# 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:** 335
**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 6, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6681 "2016-09-06T16:03:22Z")
The tide is high but I’m holding on I’m gonna be your number one I’m not the kind of girl who gives up just like that Oh, no ---
**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 6, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6682 "2016-09-06T18:19:59Z")
Shannon, is gone I heard She’s drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she’ll find an island with a shaded tree Just like the one in our backyard ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6683 "2016-09-06T21:36:51Z")
They say she just went crazy, screaming out his name She ran out into the ocean, and to this day they claim If you go down by the water, you’ll see her footprints in the sand 'Cuz every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne ---
**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 6, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6684 "2016-09-06T22:43:37Z")
Oh, they say she died one winter When there came a killing frost And the pony she named Wildfire Busted down his stall In a blizzard she was lost She ran calling Wildfire She ran calling Wildfire She ran calling Wildfire ---
**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 7, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6685 "2016-09-07T00:37:01Z")
And you know it’s time to go Through the sleet and driving snow Across the fields of mourning Light in the distance ---
**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 7, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6686 "2016-09-07T01:18:24Z")
Life is a clay urn on the mantle And I am the fragments on the floor Life is a clay urn on the mantle And I am the ashes on the floor We are the wounds and the great cold death of the earth Darkness and silence, the light shall flicker out ---
**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 7, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6687 "2016-09-07T02:10:32Z")
Disembodied, a luminous hand Holding the air, passing the current A voice is channeled, a rope is uncoiled Flicker the light and someone is here ---
**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 7, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6688 "2016-09-07T13:17:36Z")
Beneath the opera house I know he’s there. He’s with me on the stage, He’s everywhere. And when my song begins, I always find The phantom of the opera is there Inside my mind. ---
**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 7, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6689 "2016-09-07T15:48:31Z")
He’ll never make the screen. He’ll never make the ‘Sweeney’, Be that movie queen. He’s too busy hitting the Vaseline. Ooh, yeah, you’re amazing! We think you are really cool. We’d give you a part, my love, But you’d have to play the fool. ---
**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 7, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6690 "2016-09-07T20:41:47Z")
Don’t come running to me, I know I’ve done all I can A hard loving woman like you just makes a hard loving man So I can say it to you babe I’ll be a fool for your loving no more A fool for your loving no more I’m so tired of trying I always end up crying Fool for your loving no more I’ll be a fool for your loving no more ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6691 "2016-09-08T02:14:00Z")
'Cause everybody’s somebody’s fool Everybody’s somebody’s plaything And there are no exceptions to the rule Yes, everybody’s somebody’s fool. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6692 "2016-09-08T11:46:03Z")
Everybody loves somebody sometime Everybody falls in love somehow Something in your kiss just told me My sometime is now ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6693 "2016-09-08T13:03:28Z")
I love everybody Especially you I love everybody Especially you So if you feel lonesome Remember it’s true I love everybody Especially you :rolleyes: ---
**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 8, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6694 "2016-09-08T13:05:47Z")
Some songs feel like butter Some songs sound like cake This little number is for your sake 'Cause if we knew where we belong There’d be no doubt where we’re from But as it stands, we don’t have a clue Especially me and probably you Probably 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:** [September 8, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6695 "2016-09-08T14:45:23Z")
And you can tell everybody this is your song It may be quite simple but now that it’s done I hope you don’t mind I hope you don’t mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you’re in the world ---
**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:** [September 8, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6696 "2016-09-08T18:19:23Z")
Are the stars out tonight I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright I only have eyes for you dear. Sha bop sha bop The moon may be high Sha bop sha bop But I can’t see a thing in the sky I only have eyes for 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:** [September 8, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6697 "2016-09-08T18:42:32Z")
Summer nights are colder now They’ve taken down the fair All the lights have died somehow Or were they ever there No sighs or mysteries She lay golden in the sun No broken harmonies But I’ve lost my way She had rainbow eyes ---
**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 8, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6698 "2016-09-08T22:47:12Z")
And I raise my head and stare Into the eyes of a stranger I’ve always known that the mirror never lies People always turn away From the eyes of a stranger Afraid to know what lies behind the stare ---
**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:** [September 9, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6699 "2016-09-09T03:19:41Z")
Tell me is love Still a popular suggestion, Or merely an obsolete art? Forgive me for asking This simple question I’m unfamiliar with this part I am a stranger here myself. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6700 "2016-09-09T13:56:39Z")
People are strange when you’re a stranger Faces look ugly when you’re alone Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted Streets are uneven when you’re down [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=334) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=336)