# 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:** 38
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/741 "2014-08-08T17:27:46Z")
Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/742 "2014-08-08T17:41:36Z")
I’m a-rolling on, I’m a-rolling on, Rolling out past El Paso Texas, where I might have had a home. I made my bed, so here I lie. I’m rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/743 "2014-08-08T18:35:30Z")
Mama came to the door with a teardrop in her eye Johnny said, “Don’t cry Mama, smile and wave goodbye.” Don’t you know? Don’t you know? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/744 "2014-08-08T18:40:31Z")
So long, Mom, I’ve off to drop the bomb, So don’t wait up for me. But as you swelter down there in your shelter You can see me on your TV. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/745 "2014-08-08T18:46:07Z")
Is our secret safe tonight And are we out of sight Or will our world come tumbling down? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/746 "2014-08-08T21:27:43Z")
Earth below us, drifting, falling. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/747 "2014-08-08T21:31:52Z")
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, Nothing worth doing that I haven’t tried. There ain’t no living on planet-side, Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/748 "2014-08-08T21:40:14Z")
No more speed, I’m almost there Gotta keep cool now, gotta take care Last car to pass, here I go And the line of cars drove down real slow ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/749 "2014-08-08T22:03:44Z")
He won’t let you pass him, He won’t let you by You curse him he can’t hear you, You wish that he would die. He’s Snailman!! (Snailman) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/750 "2014-08-08T23:32:21Z")
You don’t really love that guy you make it with, now, do you I know you don’t love that guy 'cause I can see right through you I am, I am, I am Superman, and I know what’s happening I am, I am, I am Superman, and I can do anything ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/751 "2014-08-08T23:35:03Z")
To him, life is a great big bang up Whenever there’s a hang up You’ll find the Spider man. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/752 "2014-08-08T23:45:25Z")
Look, he’s crawling up my wall Black and hairy, very small Now he’s up above my head Hanging by a little thread ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/753 "2014-08-09T00:03:32Z")
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/754 "2014-08-09T00:49:35Z")
Dang me, dang me They oughta take a rope and hang me ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/755 "2014-08-09T00:51:48Z")
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy you’re bound to die. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/756 "2014-08-09T01:49:58Z")
If I die young, bury me in satin Lay me down on a bed of roses Sink me in a river at dawn Send me away with the words of a love song ---
**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:** [August 9, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/757 "2014-08-09T02:08:56Z")
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin, Get six pretty maidens to bear up my pall. Put bunches of roses all over my coffin, Roses to deaden the clods as they fall. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/758 "2014-08-09T03:29:21Z")
I don’t know, it must have been the roses, The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair. I don’t know, maybe it was the roses, All I know I could not leave her there. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/759 "2014-08-09T08:15:14Z")
I’ll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me If I don’t see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/760 "2014-08-09T13:36:53Z")
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