# 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:** 314
**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 5, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6261 "2016-07-05T21:12:33Z")
Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6262 "2016-07-05T21:54:57Z")
The captain wired in he had water comin’ in And the good ship and crew was in peril And later that night when his lights went out of sight Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6263 "2016-07-06T01:43:43Z")
That’s the night when the lights went out in Georgia That’s the night when they hung an innocent man ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6264 "2016-07-06T01:56:17Z")
All he wanted was a toy All he needed was a bleeding heart To lead him through the dark Boy and the ghost When there’s nowhere left to fall Nowhere to hide, his silence is hurting Inside it’s cold, sleep or die Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide His light went out ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6265 "2016-07-06T13:40:14Z")
The years have gone by too quickly it seems, I have my own little boy And yesterday I gave to him My marvelous little toy: His eyes nearly popped right out of his head And he gave a squeal of glee! Neither one of us knows just what it is But he loves it just like 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:** [July 6, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6266 "2016-07-06T19:25:05Z")
Run through forests on a hot summer day Trying to break down walls of numbing pain Give me the freedom to destroy Give me radioactive toy ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6267 "2016-07-06T20:27:01Z")
We’ve lost our chance We’re the first and the last, ooh After the blast Chips of Plutonium Are twinkling in every lung Breathing (“Out, in, out, in, out”) Breathing Breathing my mother in Breathing my beloved in Breathing, Breathing her nicotine ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6268 "2016-07-06T21:36:08Z")
Breathe out So I can breathe you in Hold you in ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6269 "2016-07-07T11:45:47Z")
Breathe deep the gathering gloom, Watch lights fade from every room. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6270 "2016-07-07T12:23:25Z")
The clouds prepare for battle In the dark and gloomy silence Bruised and sullen stormclouds Have the light of day obscured ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6271 "2016-07-07T14:48:14Z")
Volcano pierce the air, ashes block out the sun Down in the lair, well I met her there With a price for everyone I paid eighty dollars for this wedding ring I couldn’t take it off if I tried And the cactus sure tastes strangely sweet As it goes down inside I’ll dream I’m safe In my hotel womb Soft and soul made It’s a wonderful room ---
**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 7, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6272 "2016-07-07T15:55:18Z")
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches 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:** [July 7, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6273 "2016-07-07T16:19:16Z")
Come on, come on, come on, come on Now touch me, baby Can’t you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won’t you tell me what she said? What was that promise that you made? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6274 "2016-07-07T18:18:41Z")
It’s exactly the same You said It’s always the same But I’ll make it change Into something the same I promise ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6275 "2016-07-07T22:06:05Z")
“Hello son, I hope you’re having fun.” “You’ve got it wrong Sir, I’m only the cleaner.” With that he fired, the other saying as he died, “You’ve done me wrong,” it’s the same old song forever. ---
**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 7, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6276 "2016-07-07T22:09:08Z")
Hey, won’t you play Another “Somebody done somebody wrong song” And make me feel at home 'Cause I miss my baby, 'Cause I miss my baby. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6277 "2016-07-07T22:46:54Z")
Ooh, each morning I get up I die a little Can barely stand on my feet (Take a look at yourself) Take a look in the mirror and cry (and cry) Lord what you’re doing to me (yeah yeah) I have spent all my years in believing you But I just can’t get no relief, Lord! Somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody) Can anybody find me somebody to love? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6278 "2016-07-07T23:16:40Z")
And somewhere far away there’s another day And someone’s getting out of bed She puts on her face in the morning space She doesn’t know if she’s dead Her ruby lips can’t excite me anymore ---
**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:** [July 7, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6279 "2016-07-07T23:41:29Z")
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I’m gonna miss you ---
**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:** [July 8, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6280 "2016-07-08T00:32:15Z")
She changes every time you look By summer it was all gone, now she’s moved on She called you every other day So savor it it’s all gone, now she’s moved on So for a while Everything seemed new Did we connect? Or was it all just biding time for you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=313) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=315)