# 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:** 332
**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 28, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6621 "2016-08-28T00:09:32Z")
I’m so tired of being alone I’m so tired of on-my-own Won’t you help me girl Just as soon as you can? ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6622 "2016-08-28T00:52:23Z")
Hang on, help is on its way I’ll be there as fast as I can Hang on, a tiny voice did say From somewhere deep inside the inner 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:** [August 28, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6623 "2016-08-28T00:59:59Z")
Past the cheerless towns Past my window I can see a washed-out moon Through the fog And then a voice inside my head Breaks the analog And says: Follow me down, to the valley below You know Moonlight is bleeding From out of your soul ---
**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:** [August 28, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6624 "2016-08-28T01:00:44Z")
From this valley they say you are leaving We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For you take with you all of the sunshine That has brightened our pathway a while ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6625 "2016-08-28T04:24:42Z")
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You’ll never know dear, how much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6626 "2016-08-28T09:33:13Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99 If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience… ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6627 "2016-08-28T12:24:08Z")
Well, every thing’s getting hazy Now honey, where’d you go? I just want to find out, baby Where’d you learn what you know? ---
**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 28, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6628 "2016-08-28T15:18:07Z")
And if you wanna be a teachers pet Well baby you just better forget it Rock got no reason Rock got no rhyme You better get me to school on time Oh Yeah! ---
**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 28, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6629 "2016-08-28T17:50:45Z")
Her friends are so jealous You know how bad girls get Sometimes it’s not so easy To be the teacher’s pet Temptation, frustration So bad it makes him cry Wet bus stop, she’s waiting His car is warm and dry Don’t stand, don’t stand so Don’t stand so close to 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:** [August 28, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6630 "2016-08-28T23:57:15Z")
Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say Please share my umbrella Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows Under my umbrella ---
**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 29, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6631 "2016-08-29T00:11:45Z")
I’m just a fella, A fella with an umbrella, Looking for a girl who saved her love for a rainy day. I’m just a fella, A fella with an umbrella, Glad to see the skies of blue have turned into skies of gray. Raindrops have brought us together and that’s what I longed to see. Maybe the break in the weather will prove to be a break for 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:** [August 29, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6632 "2016-08-29T00:25:51Z")
Raindrops keep falling on my head But that doesn’t mean my eyes Will soon be turning red Crying’s not for me 'cause, I’m never gonna stop the rain By complaining, Because I’m free Nothing’s worrying me ---
**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 29, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6633 "2016-08-29T01:08:09Z")
All hands on deck at dawn Sailing to sadder shores Your port in my heavy storms Harbours the blackest thoughts I’m at sea again And now your hurricanes Have brought down This ocean rain To bathe me again ---
**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:** [August 29, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6634 "2016-08-29T02:17:00Z")
Splish, splash, I was takin’ a bath Long about a Saturday night, yeah A rub dub, just relaxin’ in the tub Thinkin’ everythin’ was alright ---
**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 29, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6635 "2016-08-29T02:47:49Z")
Don’t give us none of your aggravation We had it with your discipline Saturday night’s alright for fighting Get a little action in Get about as oiled as a diesel train Gonna set this dance alight `Cause Saturday night’s the night I like Saturday night’s alright, alright, alright ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6636 "2016-08-29T03:01:02Z")
Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night? Every Saturday night they would start in to roam And on Sunday morning they’d come staggering home They went hunting for rabbits when the weather grew colder But Crusoe came home with a hare on his shoulder Now, where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night? ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6637 "2016-08-29T08:39:53Z")
There’s some debate about whether instincts should be held in check Well, I suppose that I’m a liberal in this respect I can’t say I liked Robinson Crusoe But at least he didn’t tie his dogs up at night ---
**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 29, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6638 "2016-08-29T13:01:13Z")
Who let the dogs out? [Who, who, who, who?!] Who let the dogs out? [Who, who, who, who?!] Who let the dogs out? [[who, who, who, who?!] Who let the dogs out? ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6639 "2016-08-29T15:48:07Z")
Was ist los mit dir mein Schatz? Aha Geht es immer nur bergab? Aha Geht nur das was du verstehst? Aha Is this what you got to know? Love you do you didn’t show? Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6640 "2016-08-29T18:32:19Z")
Neunundneunzig Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All Darum schickte ein General 'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher Alarm zu geben, wenn’s so wär Dabei war’n dort am Horizont Nur neunundneunzig Luftballons [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=333)