# 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:** 298
**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 28, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5941 "2016-05-28T22:43:58Z")
I love you sometimes Always never He said you’re here Here with me now It’s growing cold I’m growing old Is this the only way to see the fire? It’s raining ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5942 "2016-05-28T22:48:00Z")
I saw her sitting in the rain Raindrops falling on her She didn’t seem to care She sat there and smiled 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 28, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5943 "2016-05-28T23:52:36Z")
I’m standing in the rain I’m waiting all alone I’m so tired I wanna go home I’m standing in the rain Getting soaking wet I’m doing my best But what do I get? ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5944 "2016-05-29T02:42:05Z")
Well, I got one foot on the platform The other foot on the train I’m goin’ back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain Well, there is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5945 "2016-05-29T02:57:03Z")
Is this the train to Desert Moon Was all she said But I knew I’d heard That stranger’s voice before ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5946 "2016-05-29T03:01:05Z")
I remember ooo how the darkness doubled I recall lightning struck itself I was listening Listening to the rain I was hearing Hearing something else Life in the hive puckered up my night, A kiss of death, the embrace of life Ooo there I stand neath the Marquee Moon, Just waiting ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5947 "2016-05-29T12:23:00Z")
I don’t wanna go to Sunset Strip I don’t wanna feel the emptiness Old marquees with stupid band names I don’t wanna go to Sunset Strip ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5948 "2016-05-29T14:15:53Z")
Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill We can watch the working girls go by Watch the basket people walk around and mumble And stare out at the auburn sky ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5949 "2016-05-29T14:22:09Z")
Roxanne you don’t have to put on the red light Those days are over You don’t have to sell your body to 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 29, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5950 "2016-05-29T18:01:29Z")
Bombs away Ya’ pay to play Satisfaction guarantee She’s out tonight She’s dynamite Red lite, green lite, TNT Red lite, green lite, TNT ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5951 "2016-05-29T19:29:47Z")
Bombs away But we’re O.K. Bombs away In old Bombay ---
**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 29, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5952 "2016-05-29T22:25:25Z")
I hear the roar of the big machine Two worlds and in between Love lost, fire at will Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear Dive bombers, and Empire down Empire down ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5953 "2016-05-30T03:22:40Z")
We can rise and fall like empires Flow in and out like the tide Be vain and smart, humble and dumb We can hit and miss like pride ---
**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 30, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5954 "2016-05-30T18:33:14Z")
“We’re down, lads!” came a cry, bow plunging from the sky Three thousand horses silent as the ship began to die The flares to guide her path ignited at the last The Empire of the Clouds, just ashes in our past Just ashes at the last… ---
**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 30, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5955 "2016-05-30T20:51:05Z")
I live in an apartment on the ninety-ninth floor of my block And I sit at home looking out the window Imagining the world has stopped Then in flies a guy who’s all dressed up like a Union Jack And says, I’ve won five pounds if I have his kind of detergent pack I said, Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Don’t hang around 'cause two’s a crowd ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5956 "2016-05-31T02:24:55Z")
I set the clouds in motion Turn up light and sound Activate the Windows And watch the world go round ---
**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 31, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5957 "2016-05-31T11:47:17Z")
We’ve got magic to do… Just for you We’ve got miracle plays to play We’ve got parts to perform… Hearts to warm Kings and things to take by storm As we go along our 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 31, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5958 "2016-05-31T12:26:46Z")
Still the dragons reign supreme Breathing fire till we scream They leave us nothing but our dreams No shield can save us It’s gonna take a miracle We’re searching for a miracle ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5959 "2016-05-31T14:10:50Z")
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China’s under martial law Rock and Roller Cola wars, I can’t take it anymore We didn’t start the fire It was always burning Since the world’s been turning We didn’t start the fire But when we are gone It will still burn on and on and on and on And on and on and on and on… ---
**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 31, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5960 "2016-05-31T15:45:28Z")
Burning down the house Hold tight wait till the party’s over Hold tight We’re in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=299)