# 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:** 344
**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 29, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6861 "2016-09-29T18:26:06Z")
Come, dearie, near me so ye can hear me, I’ve got to whisper this softly. For though I’m burnin’ to shout my yearnin’, the words come tiptoein’ off me. Oh, come to me, bend to me, kiss me good day! Darlin’ my darlin’, ‘tis all I can say. Jus’ come to me, bend to me, kiss me good day! Gie me your lips an’ don’t take them 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:** [September 29, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6862 "2016-09-29T19:13:23Z")
She knows what she knows I know what she’s thinking Sugar kisses Sugar kisses Just when you think she’s yours She’s flown to other shores To laugh at how you break And melt into this lake Lips like sugar Sugar kisses ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6863 "2016-09-29T22:16:11Z")
Well, when I was a young man never been kissed I got to thinkin’ it over how much I had missed So I got me a girl and I kissed her and then, and then Oh, lordy, well I kissed 'er again Because she had kisses sweeter than wine She had, mmm, mmm, kisses sweeter than wine (Sweeter than wine) Well I asked her to marry and to be my sweet wife I told her we’d be so happy for the rest of our life I begged and I pleaded like a natural man And then, whoops oh lordy, well she gave me her hand Because she had kisses sweeter than wine She had, mmm, mmm, kisses sweeter than wine (Sweeter than wine) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FlT2wvkP2Ms/maxresdefault.jpg "Jimmie Rodgers- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlT2wvkP2Ms) ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6864 "2016-09-30T01:34:19Z")
I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back As she disappeared, but soon she returned In her hand was a bottle of wine In the other a glass She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass And raised it to her lips And just before she drank it, she said Take the wine dig that girl Spill the wine, dig that girl ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6865 "2016-09-30T02:05:41Z")
“Ever had a drink of watermelon wine?” he asked He told me all about it, though I didn’t answer back “Ain’t but three things in this world that’s worth a solitary dime But old dogs and children and watermelon wine” ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6866 "2016-09-30T02:52:01Z")
Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Listen to me, I cannot see clearly Isn’t that she, coming to me nearly here? ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6867 "2016-09-30T03:02:48Z")
Wine is fine but whiskey’s quicker Suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle and drown your sorrows Then it floods away tomorrows ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6868 "2016-09-30T14:18:01Z")
Jolie bouteille, sacrée bouteille Veux-tu me laisser tranquille? Je veux te quitter, je veux m’en aller Je veux recommencer ma vie Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober? Let me alone, let me go home Let me go back to start over Je veux recommencer ma vie ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6869 "2016-09-30T14:21:09Z")
Drunk all the time Feeling fine on elderberry wine Those were the days We’d lay in the haze Forget depressive times How can I ever get it together Without a wife in line To pick the crop and get me hot On elderberry wine ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6870 "2016-09-30T14:25:28Z")
The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play Through a meadow land toward a closing door A door marked “nevermore” that wasn’t there before The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories Of the golden smile that introduced me to The days of wine and roses and 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:** [September 30, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6871 "2016-09-30T16:59:09Z")
Nevermore – can’t let go Your silences tells me all I need to know Nevermore – strike a chord The walls of silence fall nevermore ---
**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 30, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6872 "2016-09-30T20:06:22Z")
But just because I’m weak, You can steal my dreams. You can reach inside my head, And you can put your song there instead. Please, come to me. Please, stay with me. Please, sing, cry, cry. Sing to me, raven, I miss her so much. Sing to me, Lily, I miss you so much. ---
**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 30, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6873 "2016-09-30T22:25:50Z")
Come to me, bend to me, kiss me good day! Darlin’, my darlin’, ‘tis all I can say, Jus’ come to me, bend to me, kiss me good day! Gie me your lips an’ don’t take them 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:** [October 1, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6874 "2016-10-01T00:32:31Z")
So get your feet off of my table get shoes from under my bed Get your hat off of my hat rack, put it on your head Get your coat out of my closet, put it on your back Get your Ferlin Husky records, darlin’, it’s time for you to pack Get your arms from around me - it ain’t no use to try Get your tongue out of my mouth cause I’m kissing you goodbye ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6875 "2016-10-01T01:10:43Z")
This time you’ve gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you Don’t talk back Just drive the car Shut your mouth I know what you are Don’t say nothing Keep your hands on the wheel Don’t turn around This is for real ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6876 "2016-10-01T02:06:17Z")
Easy, ready, willing, overtime Where does it stop Where do you dare me To draw the line You’ve got the body Now you want my soul Don’t even think about it Say no go ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6877 "2016-10-01T10:41:26Z")
Novocaine for the soul You’d better give me something To fill the hole Before i sputter 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:** [October 1, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6878 "2016-10-01T12:25:45Z")
They are not gone, they are not gone, they are only sleeping In graves, in ways, in clay, underneath the floor Building walls, overalls, getting bored, I got faulty wiring Brick it up now, brick it up now, but keep the bones This machine Is there to please Strip the soul Fill the hole A fire to feed A belt to bleed Strip the soul Kill them all ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6879 "2016-10-01T19:36:19Z")
Les Allemands étaient chez moi (The Germans were at my home) ils m’ont dit “Résigne-toi” (They said, “Surrender,”) mais je n’ai pas pu (this I could not do) j’ai repris mon arme (I took my weapon again) J’ai changé cent fois de nom (I have changed names a hundred times) j’ai perdu femme et enfants (I have lost wife and children) mais j’ai tant d’amis (But I have so many friends) j’ai la France entière (I have all of France) Un vieil homme dans un grenier (An old man, in an attic) pour la nuit nous a cachés (Hid us for the night) les Allemands l’ont pris (The Germans captured him) il est mort sans surprise (He died without surprise) Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing, through the graves the wind is blowing, freedom soon will come; then we’ll come from the shadows. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6880 "2016-10-01T20:32:15Z")
We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome, some day. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome, some day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=343) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=345)