# 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:** 308
**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 22, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6141 "2016-06-22T12:17:22Z")
I close my eyes when I get too sad I think thoughts that I know are bad Close my eyes and I count to ten Hope it’s over when I open them I want the things that I had before Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door I wish I could count to ten Make everything be wonderful again ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6142 "2016-06-22T13:14:36Z")
You can come as you are with just your heart And I’ll take you in though you’re rejected and hurt To me you’re worth, girl, what you have within Oh honey, boy, I don’t need no superstar 'Cause I’ll accept you as you are You won’t be denied, 'cause I’m satisfied With the love that you can inspire You don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in my show Oh, honey, you don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in my show ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6143 "2016-06-22T13:36:52Z")
Come inside, the show’s about to start Guaranteed to blow your head apart Rest assured you’ll get your money’s worth Greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth You’ve got to see the show, it’s a dynamo! You’ve got to see the show, it’s rock and roll! ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6144 "2016-06-22T13:39:55Z")
The overture is about to start, You cross your fingers and hold your heart, It’s curtain time and away we go, Another op’nin’, another show Another op’nin’, another show In Philly, Boston or Baltimoe, A chance for stagefolks to say “hello” Another op’nin’, another show. ---
**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 22, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6145 "2016-06-22T14:33:30Z")
Step right up, hurry, hurry before the show begins, my friends Stand in line, get your tickets, I hope you will attend It’ll only cost you fifty cents to see What life has done to those like you and me ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6146 "2016-06-22T19:43:22Z")
One down, one to go Another town and one more show Downtown they’re giving away But she never came back ---
**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 22, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6147 "2016-06-22T20:00:55Z")
The lights are much brighter there You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares So go downtown Things will be great when you’re downtown No finer place for sure, downtown Everything’s waiting for you ---
**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 22, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6148 "2016-06-22T20:28:41Z")
Dim all the light sweet honey Cause tonight it’s you and me No need to worry darlin’ Cause it’s for eternity ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6149 "2016-06-22T21:07:15Z")
So listen very carefully Closer now and you will see what I mean It isn’t a dream The only sound that you will hear Is when I whisper in your ear “I love you forever and ever” ---
**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 22, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6150 "2016-06-22T23:05:40Z")
So where did you go? Where do you go in the big sleep? Going out to the deep sleep Is where you’re wandering now So where did you go When you are in the big sleep? Drifting in wildlife And still you’re wandering now ---
**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 23, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6151 "2016-06-23T12:50:54Z")
Baby, baby Where did our love go And all your promisses Of a love forever more ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6152 "2016-06-23T13:08:54Z")
It’s a far cry from the world we thought we’d inherit It’s a far cry from the way we thought we’d share it ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6153 "2016-06-23T13:09:36Z")
May you grow up to be righteous May you grow up to be true May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you May you always be courageous Stand upright and be strong May you stay forever young Forever young, forever young May you stay forever young. ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6154 "2016-06-23T13:53:50Z")
Well I stood stone-like at midnight, suspended in my masquerade And I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and come out with my soul untouched I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd But when they said, “Sit down,” I stood up Ooh… growin’ up ---
**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 23, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6155 "2016-06-23T18:57:33Z")
Well you can have your TV and you nightclubs, And you can have your drive in picture show, I’ll stay here with my little man near, we’ll listen to the radio, Biding my time and watching Scotty grow ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6156 "2016-06-23T23:16:17Z")
Here is a child playing in a garden Here is an old man with a broken heart Here comes a train to take you away It all goes round and round and comes back to the start I was never really sure what I was waiting for When the moment came I was looking away Obsessed with a past, scared of the future Never took the time to be here today ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6157 "2016-06-24T00:30:03Z")
He take a thunder from the mountain He take a lightning from the sky He bring a strong man to his begging knee He make a young girl’s mama cry You got to hidey-hide You got to jump and run You got to hidey-hidey-hide The old man is down the road ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6158 "2016-06-24T00:57:03Z")
I went down to the crossroads Fell down on my knees Asked the Lod above for mercy Save me if you please ---
**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 24, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6159 "2016-06-24T14:34:26Z")
I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I’ll get on my knees and pray We don’t get fooled again ---
**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 24, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6160 "2016-06-24T17:19:23Z")
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