# 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:** 300
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5981 "2016-06-02T15:37:53Z")
Ooh, and it’s alright and it’s coming along We gotta get right back to where we started from Love is good, love can be strong We gotta get right back to where started from A-ha ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5982 "2016-06-02T17:06:22Z")
I am returning the echo of a point in time Distant faces shine A thousand warriors I have known And laughing as the spirits appear All your life, shadows of another day And if you hear me talking on the wind You’ve got to understand We must remain perfect strangers ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5983 "2016-06-02T17:45:58Z")
Yes, it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5984 "2016-06-02T17:50:03Z")
If I needed someone to love You’re the one that I’d be thinking of If I needed someone ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5985 "2016-06-02T19:53:37Z")
Tears are running They’re all running down your dress And your friends, baby They treat you like a guest Don’t you want somebody to love? Don’t you need somebody to love? Wouldn’t you love somebody to love? You better find somebody to love ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5986 "2016-06-02T22:52:01Z")
Well, I spent a lifetime lookin’ for you Single bars and good time lovers were never true Playin’ a fool’s game, hopin’ to win And tellin’ those sweet lies and losin’ again. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5987 "2016-06-03T01:03:46Z")
Then, when there’s no more cars You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet Face to face, dance cheek to cheek One to one, man to man Dance toe to toe, don’t move too slow ‘Cause the man from Mars is through with cars He’s eatin’ bars, yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall He’s gonna eat ‘em all Rapture, be pure Take a tour, through the sewer Don’t strain your brain, paint a train You’ll be singin’ in the rain I said don’t stop, do punk rock ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5988 "2016-06-03T13:44:35Z")
Stop! In the name of love Before you break my heart ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5989 "2016-06-03T16:12:44Z")
Measure by measure, drop by drop And pound for pound, we’re taking stock Of all the treasure still unlocked The love you found must never stop ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5990 "2016-06-03T19:40:39Z")
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here It’ll be, better than before Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5991 "2016-06-04T15:11:03Z")
When the world and I were young, Just yesterday. Live was such a simple game, A child could play. It was easy then to tell right from wrong. Easy then to tell weak from strong. When a man should stand and fight, Or just go along. But today there is no day or night Today there is no dark or light. Today there is no black or white, Only shades of gray. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5992 "2016-06-04T15:32:24Z")
Awaken you dreamers Adrift in your beds Balloons and streamers Decorate the inside of your heads Please let some out Do it today But don’t let the loveless ones sell you A world wrapped in grey ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5993 "2016-06-04T15:42:20Z")
99 red balloons go by 99 red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells it’s red alert There’s something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky Where 99 red balloons go by ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5994 "2016-06-04T17:46:25Z")
Now don’t you know that I’m loving you for you Your undead beauty with a face of passion blue With all the words I give you, yes they are true And Evelyn my dear I’m… so… dead… for you! The night that Evelyn came out… of the grave! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5995 "2016-06-04T17:50:19Z")
Not tonight, Marie! The full moon shines, I’m showing all the danger signs. To hell with rest, I’ll thump my chest, I’ll swing across the room on vines. Marie, I don’t care where or how. Marie, you’ve purely had it now. Some night you won’t get through to me, By God, but not tonight, Marie! ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5996 "2016-06-05T00:30:34Z")
Look at me I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree And I feel like I’m clinging to a cloud I can’t understand I get misty, just holding your hand ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5997 "2016-06-05T02:05:26Z")
Misty mornin’, don’t see no sun; I know you’re out there somewhere having fun. There is one mystery - yea-ea-eah - I just can’t express: To give your more, to receive your les ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5998 "2016-06-05T02:06:55Z")
Mystery achievement Don’t breathe down my neck no I got no trophies on display I sign them away I mean what the heck ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5999 "2016-06-05T12:45:19Z")
You strut your rasta wear And your suicide poem And a cross from a faith that died Before Jesus came You’re building a mystery ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6000 "2016-06-05T14:40:56Z")
You all might like to hustle or do the bump or any dance you want When I get out on the floor I just wanna strut my stuff Got a pretty mama in Atlanta ain’t nothin’ but a Georgia peach Strutted her stuff all the way down to West Palm Beach [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=301)