# 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:** 304
**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 12, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6061 "2016-06-12T17:01:58Z")
But at night I’m a junk food junkie. Good Lord, have pity on me. ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6062 "2016-06-12T17:07:58Z")
It may be his soul was bigger than a body’s ought to be Singin’ songs and bringin’ laughter to the likes of you and me 'Cause the world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find But it wasn’t near as lonesome as the one he left behind Yesterday they found him on the floor of his hotel Reachin’ toward the needle, Lord, that drove him down to hell Some folks called it suicide, others blame the speed But we just called it crucified when Billy Dee O.D.'d ---
**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:** [June 12, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6063 "2016-06-12T17:12:29Z")
Everybody’s misused him; ripped him off and abused him. Another junkie playin’; pushin’ dope for the man. A terrible blow, but that’s how it go… Freddie’s on the corner now… if you wanna be a junkie, wow… Remember, Freddie’s dead… ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6064 "2016-06-12T17:33:34Z")
I gotta be cool relax, get hip Get on my track’s Take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motor bike Until I’m ready (Ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love This thing called love I just can’t handle it this thing called love I must get round to it I ain’t ready Crazy little thing called 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 12, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6065 "2016-06-12T19:58:03Z")
Crazy I’m crazy for feeling so lonely I’m crazy Crazy for feeling so blue I knew you’d love me as long as you wanted And then some day You’d leave me for somebody new ---
**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 12, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6066 "2016-06-12T20:02:01Z")
Crazy, but that’s how it goes Millions of people living as foes Maybe it’s not too late To learn how to love and forget how to hate Mental wounds not healing Life’s a bitter shame I’m goin’ off the rails on a crazy train ---
**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 12, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6067 "2016-06-12T23:14:05Z")
Aqualung my friend – Don’t you start away uneasy You poor old sod, you see, it’s only me. Do you still remember The December’s foggy freeze – When the ice that Clings on to your beard was Screaming agony. And you snatch your rattling last breaths With deep-sea-diver sounds, And the flowers bloom like Madness in the spring. ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6068 "2016-06-13T02:19:10Z")
Springtime for Hitler and Germany Rhineland’s a fine land once more! Springtime for Hitler and Germany Watch out, Europe We’re going on tour! ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6069 "2016-06-13T13:30:11Z")
When Der Fuehrer says we is de master race We heil heil right in Der Fueher’s face Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace So we heil heil right in Der Fuehrer’s face! ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6070 "2016-06-13T13:40:53Z")
“Drah’ Di net um, oh oh oh Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um! oh oh oh Er wird Dich anschau’n und du weißt warum Die Lebenslust bringt Di um.” Alles klar, Herr Kommissar? (or…) Don’t turn around, oh oh Der Kommissar’s in town, oh oh You’re in his eye and you’ll know why The more you live, the faster you will die Alles klar, Herr Kommissar? ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6071 "2016-06-13T13:48:05Z")
(Lüge dirigiert die Welt, Ehrlichkeit bringt selten Geld, Jeder möcht’ Sieger sein, wer verliert bleibt ganz allein; Doch manch Will’ ist möglich durch die Fantasie Du stirbst um zu leben und nimmst um zu geben; Einmal im Jahr wird alles wahr Zu Weihnacht vergiss nicht, Vergiss es gewiss nicht. The whole world needs, a Christmas dream, We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . . We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . . We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . . To help us to dream our Christmas dream! ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6072 "2016-06-13T14:19:49Z")
Auf den Ästen in den Gräben, Ist es nun still und ohne Leben, Und das Atmen fällt mir ach so schwer, Weh mir, oh weh Und die Vögel singen nicht mehr in English: On the branches in the ditches it’s now silent and without life And breathing becomes oh so hard for me Woe is me, oh woe And the birds sing no more ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6073 "2016-06-13T14:22:12Z")
Helter skelter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles high and falling fast It landed foul on the grass The players tried for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a cast ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6074 "2016-06-13T14:30:52Z")
I’m a joker I’m a smoker I’m a midnight toker I sure don’t want to hurt no one ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6075 "2016-06-13T15:51:33Z")
Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry? ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6076 "2016-06-13T17:39:09Z")
And in the streets the children screamed The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed But not a word was spoken The church bells all were broken And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died ---
**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 13, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6077 "2016-06-13T19:04:52Z")
Don’t go far, circle close The father, son, the holy ghost To the Trinity, I raise a toast Ahh yeah One, two, three lock box One, two, three lock box ---
**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 13, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6078 "2016-06-13T19:31:02Z")
One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock rock Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock rock Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock rock We’re gonna rock around the clock 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:** [June 13, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6079 "2016-06-13T21:20:22Z")
If only I could turn back time If only I had said what I still hide If only I could turn back time I would stay for the night. For the night. ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6080 "2016-06-14T13:32:45Z")
But there never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do Once you find them I’ve looked around enough to know That you’re the one I want to go Through time with [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=303) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=305)