# 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:** 360
**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:** [November 13, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7181 "2016-11-13T20:19:57Z")
Well fun and games and laughter for the chosen few Here comes your nose and here comes you Je suis suicide, je suis pain Jabber indecision here we go again, I’m going Oh we’re in love with beauty We’re in love with wealth We’re in love with mental health I’m going cra-ya-yay-yazy ---
**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:** [November 13, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7182 "2016-11-13T23:38:40Z")
Crazy I’m crazy for feeling so lonely I’m crazy Crazy for feeling so blue I knew you’d love me as long as you wanted And then some day You’d leave me for somebody new … Oh, crazy For thinking that my love could hold you I’m crazy for trying And crazy for crying And I’m crazy for loving you ---
**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:** [November 14, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7183 "2016-11-14T02:38:46Z")
He stopped loving her today They placed a wreath upon his door And soon they’ll carry him away He stopped loving her today ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7184 "2016-11-14T10:56:38Z")
I used to love her, Mm, yeah But I had to kill her I had to put her six feet under And I can still hear her complain ---
**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:** [November 14, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7185 "2016-11-14T13:55:42Z")
Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun in your hand? Hey Joe, I said where you goin’ with that gun in your hand? I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady, You know I caught her messin’ 'round with another man ---
**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:** [November 14, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7186 "2016-11-14T14:27:02Z")
Now Charlie made the honor roll with ease Most all of his grades was A’s and B’s A real rip snorting, trigger squeezer Charlie proved a big crowd pleaser Though he had been known to make a couple C’s Some were dying, some were weeping Some were studying, some were sleeping Some were shouting, Texas number one Some were running, some were falling Some were screaming, some were bawling Some thought the revolution had begun ---
**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:** [November 14, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7187 "2016-11-14T15:12:19Z")
I used to trust the media To tell me the truth, tell us the truth But now I’ve seen the payoffs everywhere I look Who do you trust when everyone’s a crook? Revolution calling, revolution calling, revolution calling you There’s a revolution calling, revolution calling Gotta make a change Gotta push, gotta push it on through ---
**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:** [November 14, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7188 "2016-11-14T17:17:24Z")
Pictures of never ending dreams I can’t see what these images mean Locked inside me can’t set the rainbow free Like perishing flowers they sag and twist and die There’s a revolution There’s a revolution yeah There’s a revolution There’s a revolution ---
**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:** [November 14, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7189 "2016-11-14T17:25:07Z")
So welcome to the real world Full of pain and hurt Where there’s a million excuses, And you know what they’re worth You say you’ve got your big problems Like everybody else You won’t find any answers until you find yourself Inner revolution, shake it up baby There’s something in your life you don’t like, You got the power to change it ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7190 "2016-11-15T00:14:09Z")
Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby) Twist and shout (Twist and shout) C’mon C’mon, C’mon, C’mon, baby, now (Come on baby) Come on and work it on out (Work it on out) ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7191 "2016-11-15T10:57:45Z")
I’m so dizzy, my head is spinning Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, girl, making it spin You’re making me dizzy ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7192 "2016-11-15T12:45:24Z")
What is this pulling, tugging at my Limbs so heavy dragging me down again So I’m hoping, this cold blue water Scrubs me clean and spits me out again Because I just want to feel the sunlight Warm and soothing ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7193 "2016-11-15T12:47:42Z")
The whirlpool’s mother wore a jacket She’d sewn out of dental floss It was stolen by a monkey That sold it to an albatross ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7194 "2016-11-15T16:49:04Z")
I might be movin’ to Montana soon Just to raise me up a crop of dental floss Raisin’ it up, waxin it down In a little white box that I can sell uptown ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7195 "2016-11-15T20:18:45Z")
Uptown girl You know I can’t afford to buy her pearls But maybe someday when my ship comes in She’ll understand what kind of guy I’ve been And then I’ll win And when she’s walking she’s looking so fine And when she’s talking she’ll say that she’s mine She’ll say I’m not so tough Just because I’m in love with an uptown girl ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7196 "2016-11-15T20:54:39Z")
Why do birds sing so gay? And lovers await the break of day? Why do they fall in love? Why does my heart skip a crazy beat? Before I know it will reach defeat! Tell me why, why, why Why do fools fall in love? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7197 "2016-11-16T01:21:48Z")
Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be Close 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:** [November 16, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7198 "2016-11-16T02:11:59Z")
It’s no use, he sees her He starts to shake and cough Just like the old man in That book by Nabokov Don’t stand, don’t stand so, don’t stand so close to me Don’t stand, don’t stand so, don’t stand so close to me ---
**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:** [November 16, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7199 "2016-11-16T04:53:34Z")
Too close, too close for comfort; please, not again Too close, too close to know just when to say when Be firm, be fair, be sure, beware On your guard, take care, while there’s such temptation One thing leads to another, too late to run for cover She’s much too close for comfort now ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7200 "2016-11-16T11:20:40Z")
Don’t say a word my virgin child Just let your inhibitions run wild The secret is about to unfold Upstairs before the night’s too old Tonights the night It’s gonna be alright Cause I love you woman Ain’t nobody gonna stop us now [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=359) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=361)