# 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:** 311
**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 28, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6201 "2016-06-28T19:13:57Z")
Downtown Where the folks are broke. Downtown Where your life’s a joke. Downtown When you buy your token, you go Home to skid row. ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6202 "2016-06-28T22:05:36Z")
Well the south side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town And if you go down there You better just beware Of a man name of Leroy Brown ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6203 "2016-06-28T22:59:37Z")
My daddy was a cop On the east side of Chicago Back in the USA Back in the bad old days ---
**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 28, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6204 "2016-06-28T23:02:52Z")
Do they still play the blues in Chicago When baseball season rolls around When the snow melts away, Do the Cubbies still play In their ivy-covered burial ground ---
**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 29, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6205 "2016-06-29T10:15:11Z")
Well, one and one is two Six and two is eight Come on baby don’t ya make me late Hidehey Baby don’t you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago ---
**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 29, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6206 "2016-06-29T13:13:09Z")
At the door there’s a man who will greet you. Then you go downstairs to some tables and chairs. Soon, I’m sure, you’ll be tapping your feet because the beat is the greatest there. All around there are girls and boys. It’s a swingin’ place, This side of Illinois\*! It’s got an atmosphere of its own somehow. You gotta come along right now! 'Cause I tell you \*Yes, I know now that the lyric is “a cellar full of noise.” But I sang it with that lyric for about 30 years! ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6207 "2016-06-29T15:04:39Z")
Well we got no choice All the girls and boys Makin all that noise 'Cause they found new toys Well we can’t salute ya Can’t find a flag If that don’t suit ya That’s a drag ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6208 "2016-06-29T15:14:04Z")
So you’ve had a little trouble in town Now you’re keeping some demons down Stop draggin’ my Stop draggin’ my Stop draggin’ my heart around ---
**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:** [June 29, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6209 "2016-06-29T15:14:52Z")
Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her legs and then he was a she ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6210 "2016-06-29T15:20:39Z")
Well I’m not dumb but I can’t understand Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6211 "2016-06-29T16:03:41Z")
I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda S O D A, soda I saw the little runt sitting there on a log I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said “Yoda” Y O D A, Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo-Yoda ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6212 "2016-06-29T16:08:26Z")
He knows everything about wrong and right. You can become a Jedi knight. I go to learn from the Y.O.D.A.! I go to learn from the Y.O.D.A.! ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6213 "2016-06-29T20:38:08Z")
They have everything for you men to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys… It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. ---
**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 29, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6214 "2016-06-29T21:29:55Z")
In the Matrix, yes, you can look just how you please In the Matrix, yes, we can jump around like fleas In the Matrix, check out my funky new Ray-Bans In the Matrix, lend the Zionists a hand In the Matrix, learn kung-fu, kara-te and then In the Matrix, just plant a bomb and count to ten In the Matrix, and you be sure to run like hell! In the Matrix, In the Matrix ---
**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 29, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6215 "2016-06-29T21:41:31Z")
Run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run You better run all day and run all night And keep your dirty feelings deep inside And if you’re takin’ your girlfriend out tonight You better park the car well out of sight 'Cos if they catch you in the back seat trying to pick her locks They’re gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box You better run ---
**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 29, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6216 "2016-06-29T22:52:31Z")
Well, come on mothers throughout the land, Pack your boys off to Vietnam. Come on fathers, don’t hesitate, Send 'em off before it’s too late. Be the first one on your block To have your boy come home in a 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 30, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6217 "2016-06-30T14:09:23Z")
When I landed in 'Nam I was great Uncle Sam I was fighting for God and my mother. And I knew what to do when my first tour was through, I signed up and went back for another. But it all tumbled down when we ambushed the town, In the night how the metal was flying. We blew it to hell. Really did our job well, But just women and kids did the dying ---
**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 30, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6218 "2016-06-30T17:09:13Z")
Could this be magic, or could this be love? Could this turn tragic? You know that magic often does And I see lonely ships upon the water Better save the women and children first Sail away with someone’s daughter Better save the women and children first ---
**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 30, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6219 "2016-06-30T18:43:43Z")
Take each other for granted It’s only love, we tell ourselves It’s only emotion Untamed as any ocean. With the wind at our backs And time on our side Breakers crashing on rocks We assume that we’ll survive. Watching the ship go down in the water Watching the ship go down in the sea Watching the ship go down in the water Carrying you and carrying me ---
**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:** [July 1, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6220 "2016-07-01T20:55:20Z")
I’m sailing away set an open course for the virgin sea I’ve got to be free free to face the life that’s ahead of me On board I’m the captain so climb aboard We’ll search for tomorrow on every shore And I’ll try oh Lord I’ll try to carry on [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=312)