# 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:** 347
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6921 "2016-10-05T23:18:46Z")
A hundred miles from her is where I need to be And a hundred miles from now I’m gonna hit my knees Say I miss you ooh I love you and I’m sorry And if she can find the way to take me back I’ll spend the rest of my life making up for the past All my answers, All my hopes, All my fears Are a hundred miles from 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:** [October 5, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6922 "2016-10-05T23:46:44Z")
Happy and I’m smiling Walk a mile to drink your water You know I’d love to love you And above you there’s no other We’ll go walking out While others shout of war’s disaster Oh, we won’t give in Let’s go living in the past ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6923 "2016-10-06T08:42:25Z")
Yesterday there was so many things I was never told Now that I’m startin’ to learn I feel I’m growing old ‘Cause yesterday’s got nothin’ for me Old pictures that I’ll always see Time just fades the pages in my book of memories ---
**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 6, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6924 "2016-10-06T10:55:05Z")
Mem’ries, Light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories Of the way we were ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6925 "2016-10-06T13:52:38Z")
Thanks for the memory Of sentimental verse Nothing in my purse And chuckles When the preacher said For better or for worse How lovely it was ---
**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 6, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6926 "2016-10-06T13:54:36Z")
…nm ---
**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 6, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6927 "2016-10-06T17:14:44Z")
The only one who could ever reach me Was the son of a preacher man The only boy who could ever teach me Was the son of a preacher man Yes he was, he was, ooh yes he was ---
**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 6, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6928 "2016-10-06T22:14:15Z")
Reuben James one dark cloudy day They brought you from the field And to your lonely crambox Came just a preacher Me and the rain Just to sing one last refrain to Reuben James ---
**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 6, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6929 "2016-10-06T22:27:58Z")
I’m the man in the box Buried in my shit Won’t you come and save me, save me Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut? Jesus Christ, deny your maker ---
**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 7, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6930 "2016-10-07T00:52:14Z")
God is a Concept by which we measure our pain I’ll say it again God is a Concept by which we measure our pain ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6931 "2016-10-07T01:09:38Z")
First we find the answer, then we take the blame, Shade…shaded pain, We put on all the masks, then we play the game, Shade…shaded pain. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6932 "2016-10-07T09:10:28Z")
Who’s got the pain when they do the mambo? Who’s got the pain when they go “Ugh”? Who’s got the pain when they do the mambo? I dunno who – do you? ---
**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 7, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6933 "2016-10-07T16:20:34Z")
I can’t dance tonight Oh everybody’s movin but I’m tired I can’t dance tonight I try to keep it movin but I but I but I I can’t dance the pain away I can’t dance the pain away I can’t dance the pain ---
**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 7, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6934 "2016-10-07T21:43:36Z")
They’re pickin’ up the prisoners and puttin 'em in a pen And all she wants to do is dance, dance Rebels been rebels since I don’t know when And all she wants to do is dance Molotov cocktail, the local drink And all she wants to do is dance, dance They mix 'em up right in the kitchen sink And all she wants to do is dance ---
**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 8, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6935 "2016-10-08T00:16:20Z")
The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there and they began to wail The band was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing You should’ve heard them knocked out jailbirds sing Let’s rock, everybody, let’s rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6936 "2016-10-08T04:02:41Z")
"I’m not in your town to stay, " Said a lady old and gray To the warden of the penitentiary “I’m not in your town to stay And I’ll soon be on my way I’m just here to get my baby out of jail Oh warden, I’m just here to get my baby out of jail” ---
**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 8, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6937 "2016-10-08T05:19:02Z")
If they try to hold me for trial I’ll stay out of gaol by paying my bail And after I’ll go to the court of appeal saying: “You’ve done me wrong,” it’s the same old song forever Done me wrong - same old song - done me wrong Done me wrong - same old song - done me wrong ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6938 "2016-10-08T11:38:14Z")
It’s lonely out tonight And the feelin’ just got right for a brand new love song Somebody done somebody wrong song Hey, wontcha play another somebody done somebody wrong song And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby ---
**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 8, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6939 "2016-10-08T15:17:59Z")
Tonight, tonight, the world is full of light With suns and moons all over the place Tonight, tonight, the world is wild and bright Going mad, shooting sparks into space Today, the world was just an address A place for me to live in, no better than all right But here you are and what was just a world is a star Tonight Good night, good night Sleep well and when you dream Dream of me Tonight ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6940 "2016-10-08T19:35:38Z")
Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone Your demons come to light and your mind is not your own Lonely is the night when there’s no one left to call You feel the time is right, say the writing’s on the wall [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=348)