# 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:** 345
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6881 "2016-10-01T22:37:13Z")
And you stand there, with ashes blowing past Dipping into gilt-edged love that will be made at last And the gold you spend and the hastening end That you throw into the sea Coming back a hundredfold, there’s no guarantee One day-doubtless, cloudless, bright We’ll shake away the shadows of eternal night It’s just the storm before the calm Like the life held in your palm - it’s clay, one day ---
**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, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6882 "2016-10-01T23:52:11Z")
Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light of the dark eternal night Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing into the dark eternal night ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6883 "2016-10-02T03:21:14Z")
Do you understand Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming Or is this burning an eternal flame Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin’ ---
**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 2, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6884 "2016-10-02T12:37:03Z")
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you Tomorrow I’ll miss you Remember I’ll always be true And then while I’m away I’ll write home every day And I’ll send all my loving 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:** [October 2, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6885 "2016-10-02T18:53:03Z")
Baby, I get so scared inside and I don’t really understand Is it love that’s on my mind, or is it fantasy? Heaven is in the palm of my hand and it’s waiting here for you What am I supposed to do with a childhood tragedy? If I close my eyes forever, will it all remain unchanged? If I close my eyes forever, will it all remain the same? ---
**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 3, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6886 "2016-10-03T00:09:11Z")
Faustus you’ve got nothing to fear It may be hell down there 'Cause it’s heaven up here I’d have given forever for a few good years But too much of a muchness is too much you hear ---
**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 3, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6887 "2016-10-03T13:18:48Z")
Listen Jesus to the warning I give Please remember that I want us to live But it’s sad to see our chances weakening with ev’ry hour All your followers are blind Too much heaven on their minds It was beautiful, but now it’s sour ---
**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 3, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6888 "2016-10-03T15:06:13Z")
I don’t believe in destiny Or the guiding hand of fate I don’t believe in forever Or love as a mystical state I don’t believe in the stars or the planets Or angels watching from above But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance We can find someone to love And make it last ---
**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:** [October 3, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6889 "2016-10-03T15:46:47Z")
I believe in miracles Where you from, you sexy thing? Sexy thing, you I believe in miracles Since you came along, you sexy thing ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6890 "2016-10-03T16:41:26Z")
So if I tell you That you are really somethin’, baby Will you stay or will you go away? (Don’t go away) And when I lay my good lovin’ on you (baby) What will it cost me (baby) What will you make me Pay? ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6891 "2016-10-03T16:43:19Z")
Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble An’ if I stay it will be double So come on and let me know This indecision’s buggin’ me (Indecisión me molesta) If you don’t want me, set me free (Si no me quieres, librame) Exactly whom I’m supposed to be (Dime! ¿Qué tengo ser?) ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6892 "2016-10-03T16:48:13Z")
Who do you want to be today? Who do you want to be? Who do you want to be today? Do you want to be just like someone on TV? Just like somebody on TV! ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6893 "2016-10-03T17:03:23Z")
Girl you got this need to know what I’m all about There’s something that you dig you can’t figure out Well, you wanna know what moves my soul And what ticks inside of my brain But I’ve got this need I just can’t control, and it’s A-drivin’ me insane ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6894 "2016-10-03T17:22:25Z")
Listen I was brought up on a side street I learned how to love before I could eat I was educated from good stock When I start lovin’ I just can’t stop I’m a soul man ---
**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 3, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6895 "2016-10-03T22:29:38Z")
Once he starts it’s hard to stop He’s keeping up a pace like a tight wound clock And as he leaves the table (no luck today?) You can rest assured he’s coming back to try again Wind him up, he can’t stop He’s wound up tight just like the clock That’s winding its second hand down ---
**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:** [October 3, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6896 "2016-10-03T23:20:14Z")
I couldn’t say where she’s coming’ from, But I just met a lady named Dinah-Moe Humm She strolled on over, said look here, bum, I got a forty dollar bill says you can’t make me cum (You just can’t do it) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6897 "2016-10-03T23:35:26Z")
She’ll be comin’ 'round the mountain when she comes. ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6898 "2016-10-04T00:53:45Z")
This bed is on fire with passionate love The neighbours complain about the noises above But she only comes when she’s on top ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6899 "2016-10-04T01:05:32Z")
How can we dance when our earth is turning How do we sleep while our beds are burning Four wheels scare the cockatoos From Kintore East to Yuendemu The western desert lives and breathes In forty five degrees ---
**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 4, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6900 "2016-10-04T05:38:27Z")
After nine days I let the horse run free 'Cause the desert had turned to sea There were plants and birds and rocks and things There was sand and hills and rings The ocean is a desert with its life underground And a perfect disguise all above Under the cities lies a heart made of ground But the humans will give no love [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=344) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=346)