# 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:** 386
**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 9, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7701 "2017-02-09T23:16:08Z")
It wasn’t the first, it wasn’t the last She knew we was making love I was so satisfied deep down inside Like a hand in a velvet glove Seems like a touch, a touch too much Seems like a touch, a touch too much Too much for my body, too much for my brain This damn woman’s gonna drive me insane She’s got a touch, a touch too much ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7702 "2017-02-10T00:21:29Z")
Did you ever really need somebody, and really need 'em bad Did you ever really want somebody, the best stuff you ever had Do you ever remember me, baby, did it feel so good 'Cause it was just the first time, and you knew you would Do the eyes not sparkle, Senses goin’ keen Takes me a love for 'long the way, to see her feathers preen Kind of makes makes me feel sometimes, didn’t have to go We are eagles of one nest, The nest is in our soul ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7703 "2017-02-10T16:10:03Z")
I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me I want to fly like an eagle Till I’m free Fly through the revolution ---
**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 10, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7704 "2017-02-10T23:53:45Z")
I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes, I would If I could I surely would ---
**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 11, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7705 "2017-02-11T00:48:40Z")
I’d like to be under the sea In an octopus’s garden in the shade He’d let us in, knows where we’ve been In his octopus’s garden in the shade ---
**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 11, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7706 "2017-02-11T00:57:05Z")
The boat goes out, surrender yours It could be any day The fishermen shout, approaching storm It’s just like yesterday Sometimes I can’t tell what I’m doin’ here Am I s’pposed to be a clown or a buccanneer From the vaguest clue to the faintest idea A Roman holiday Surrender smiles, epiphany It’s almost every day And the sea’s in my bed And the moon’s in my head ---
**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 11, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7707 "2017-02-11T13:23:46Z")
When a moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie That’s amore When the world seems to shine like you’ve had too much wine That’s amore ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7708 "2017-02-11T14:24:34Z")
A bottle of white, a bottle of red Perhaps a bottle of rose instead We’ll get a table near the street In our old familiar place You and I, face to face A bottle of red, a bottle of white It all depends on your appetite I’ll meet you any time you want In our Italian restaurant ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7709 "2017-02-11T18:58:35Z")
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine, You keep me rockin’ all of the time Red red wine, you make me feel so grand, I feel a million dollar when you’re just in my hand Red red wine, you make me feel so sad, Any time I see you go, it make me feel bad Red red wine, you make me feel so fine, Monkey back and ease up on the sweet deadline ---
**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 11, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7710 "2017-02-11T21:44:41Z")
How does the wine taste? Does it stain your lips? What is the fruit like? Just beyond my finger tips? Just out of reach, I see so much I cannot taste and mustn’t touch Tied to my little world My safe little world ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7711 "2017-02-12T15:09:44Z")
I’ve built walls A fortress deep and mighty That none may penetrate I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain I am a rock I am an island ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7712 "2017-02-12T17:07:04Z")
Then I went off the fight some battle that I’d invented inside my head. Away so long for years and years, You probably thought or even wished that I was dead. While the armies are all sleeping beneath the tattered flag we’d made. I had to stop in my tracks for fear of walking on the mines I’d laid. And if I’ve built this fortress around your heart, Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire, Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm, And let me set the battlements on fire. ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7713 "2017-02-12T17:08:15Z")
If ever I return pretty Peggy-O, If ever I return pretty Peggy-O If ever I return your cities I will burn Destroying all the ladies in the area-O. ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7714 "2017-02-13T04:10:40Z")
Purple hum, assorted cards Razor lights you’ll bring And all to prove you’re on the move And vanishing Candy-O, I need you so Candy-O, I need you so ---
**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 13, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7715 "2017-02-13T13:06:41Z")
If lust and hate is the candy if blood and love tastes so sweet then we give 'em what they want ---
**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 13, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7716 "2017-02-13T13:12:49Z")
Give the people what they want You gotta give the people what they want Blow out your brains, and do it right Make sure it’s prime time and on a Saturday night. You gotta give the people what they want You gotta give the people what they want Give the people what they want Give the people what they want Give the people what they want ---
**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 13, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7717 "2017-02-13T13:26:49Z")
People want better education now, now People want better food to eat People want, hey, better housing People need money, money ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7718 "2017-02-13T15:06:15Z")
Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man’s world Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man’s world Aha-ahaaa All the things I could do If I had a little money It’s a rich man’s world ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7719 "2017-02-13T16:32:58Z")
I’ve got ninety thousand French francs in my fridge I’ve got lots of lovely Lire Now the Deutschmark’s getting dearer And my dollar bills would buy the Brooklyn bridge ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7720 "2017-02-13T16:47:15Z")
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