# 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:** 383
**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 2, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7641 "2017-02-02T13:16:01Z")
You got to look before you leap There’s heartaches around every corner ---
**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 2, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7642 "2017-02-02T14:39:53Z")
Oh, it’s a heartache Nothing but a heartache Love him till your arms break Then he lets you down It’s a fools game Standing in the cold rain Feeling like a clown It’s a heartache Love him till your arms break Then he lets you down It’s a fools game Standing in the cold rain… ---
**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 2, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7643 "2017-02-02T15:40:34Z")
I should have guessed that you’d stand me up Why did I even go, now And I guess it goes to show The snow may well thaw out, but it Goes right down the drain You left me You left me You left me You left me You left me standing in the rain ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7644 "2017-02-02T19:31:44Z")
The sun is shining But it’s raining in my heart No one understands the heartache No one feels the pain 'Cos no one ever sees the tears When you’re crying in the rain When you’re crying in the rain Crying in the rain ---
**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 2, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7645 "2017-02-02T19:32:52Z")
Then you said “so long”. left me standing all alone Alone and crying, crying, crying crying It’s hard to understand but the touch of your hand Can start me crying ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7646 "2017-02-02T20:10:32Z")
Some day when we meet up yonder We’ll stroll hand in hand again In a land that knows no parting Blue eyes crying in the rain ---
**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 2, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7647 "2017-02-02T21:31:21Z")
Even if the rain falls down And all the sky turns cold, I will feel fine. Thunder roared and lightning flashed, But you and I were in a different time. And we’re smiling, when we’re sleeping. And we’re smiling, when we’re waking. ---
**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 2, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7648 "2017-02-02T21:38:33Z")
Even a black night, with a hard rain, With plans down a drain, Even a black night, is a good night now. Fresh out of answers, I threw in my hand Stood with my back to the wall But thanks to your kindness that I understand That it could have been no life at all ---
**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 2, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7649 "2017-02-02T21:52:52Z")
Keep your back to the wall When you can’t play it straight Watch out for the aces The aces and the eights ---
**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 2, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7650 "2017-02-02T21:56:44Z")
was lookin’ like a winner n’ feeling like a sinner And I just about had their dough I caught a pair of aces on the very last hand And I bet my whole bank-roll But Sam he had a pair of deuces on the deck And another deuce in the hole And it’s - Oh Lordy, don’t you see This old Stud Poker be the ruin of me You got to get ready to shed some blood When the name of the game is Stud ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7651 "2017-02-03T11:09:40Z")
Playing for the high one, dancing with the devil, Going with the flow, it’s all a game to me, Seven or Eleven, snake eyes watching you, Double up or quit, double stake or split, The Ace Of Spades You know I’m born to lose, and gambling’s for fools, But that’s the way I like it baby, I don’t wanna live forever, And don’t forget the joker! ---
**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 3, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7652 "2017-02-03T11:55:04Z")
Gambler, gambler I’m a gambler, and I will take you by surprise Gambler, I’ll aim this straight between your eyes Gambler, yeah I know all the words to say 'Cause I’m a gambler, I only play the game my way, yeah ---
**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 3, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7653 "2017-02-03T14:18:46Z")
There’s a place in the world For a gambler There’s a burden that only He can bear ---
**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 3, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7654 "2017-02-03T14:54:56Z")
Keep Thou my all, O Lord, Hide my life in Thine; O let Thy sacred light O’er my pathway shine; Kept by Thy tender care, Gladly, the cross-eyed bear Hear Thou and grant my pray’r, Hide my life in Thine. ---
**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 3, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7655 "2017-02-03T14:56:03Z")
Must Jesus bear the cross alone, and all the world go free? No, there’s a cross for everyone, and there’s a cross for 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:** [February 3, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7656 "2017-02-03T14:58:41Z")
Everybody! They ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore They ain’t makin’ carpenters who know what nails are for Well, the whole damn place was singin’ As I strolled right out the door “Lord, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore!” No, we ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore We don’t turn the other cheek the way they done before Well, the whole damn place was singin’ As I strolled right out the door “Lord, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore!” ---
**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 3, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7657 "2017-02-03T16:14:11Z")
Sickness to insanity Prayer to profanity Days and weeks and months go by Don’t feel the hunger Too weak to cry I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate Are the liberators here? Do I hope or do I fear? For my father and my brother, it’s too late But I must help my mother stand up straight Are we the last ones left alive? Are we the only human beings to survive? ---
**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 3, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7658 "2017-02-03T16:18:20Z")
Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the help that never came You want it darker ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7659 "2017-02-03T22:29:14Z")
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill He treasures up His bright designs, And works His sovereign will. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7660 "2017-02-03T22:38:24Z")
These are the images I arrange To fill in my report on you Holiness, mystery, disturbing and strange Obscuring the point of my view Everyone seems to know just what you are But I never seem to break through Forgive me please if I can’t see that far Life’s dulling the point of my view [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=382) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=384)