# 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:** 370
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7381 "2016-12-16T19:34:06Z")
Turn on your heartlight Let it shine wherever you go Let it make a happy glow for all the world to see Turn on your heartlight In the middle of a young boy’s dream Don’t wake me up too soon Gonna take a ride across the moon, you and me ---
**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:** [December 18, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7382 "2016-12-18T01:18:37Z")
Listen Jump on a moonbeam and ride Ride it, glide it all the way As the moon speaks To the waves of the sea And the ocean relic Of the time it used to be ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7383 "2016-12-18T16:02:15Z")
Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies ---
**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:** [December 18, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7384 "2016-12-18T16:23:39Z")
When you’re all alone, any old night, And you’re feeling mighty blue, Pick up your hat, Close up your flat, Get out, get under the moon. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7385 "2016-12-18T23:39:27Z")
Baby take off your coat, real slow Take off your shoes, I’ll take off your shoes Baby take off your dress, yes yes yes You can leave your hat on You can leave your hat on You can leave your hat on ---
**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:** [December 18, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7386 "2016-12-18T23:49:49Z")
His heart is filled with envy And revenge and greed His heart is filled with nothing His heart is filled with need He’ s capable of anything Of any vicious act This criminal is dangerous The criminal under my own hat ---
**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:** [December 19, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7387 "2016-12-19T08:52:15Z")
We get in the car. I step on the gas. I open ‘er up. A-travellin’ fast. I find us a spot. Where no one is at. Then i reach across and grab her little red hat! She’s startin’ to yell. I tell her to hush. She’s startin’ to run. And then with a rush I fly through the air I’m pinnin’ Her flat’ ‘Cause i won’t go home without her little red hat! ---
**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:** [December 19, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7388 "2016-12-19T14:38:06Z")
I’m ridin’ in your car You turn on the radio You’re pullin’ me close I just say no I say I don’t like it But you know I’m a liar 'Cause when we kiss Ooooh, fire Late at night You’re takin’ me home You say you wanna stay I say I wanna be alone I say I don’t love you But you know I’m a liar 'Cause when we kiss Ooooh, fire ---
**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:** [December 19, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7389 "2016-12-19T14:40:27Z")
We stood there kissin’ by the mistletoe Tingle, tingle, tingle, tingle Mmm and away we go, jingle, jingle Kissin’ by the mistletoe, love came to stay And now it’s Christmas every day ---
**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:** [December 19, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7390 "2016-12-19T14:47:34Z")
Something must be wrong with my mistletoe Cause there’s nothing wrong with me. Every single night’s another silent night. Won’t somebody come and rescue me? I just want someone to hang my stocking And to trim my Christmas tree. Something must be wrong with my mistletoe Cause there’s nothing wrong with me. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7391 "2016-12-19T22:32:34Z")
What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs Rolls over your neighbor’s dog? What’s great for a snack and fits on your back? It’s Log, Log, Log! It’s Log, Log It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood! It’s Log, Log It’s better than bad, it’s good! ---
**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:** [December 20, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7392 "2016-12-20T00:46:47Z")
Happy, happy, joy, joy Happy, happy, joy, joy Happy, happy, joy, joy Happy, happy, joy, joy Happy, happy, joy, joy Happy, happy, joy, joy Happy, happy, joy, joy, joy ---
**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:** [December 20, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7393 "2016-12-20T12:33:37Z")
I saw her sitting in the rain Raindrops falling on her She didn’t seem to care She sat there and smiled at me And I knew (I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew) She could make me happy (happy, happy) Flowers in her hair, flowers everywhere ---
**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:** [December 20, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7394 "2016-12-20T14:53:40Z")
Flow it, show it Long as God can grow, my hair I want long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty Oily, greasy, fleecy, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen Knotted, polka dotted, twisted, beaded, braided Powered, flowered and confettied Bangled, tangled, spangled and spahettied ---
**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:** [December 20, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7395 "2016-12-20T15:53:33Z")
I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair Borne, like a vapor, on the summer air I see her tripping where the bright streams play Happy as the daisies that dance on her way Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour Many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er Oh! I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair Floating, like a vapor, on the soft, summer air ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7396 "2016-12-21T12:40:08Z")
Jean, Jean, you’re young and alive Come out of your half-dreamed dream And run, if you will, to the top of the hill Open your arms, bonny Jean ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7397 "2016-12-21T13:09:09Z")
I used to be a rovin’ lad. A rovin’ an’ wanderin’ life I had. On any lass I’d frown, who would try to tie me down. But then one day, I saw a maid, Who held out her hand, an’ I stayed an’ stayed. An’ now across the green, I’ll go home with Bonnie Jean. Go home, go home, go home with Bonnie Jean! Go home, go home. I’ll go home with Bonnie Jean! ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7398 "2016-12-21T14:19:29Z")
Billie Jean is not my lover She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one But the kid is not my son She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7399 "2016-12-21T14:22:30Z")
It’s just no good anymore since you went away (number) One is the loneliest (number) One is the loneliest (number) One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do (number) One is the loneliest (number) One is the loneliest (number) One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do (number) One (one is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do)(number) One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do (number) One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7400 "2016-12-21T23:23:47Z")
Blue Christmas, that’s the way you see it when you’re feeling blue Blue Xmas, when you’re blue at Christmastime you see right through, All the waste, all the sham, all the haste and plain old bad taste [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=371)