# 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:** 329
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6561 "2016-08-18T14:05:30Z")
In the heights I buy my coffee and I go Set my sights On only what I need to know In the heights Money is tight But even so When the lights go down I blast my radio! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6562 "2016-08-18T15:39:46Z")
I’m sitting on the corner feeling glad Got no money coming in but I can’t be sad That was the best cup of coffee I ever had And I won’t worry about a thing because we’ve got it made Here on the inside, outside so far away ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6563 "2016-08-18T16:17:40Z")
I would swallow my pride, I would choke on the rinds, but the lack thereof would leave me empty inside. Swallow my doubt, turn it inside out, Find nothing but faith in nothing. Eant to put my tender Heart in a blender, Watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion. Rendezvous, and I’m through with 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:** [August 18, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6564 "2016-08-18T16:34:03Z")
She said you don’t look like my type but I guess you’ll do Third Rate Romance Low Rent Rendezvous He said I’ll even tell you that I love you if you want me too Third Rate Romance Low rent Rendezvous ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6565 "2016-08-18T17:28:29Z")
You phone me in the evening on hearsay And bought me caviar You took me to a restaurant off Broadway To tell me who you are We never-ever argue, we never calculate The currency we’ve spent I love you, you pay my rent I love you, you pay my rent I love you, you pay my rent I’m your puppet I love it ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6566 "2016-08-18T19:44:30Z")
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I’ll hear you scream Master! Master! Just call my name, 'cause I’ll hear you scream Master! Master! ---
**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:** [August 19, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6567 "2016-08-19T00:43:19Z")
You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I’ll come running to see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I’ll be there You’ve got a friend ---
**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:** [August 19, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6568 "2016-08-19T18:06:58Z")
Rivers flow uphill Blue turns into grey Winter follows springtime Morning ends the day Beyond the silver rainbow ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6569 "2016-08-19T22:48:37Z")
Why are there so many songs about rainbows And what’s on the other side Rainbows are visions But only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide So we’ve been told And some choose to believe it I know they’re wrong, wait and see Some day we’ll find it The rainbow connection The lovers, the dreamers, and me ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6570 "2016-08-20T11:56:17Z")
These precious illusions in my head did not let me down When I was defenseless And parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6571 "2016-08-20T16:16:46Z")
If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie ‘Bout a ghost from a wishin’ well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I’m a ghost that you can’t see ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6572 "2016-08-20T19:18:46Z")
Maybe I didn’t love you Quite as often as I could have And maybe I didn’t treat you Quite as good as I should have If I made you feel second best Girl I’m sorry I was blind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6573 "2016-08-20T22:43:46Z")
And I forget just why I taste Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile I found it hard, it’s hard to find Oh well, whatever, never mind ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6574 "2016-08-21T08:42:09Z")
It don’t really matter Gonna find out for yourself No it don’t really matter You’re gonna leave this thing to Somebody else ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6575 "2016-08-21T12:48:30Z")
Yo, yo, yo I got fifty Bentley’s in the West Indies (It doesn’t matter!) I got a pocket full of cheese and a garden full of trees (It doesn’t matter!) I just won the bingo bought a crib in Rio (It doesn’t matter!) Cause if you ain’t sharin, people ain’t carin Come up in the hood and they take everything you wearin. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6576 "2016-08-21T13:38:36Z")
Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters, Nothing really matters to me. Any way the wind blows. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6577 "2016-08-21T13:41:12Z")
There you go and baby, here am I; Well you left me here so I could sit and cry. Golly gee, what have you done to me? Well I guess it doesn’t matter 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:** [August 21, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6578 "2016-08-21T14:14:13Z")
The feeling is intense You grip me with your eyes And then I realise It doesn’t matter ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6579 "2016-08-21T17:32:55Z")
I don’t see me in your eyes anymore, oh why can’t I make them shine as before? I don’t see you or your heart in your kiss, when you should sigh that you’re mine, you resist! ---
**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:** [August 21, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6580 "2016-08-21T22:42:07Z")
I’m all out of love, I’m so lost without you I know you were right believing for so long I’m all out of love, what am I without you I can’t be too late to say that I was so wrong [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=328) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=330)