# 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:** 341
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6801 "2016-09-21T02:53:18Z")
It makes no difference if you’re black or white If you’re a boy or a girl If the music’s pumping it will give you new life You’re a superstar, yes, that’s what you are, you know it ---
**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 21, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6802 "2016-09-21T10:30:25Z")
Watch his every move Superconductor Orchestrate illusions Superconductor Watch his every move Superconductor Hoping you’ll believe Designing to deceive That’s entertainment ---
**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 22, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6803 "2016-09-22T11:28:34Z")
Let me welcome you Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to say hello Are you ready for some entertainment? Are you ready for a show? Gonna rock you, gonna roll you Get you dancing in the aisles Jazz you, razzmatazz you With a little bit of style C’mon let me entertain you Let me entertain you ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6804 "2016-09-22T12:37:54Z")
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! Fremde, etranger, stranger. Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchante, Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, stay. Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret! ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6805 "2016-09-22T13:52:29Z")
Living in a fish eye lens Caught in the camera eye I have no heart to lie I can’t pretend a stranger Is a long-awaited friend ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6806 "2016-09-22T15:16:17Z")
No-one will talk to me, they turn to go Their faces say there’s something I should know Could I be a victim of the games of all my friends Or am I really being watched by the eye of the lens ---
**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 22, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6807 "2016-09-22T23:07:37Z")
See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight Heads turning as the lights flashing out are so bright And walk right out to the four line track There’s a camera rolling on her back, on her back And I sense a rhythm humming in a frenzy all the way down her spine Girls on film, girls on film Girls on film, girls on film ---
**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 22, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6808 "2016-09-22T23:34:22Z")
O-o-o Kate, Kate and Cindy and Crystal and Candy Mercedes and Joan, Betty and Brenda Suzie and Anita and Phoebe and Jack Jackie-o These are the girls of the USA The principal girls of the USA Can you name, name, name, name them today ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6809 "2016-09-23T02:44:41Z")
The name game! Shirley! Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley! ---
**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 23, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6810 "2016-09-23T04:07:39Z")
Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin’ Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can’t stop now, I got the shivers Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper ---
**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 23, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6811 "2016-09-23T05:39:31Z")
I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored I been John O’Hara’d, McNamara’d I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I’m blind I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded Communist, 'cause I’m left-handed That’s the hand I use, well, never mind ---
**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 23, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6812 "2016-09-23T12:25:32Z")
Hemingway, Eichmann Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin Bay of Pigs Invasion ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6813 "2016-09-23T13:29:59Z")
Who are you? Someone quick! There’s a man broken in! In a pig mask, broken in my bedroom! Stand well clear! He’s all mine! I can deal with this swine With this chauvinist pig in my bedroom! When I’m through, I will bet You will live to regret that you picked on me, you and I ever met I’m teaching you a lesson that you never will forget You’re a pig! What a pig! What a pig! ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6814 "2016-09-23T14:14:13Z")
Shove it up inside surprise! lies Stains like the blood on your teeth Bite chew suck away the tender parts I want to break it up I want to smash it up I want to fuck it up I want to watch it come down Maybe afraid of it let’s discredit it let’s pick away at it I want to watch it come down Now doesn’t that make you feel better? The pigs have won tonight Now they can all sleep soundly And everything is all right ---
**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 23, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6815 "2016-09-23T19:31:48Z")
We would zigzag our way through the boredom and pain Occasionally glancing up through the rain Wondering which of the buggers to blame And watching for pigs on the wing ---
**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 24, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6816 "2016-09-24T01:18:53Z")
Have you seen the little piggies Crawling in the dirt? And for all the little piggies Life is getting worse Always having dirt to play around in ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6817 "2016-09-24T12:34:33Z")
Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face Caesar’s palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human, silly human race On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place If the summer change to winter, yours is no Yours is no disgrace ---
**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 24, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6818 "2016-09-24T14:40:45Z")
He be the Count of Monte Cristo Could be a quake any day Maybe somebody from Siam Begin the era of a new rage Keeps lickin’ all the honey Chewin’ up the fat he rakes Instead of sending to the lions They cover him with praise All Hail Caesar! Hail! Hail! All Hail Caesar! Hail! Hail! ---
**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 24, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6819 "2016-09-24T18:56:43Z")
One day while I was not at home While she was there and all alone The angels came Now all I have is memories of Honey And I wake up nights and call her name Now my life’s an empty stage Where Honey lived and Honey played And love grew up And a small cloud passes overhead And cries down on the flower bed That Honey loved ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6820 "2016-09-25T13:34:30Z")
I’m engaged to marry Sue, honey, honey I’m engaged to marry Sue, babe, babe I’m afraid to get undressed 'Cause Mary’s tatooed on my chest Honey, oh baby, mine (Honey Babe - Art Mooney) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=340) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=342)