# 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:** 384
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7661 "2017-02-03T22:58:00Z")
And on a clear day…On a clear day… You can see forever… And ever… And ever… And ever more. . . ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7662 "2017-02-04T01:28:07Z")
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) Sun-shiny day. ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7663 "2017-02-04T01:31:44Z")
The sky is burning No night can fall Zero dark (look out) Eye of the world (look out) The light of truth outshines (look out) The light of the sun Open your eyes Open your eyes Look straight into the light Look straight into the light Look straight into the light ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7664 "2017-02-04T04:41:43Z")
The television cannot lie Controlling media with smokescreen eyes Nuclear politicians picture show The acting’s lousy but the blind don’t know Open your eyes see the lies right in front of ya Open your eyes see the lies right in front of ya Open your eyes see the lies right in front of ya Open your eyes ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7665 "2017-02-04T13:31:07Z")
Ain’t that what you said? Ain’t that what you said? Ain’t that what you said? Liar Liar, liar ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7666 "2017-02-04T15:31:02Z")
I get my info from the backward masking I get the Word of God through prayer and fasting J.F.K. is alive and well And Kissinger is a beast from hell. The face of Saint Paul in this butt roast Assures me that I’m going up to heaven The Antichrist does laundry on the east coast I doubted the most – did not believe in all that Til I picked up the vanishing hitchhiker I picked up the vanishing hitchhiker He was an angel i heard him say “Stop telling lies.” Then he went away. ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7667 "2017-02-04T15:35:59Z")
Midnight, our sons and daughters Cut down, taken from us Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat In the wind we hear their laughter In the rain we see their tears Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7668 "2017-02-04T15:40:05Z")
Well, I argued all night like so many have before, saying, “Whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more.” Then she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor, she said, “Don’t try to use me or slyly refuse me, just win me or lose me, it is this that the darkness is for.” I cried, “Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold.” “If we cry now,” she said, “it will just be ignored.” So I walked through the morning, sweet early morning, I could hear my lady calling, "You’ve won me, you’ve won me, my lord, ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7669 "2017-02-05T02:53:48Z")
Midnight lady, midnight lady Rockin’ and finger poppin’ Somebody said you was a super freak I’m here to tell you I’m a super freak baby ---
**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 5, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7670 "2017-02-05T05:33:37Z")
Got a Black Magic Woman Got a Black Magic Woman Yeah, she’s a Black Magic Woman Got me so blind I can’t see That she’s a Black Magic Woman She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of 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 5, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7671 "2017-02-05T05:56:12Z")
Cursed Black magic night We’ve been struck down Down in this Hell Spells surround me day and night Stricken by the force of evil light The force of evil light ---
**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 5, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7672 "2017-02-05T07:49:10Z")
That old black magic has me in its spell That old black magic that you weave so well Icy fingers up and down my spine The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine The same old tingle that I feel inside When that elevator starts its ride Down and down I go, round and round I go Like a leaf that’s caught in the tide ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7673 "2017-02-05T14:19:28Z")
I put a spell on you Because you’re mine ---
**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 5, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7674 "2017-02-05T15:56:09Z")
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, Ting tang, walla walla bing bang, Ooo eee, ooo ah ah, Ting tang, walla walla bing bang ---
**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 5, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7675 "2017-02-05T16:00:58Z")
And the doggy say to the kitty La, la, la, he, he, hee I want you, you want me Oh, how sexy it will be If we ever get together in my tree Say it! (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) ---
**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 5, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7676 "2017-02-05T17:07:28Z")
Ha, ha, ha, you and me, Little brown jug, don’t I love thee! ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7677 "2017-02-06T14:29:13Z")
Look at all my trials and tribulations Sinking in a gentle pool of wine. Don’t disturb me now, I can see the answers. Till this evening is this morning life is fine. ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7678 "2017-02-06T14:39:13Z")
And I’ve been wrong I’ve been down Into the bottom of every bottle These five words in my head Scream Are we having fun yet? ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7679 "2017-02-06T17:49:57Z")
Come to me now, be careful of what you say Don’t make a sound, there’s noise enough in this Come with me now, let night move into day Let sheets keep secrets that no one else could know I could kill for this one time and not be caught She said to me this is the one and I know Come to me now, this is the final hour When I’m dreaming I dream in blue When I’m dreaming I dream of you When I’m screaming I scream in blue ---
**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 7, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7680 "2017-02-07T00:57:18Z")
When I met you in the restaurant You could tell I was no debutante You asked me, what’s my pleasure? A movie or a measure? I’ll have a cup of tea And tell you of my dreaming Dreaming is free Dreaming, dreaming is free [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=383) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=385)