# 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:** 396
**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:** [March 3, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7901 "2017-03-03T16:54:53Z")
He’s in the jailhouse now He’s in the jailhouse now Well I told him once or twice To stop playin’ cards and a-shootin’ dice He’s in the jailhouse now ---
**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:** [March 3, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7902 "2017-03-03T21:51:25Z")
Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak Somewhere in this town See me and the boys we don’t like it So we’re getting up and going down Hiding low, looking right to left If you see us coming I think it’s best To move away, do you hear what I say From under my breath ---
**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:** [March 3, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7903 "2017-03-03T22:30:28Z")
Let down before the final curtain The shallow heart that left her cold She left in rouge upon the mirror A circled kiss, oh, to the faithful fans who miss her And you can cage the songbird But you can’t make her sing And you can trap the free bird But you’ll have to clip her wings Cause she’ll soar like a hawk when she flies But she’ll dive like an eagle when she dies ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7904 "2017-03-03T23:19:18Z")
Country DJs know that I’m an outlaw. They’d never come to see me in this dive, Where bikers stare at cowboys Who are laughin’ at the hippies Who are prayin’ they’ll get out of here alive. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7905 "2017-03-03T23:23:31Z")
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, Greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the woods so’s he knew every tree. Kill’t him a b’ar when he was only three. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7906 "2017-03-04T00:33:11Z")
Now this drifter’s world goes 'round and 'round And I doubt that it’s ever gonna stop But of all the dreams I’ve lost or found And all that I ain’t got I still need to lean to Somebody I can sing to And she said, “Hey ramblin’ boy now won’t cha settle down?” “Boston ain’t your kinda town” “There ain’t no gold and there ain’t nobody like me” “I’m the number one fan of the man from Tennessee” ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7907 "2017-03-04T03:23:07Z")
Oh yeah and I think I’ll go to Boston, I think that I was tired I think I need a new town to leave this all behind… ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7908 "2017-03-04T13:23:49Z")
Wheels turning around Into alien grounds Pass through different times Leave them all Behind Leave them all Behind Leave them all Behind Trust to see We’ve got so far to go Until we get there Just let it flow Just let it flow Just let it flow ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7909 "2017-03-04T15:23:17Z")
Let it go, let it go Can’t hold it back anymore Let it go, let it go Turn away and slam the door ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7910 "2017-03-04T16:25:09Z")
I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round I really love to watch them roll No longer riding on the merry-go-round I just had to let it go I just had to let it go I just had to let it go ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7911 "2017-03-04T16:34:13Z")
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down And we went round and round Each time t’would miss, we’d steal a kiss And the Merry-Go-Round went "Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!’ ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7912 "2017-03-04T17:29:18Z")
When I woke up, the rain was pouring down, There were people standing all around. Something warm flowing through my eyes, But somehow I found my baby that night. I lifted her head, she looked at me and said, “Hold me darling just a little while.” I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss, I found the love that I knew I had missed. Well now she’s gone even though I held her tight, I lost my love and my life that night. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7913 "2017-03-04T17:41:11Z")
She’s gone, oh I, oh I’d Better learn how to face it She’s gone, oh I, oh I’d Pay the devil to replace her She’s gone, what went wrong ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7914 "2017-03-04T18:00:35Z")
The forecast ain’t so good, I’m all messed up no place to go It’s cold, like a frozen teardrop There’s a chill in the air, and there’s ice in my vein and it won’t stop It’s cold, like an endless winter The moon’s on the run and even the sun is cold I gotta see my girl, I gotta see her eyes The barometer is falling, only she can make it rise There’s nothing on the trees, there’s nothing for me here I gotta find salvation and some thermal underwear It’s cold and it’s getting colder They’re evacuating Satan who’s waiting for hell to freeze over ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7915 "2017-03-04T18:52:26Z")
Hear how the wind begins to whisper. See how the leaves go streaming by. Smell how the velvet rain is falling, Out where the fields are warm and dry. Now is the time to run inside and stay. Now is the time to find a hideaway Where we can stay. Soon it’s gonna rain. I can see it. Soon it’s gonna rain. I can tell. Soon it’s gonna rain. What are we gonna do? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7916 "2017-03-04T18:54:36Z")
There’s a chill in the air, there’s a sparkle in the eye I can hear the TV talking, but I know it’s telling lies I remember when such things were so much harder to deny But we believe what we please these days but those were different times Those days are gone, gone forever, gone for good There’s some people on the radio discussing the state of the land The signals are much weaker now and very hard to understand I can remember listening to the talk But it doesn’t make much sense so I don’t listen anymore ---
**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:** [March 5, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7917 "2017-03-05T02:41:21Z")
The impulse is pure Sometimes our circuits get shorted By external interference Signals get crossed And the balance distorted By internal incoherence ---
**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:** [March 5, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7918 "2017-03-05T14:08:40Z")
Carmen Miranda’s ghost is haunting Space Station Three. Half the staff has seen her, plus the Portmaster and me. And if you think we’ve had too much of Cookie’s homemade rum, Just tell me where those basket-hats of fruit keep coming from. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7919 "2017-03-05T14:56:16Z")
Drink in a bar down in Leap Motel I get involved with the prisoner She’s got a spell like a seraphim I figure she is a messenger She’s at the heart of the festival She’s got the hands of a picador She asks the spirits for a romance She gets a ghost for a paramour And the wedding’s held in the darkness 'Cause in the darkness the guests are all blind Great lumps are melting wrapped up in satin And I know you’re falling behind ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7920 "2017-03-05T15:39:41Z")
Now it’s back to the barrooms – right back to drinking again. Maybe someday you’ll love me enough to stay with me And whisky won’t be my best friend. Now it’s back to the barrooms again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=395) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=397)