# 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:** 333
**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 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6641 "2016-08-30T02:05:27Z")
The world’s a nicer place in my beautiful balloon It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky ---
**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 30, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6642 "2016-08-30T19:42:01Z")
Sing, sing a song Sing out loud, sing out strong Sing of good things, not bad Sing of happy, not sad ---
**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 30, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6643 "2016-08-30T21:01:09Z")
Sing with me, sing for the year Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear Sing with me if it’s just for today Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6644 "2016-08-31T00:30:09Z")
A thousand pictures can be drawn from one word Only who is the artist, we got to agree A thousand miles can lead so many ways Just to know who is driving, what a help it would be So if you want this world of yours to turn about you And you can see exactly what to do, please tell me I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6645 "2016-08-31T00:49:11Z")
There are pictures on the piano Pictures of the family Mostly my kids but there’s an old Picture of you and me You were five and I was six In nineteen fifty-two That was forty years ago How can that be true? ---
**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:** [August 31, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6646 "2016-08-31T03:08:16Z")
People take pictures of the summer, Just in case someone thought they had missed it, Just to prove that it really existed. People take pictures of each other, And a moment could last them for ever, Of the time when they mattered to someone. ---
**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 31, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6647 "2016-08-31T11:41:03Z")
Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6648 "2016-08-31T11:41:43Z")
Pictures of you, pictures of me Hung upon your wall for the world to see Pictures of you, pictures of me Remind us all of what we used to be There is a drug that cures it all Blocked by the governmental wall We are the scientists inside the lab, Just waiting for the call ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6649 "2016-08-31T14:13:35Z")
Can you hear it? The sound of Something burning Something changing On the merry-go-round Tonight The pictures on my wall Are about to swing and fall Love it all Love it all ---
**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 31, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6650 "2016-08-31T15:25:20Z")
Riding along on a carousel Trying to catch up to you Riding along on a carousel Will I catch up to you ---
**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 31, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6651 "2016-08-31T19:34:10Z")
It’s not easy puttin’ on a smile You’re alone, lost and found She waits at home just to love him Through the night thinkin’ He’s been gone so long now Is he coming home He’s been gone so long now, oh! Merry-go-round and round Merry-go-round and round Merry-go-round and round… ---
**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 31, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6652 "2016-08-31T22:11:53Z")
Oh, the merry-go-round broke down And we went round and round Each time t’would miss, we’d steal a kiss And the merry-go-round went “Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!” ---
**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 31, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6653 "2016-08-31T22:52:09Z")
Merry-go-round Wish I had found Somebody to care for Where am I bound Life is so lonely If life is just only To love with my loving Goes round and round Looking for someone Who would want to stay I might find her With a bit of luck one day ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6654 "2016-09-01T00:34:58Z")
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels the dizzy dancing way you feel When every fairy tale comes real, I’ve looked at love that way But now it’s just another show, you leave ‘em laughin’ when you go And if you care don’t let them know, don’t give yourself away ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6655 "2016-09-01T17:29:01Z")
And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give And you give And you give yourself away With or without you With or without you I can’t live With or without you ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6656 "2016-09-01T18:46:32Z")
I can’t live if living is without you I can’t live, I can’t give anymore I can’t live if living is without you I can’t give, I can’t give anymore ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6657 "2016-09-01T21:28:14Z")
Give a little bit Give a little bit of your love to me Give a little bit I’ll give a little bit of my love to you There’s so much that we need to share Send a smile and show you care ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6658 "2016-09-01T21:46:19Z")
Anything but lonely, Anything but empty rooms. There’s so much in life to share – What’s the sense when no one else is there? Anything but lonely, Anything but only me. Quiet years in too much space: That’s the thing that’s hard to face, ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6659 "2016-09-01T21:52:47Z")
And they sing, “Oh, ain’t you glad you’re single?” And that song ain’t too very far from wrong. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6660 "2016-09-02T00:22:15Z")
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