# 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:** 374
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7461 "2017-01-04T00:50:49Z")
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend, Ah, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7462 "2017-01-04T14:40:43Z")
In a little while from now If I’m not feeling any less sour I promise myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower And climbing to the top Will throw myself off In an effort to Make it clear to whoever Wants to know what it’s like When you’re shattered ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7463 "2017-01-04T17:34:30Z")
\*The time is now 1 AM. Brian is unable to snap his fingers and terminate the trip, which continues. He sobs, as his joy turns to fear. Brian’s rocky journey ended twelve hours after it so innocently had begun. He was shattered by it.\* ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7464 "2017-01-04T21:27:59Z")
What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? She lost her sparkle you know she isn’t the same Living on reds and vitamin C and cocaine All her friends can say is ain’t it a shame Sometimes the lights all shining on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long strange trip it’s been ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7465 "2017-01-05T01:03:54Z")
The shrieking of nothing is killing me Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis And I ain’t got no money and I ain’t got no hair But I’m hoping to kick but the planet is glowing Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom’s a junkie Strung out in heaven’s high Hitting an all-time low ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7466 "2017-01-05T01:19:34Z")
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7467 "2017-01-05T01:25:28Z")
Back at ground control, there is a problem Go to rockets full, not responding Hello Major Tom, are you receiving? Turn the thrusters on, we’re standing by There’s no reply ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7468 "2017-01-05T14:55:42Z")
This happened once before When I came to your door No reply They said it wasn’t you But I saw you peep through your window I saw the lie, I saw the lie I know that you saw me As I looked up to see your face I tried to telephone They said you were not home That’s a lie 'Cause I know where you’ve been I saw you walk in your door I nearly died, I nearly died 'Cause you walked hand in hand With another man in my place ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7469 "2017-01-05T15:40:52Z")
[all 3 stanzas match the previous song, sue me] You pull the sheets around your throat talking like the harpy again I’ve got this heartache in my coat since I don’t remember when It’s guaranteed to live and to bleed And you feed it with your bitterest lies Hope you can see what that’s done to me But I don’t care to look into your eyes There’s no explanation; there’s no complication Dream tongued man from the golden land standing with the keys to your door I had to laugh as I shook his hand didn’t know he’d been here before I know him well but I never can tell if he sees right through my futile disguise ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7470 "2017-01-05T20:28:44Z")
I heard somebody call your name From underneath our willow I saw something tucked in shame Underneath your pillow Well I’ve tried so hard baby but I just can’t see What a woman like you is doing with me So tell me who I see when I look in your eyes Is that you baby, or just a brilliant disguise? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7471 "2017-01-06T16:13:35Z")
She is frequently kind and she’s suddenly cruel She can do as she pleases, she’s nobody’s fool But she can’t be convicted, she’s earned her degree And the most she will do is throw shadows at you But she’s always a woman to me ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7472 "2017-01-06T20:54:35Z")
Well on the way Head in a cloud The man of a thousand voices Talking perfectly loud But nobody ever hears him Or the sounds he appears to make And he never seems to notice But the fool on the hill Sees the sun going down And the eyes in his head See the world spinning round ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7473 "2017-01-06T22:57:47Z")
Don’t come running to me, I know I’ve done all I can A hard loving woman like you just makes a hard loving man So I can say it to you babe I’ll be a fool for your loving no more A fool for your loving no more I’m so tired of trying, I always end up crying Fool for your loving no more I’ll be a fool for your loving no more ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7474 "2017-01-06T23:36:22Z")
Oh…love… You say in love there are no rules Oh…love… Sweetheart, You’re so cruel Oh…love… To stay with you I’d be a fool Sweetheart You’re so cruel ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7475 "2017-01-07T00:34:59Z")
You know I can be found Sitting home all alone If you can’t come around At least please telephone Don’t be cruel to who a heart that’s true Baby, if I made you mad For something I might have said Please, let’s forget the past The future looks bright ahead Don’t be cruel to who a heart that’s true I don’t want no other love Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of ---
**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:** [January 8, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7476 "2017-01-08T20:55:10Z")
Midnight runaway, know you’re running scared Bright lights, big city, nobody seems to care Open your eyes who’s there, who’s there Open your eyes, nightmare Unclean Fever dream On the high side In the Mean Machine ---
**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:** [January 8, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7477 "2017-01-08T21:47:46Z")
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin’ Trees flew by, me and Del were singin’ “Little Runaway” I was flyin’ Yeah I’m runnin’ down a dream That never would come to me Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads Runnin’ down a dream ---
**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:** [January 8, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7478 "2017-01-08T23:41:33Z")
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna I was playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7479 "2017-01-09T02:35:51Z")
Ocean coil Water boils He swims to the surface Flame from mouth Smoke he breathes Enter the caverns of the deep Time and space All alone It can be a lonely place There it goes Opening up I can’t stand I can’t breathe Terrified Ghastly cry Spiraled lives Taken down Taken down ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7480 "2017-01-09T02:47:19Z")
I don’t want to be taken down Like the rest of them coming up dry Leaving so little to root for the but we all can see enough of this besides [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=373) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=375)