good to me Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5868 "2016-05-18T02:18:29Z")
But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart? ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5869 "2016-05-18T12:37:21Z")
As the pain sweeps through, Makes no sense for you. Every thrill is gone. Wasn’t too much fun at all, But I’ll be there for you As the world falls down. ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5870 "2016-05-18T13:01:13Z")
When you try too much you lose control Pressure rises, and so I’m told Something’s got to give High life ecstasy You might as well live I can’t see, I can’t speak I couldn’t take more than another week Without you, oh no So I will drink my fill Till the thrill is you ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5871 "2016-05-18T15:26:00Z")
I don’t ordinarily drink with strangers, I most usually drink alone. You were so awfully nice to me, And I’m so terribly far from home. ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5872 "2016-05-18T15:29:26Z")
Every morning just before breakfast I don’t want no coffee or tea Just me and good buddy Weiser That’s all I ever need 'Cause I drink alone Yeah, with nobody else Yeah, you know when I drink alone I prefer to be by myself ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5873 "2016-05-18T15:36:15Z")
I don’t talk to strangers Unless they look like you And smile almost too sweetly, Disarming me completely I know all the dangers In trying something new Yet I, wanting you madly, Need all the dangers badly I want to talk to a stranger tonight ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5874 "2016-05-18T17:46:09Z")
I don’t take waifs and strays back home with me My bleeding heart does not extend to eternity Yes I’d have to say I like my privacy, see Did you know you’re on closed-circuit TV? So smile at me ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5875 "2016-05-18T17:57:10Z")
Television! The idiot tube Helps to raise our children as fools Watch the news, see what they want you to see Our awareness is limited by network VPs Moronic sit-coms, one sided news Alter your feeling, give you conformist views Why can’t you get that garbage out of your head? You’re better off to read a good book instead ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5876 "2016-05-19T01:41:57Z")
Hear the sound of music drifting in the aisles Elevator Prozac stretching on for miles The music of the future will not entertain It’s only meant to repress and neutralize your brain Soul gets squeezed out, edges get blunt Demographic gives what you want One of the wonders of the world is going down It’s going down I know It’s one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares No-one cares enough ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5877 "2016-05-19T01:59:23Z")
You play the guitar on the M.T.V. That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free. ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5878 "2016-05-19T12:18:34Z")
You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords Mind he’s strictly rhythm, he doesn’t want to make it cry or sing They said an old guitar is all he can afford When he gets up under the lights to play his thing ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5879 "2016-05-19T12:45:21Z")
When I was a little bitty boy my grandmother bought me a cute little toy Silver bells hangin’ on a string she told me it was my ding a ling ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5880 "2016-05-19T13:32:10Z")
The years have gone by too quickly it seems, I have my own little boy And yesterday I gave to him My marvelous little toy: His eyes nearly popped right out of his head And he gave a squeal of glee! Neither one of us knows just what it is But he loves it just like me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=293) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=295)