# 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:** 382
**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 31, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7621 "2017-01-31T03:20:15Z")
Disease, disease, spreading the disease With some help from Captain Trips He’ll bring the world down to his knees Power, yes power He’ll show them all his power It pulses through his ice cold blood A whole world to devour He’s seeing, he’s calling His legacy he’s spawning He’s coming, corrupting Among the living ---
**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 31, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7622 "2017-01-31T04:36:47Z")
He got feet down below his knees Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease ---
**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 31, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7623 "2017-01-31T07:53:18Z")
Say, up in Harlem at a table for two There were four of us: me, your big feet, and you From your ankle up, I’ll say you sure are sweet From there down there’s just too much feet ---
**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 31, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7624 "2017-01-31T12:36:58Z")
And now I know Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say I thought I knew But now I know that rose trees never grow In New York City Until you’ve seen this trash can dream come true You stand at the edge while people run you through And I thank the Lord there’s people out there like you I thank the Lord there’s people out there like you ---
**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 31, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7625 "2017-01-31T12:40:05Z")
I thank the Lord for the night time To forget the day A day of up-, uptight time Baby, chase it away ---
**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 31, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7626 "2017-01-31T13:57:37Z")
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto ---
**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 31, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7627 "2017-01-31T22:04:17Z")
Thank you, thank you, thank you kindly! Thank you, thank you, thank you kindly! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7628 "2017-02-01T00:13:48Z")
Thank you India Thank you terror Thank you disillusionment Thank you frailty Thank you consequence Thank you thank you silence ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7629 "2017-02-01T01:02:03Z")
Don’t paint the silence black, now save me Don’t leave a day You got a right to stand or die, so maybe You take chances all the same Pain comes in stages If we don’t make it Nothing changes Now the violence sleeps inside Abandoned feeling for just a piece of mind It’s the reason why your teething side frustrates 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:** [February 1, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7630 "2017-02-01T09:40:03Z")
You are a sun goddess! Uh-oh! Will you save me? Babe… babe… babe… 'Cause it’s all in the heat of the moment It’s all in the pain So give in to the heat of the moment Give in to the 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:** [February 1, 2017, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7631 "2017-02-01T11:31:09Z")
We’re having a heat wave, A tropical heat wave, The temperature’s rising, It isn’t surprising, She certainly can can-can. She started a heat wave By letting her seat wave In such a way that The customers say that She certainly can can-can. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7632 "2017-02-01T14:11:57Z")
And we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced We were liars in love and we danced Swept away for a moment by chance And we danced and danced danced ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7633 "2017-02-01T14:22:53Z")
Dance with me, I want to be your partner Can’t you see the music is just starting? Night is falling, and I am falling Dance with me Fantasy could never be so giving I feel free, I hope that you are willing Pick the beat up, and kick your feet up Dance with me Let it lift you off the ground Starry eyes, and love is all around us I can take you where you want to go ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7634 "2017-02-01T15:31:42Z")
Tug in the sound as if to say There’s left a part of now in yesterday The hurry for fear to miss the show Not as strong as the wind’s eternal blow Dark as the night comes to share With stars in her hair And grand majestic flair Framed, a world passes by With the sound of a young girl’s sigh Man carrying a brow Smoke rises from the crowd Here for now ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7635 "2017-02-01T15:33:02Z")
Stars In your multitudes Scarce to be counted Filling the darkness With order and light You are the sentinels Silent and sure Keeping watch in the night Keeping watch in the night You know your place in the sky You hold your course and your aim And each in your season Returns and returns And is always the same And if you fall as Lucifer fell You fall in flame! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7636 "2017-02-01T15:48:50Z")
Welcome to the abandoned land Come on in child, take my hand Here there’s no work or play, only one bill to pay There’s just five words to say as you go down, down, down… You’re gonna burn in hell Oh, burn in hell ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7637 "2017-02-01T17:55:44Z")
Save yourself a penny for the ferryman Save yourself and let them suffer In hope In love This world ain’t ready for The Ark Save yourself a penny for the ferryman Save yourself and let them suffer In hope In love Mankind works in mysterious ways Welcome to hell, to my Planet Hell! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7638 "2017-02-01T19:42:02Z")
Bring tea for the Tillerman Steak for the sun Wine for the women who made the rain come Seagulls sing your hearts away 'Cause while the sinners sin, the children play ---
**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:** [February 2, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7639 "2017-02-02T06:29:18Z")
And then the ferryman said, There is trouble ahead So you must pay me now (don’t do it!) You must pay me now (don’t do it!) And still that voice came from beyond, whatever you do Don’t pay the ferryman Don’t even fix a price Don’t pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side ---
**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:** [February 2, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7640 "2017-02-02T13:00:27Z")
Take me to the other side I’m looking for another kind of love Oh Lordy, how I need it The kind that likes to leap without a shove [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=381) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=383)