# 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:** 397
**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, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7921 "2017-03-05T15:42:42Z")
We’re goin’ back to the Shadows again ! Out where an Indian’s your friend! Where the vegetables are green, And you can pee right into the stream! (And that’s important!) We’re back from the Shadows again! ---
**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 5, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7922 "2017-03-05T21:31:44Z")
Oh, she could have laughed at me; Oh, she could have left me for dead. What did I know? Less than nothing; so I listened and did as she said. And back in the grass I heard the moon pass, I listened to stars spreading rumors. With dawn coming fast, I murmured “At last” She had taught me to dance in the shadows." ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7923 "2017-03-05T23:10:16Z")
Won’t you shadow dance for me? Play it off and tell me how it feels ---
**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 6, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7924 "2017-03-06T00:55:23Z")
Do it light, taking me through the night Shadow dancing, baby you do it right Give me more, drag me across the floor Shadow dancing, all this and nothing more ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7925 "2017-03-06T00:57:54Z")
You can’t start a fire You can’t start a fire without a spark This gun’s for hire Even if we’re just dancing in the dark ---
**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 6, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7926 "2017-03-06T01:14:03Z")
We didn’t start the fire It was always burning Since the world’s been turning We didn’t start the fire No we didn’t light it But we tried to fight it ---
**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 6, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7927 "2017-03-06T01:56:56Z")
Cleveland, even now I can remember Cause the Cuyahoga River Goes smokin’ through my dreams Burn on, big river, burn on ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7928 "2017-03-06T02:26:02Z")
They asked me how I knew My true love was true I of course replied Something here inside cannot be denied They said “someday you’ll find all who love are blind” When your heart’s on fire, You must realize, smoke gets in your eyes ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7929 "2017-03-06T02:50:11Z")
Smokey the Bear, Smokey the Bear. Prowlin’ and a growlin’ and a sniffin’ the air. He can find a fire before it starts to flame. That’s why they call him Smokey, That was how he got his name. ---
**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 6, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7930 "2017-03-06T03:02:52Z")
Debonair lullabies in melodies revealed In deep despair on lonely nights He knows just how you feel The slyest rhymes, the sharpest suits In miracles made real ---
**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 6, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7931 "2017-03-06T04:36:58Z")
Come on along and listen to The lullaby of Broadway The hip hooray and ballyhoo The lullaby of Broadway ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7932 "2017-03-06T05:45:05Z")
The lamb seems right out of place Yet the Broadway street scene finds a focus in its face Somehow it’s lying there, brings a stillness to the air Though man-made light at night is very bright There’s no whitewash victim as the neons dim to the coat of white Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid Wipes his gun - he’s forgotten what he did And the lamb lies down on Broadway ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7933 "2017-03-06T14:06:24Z")
Now from his pocket quick he flashes The crayon on the wall he slashes Deep upon the advertising A single-worded poem comprised of four letters ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7934 "2017-03-06T17:15:32Z")
Out of the night, When the full moon is bright, Comes the horseman known as Zorro. This bold renegade Carves a “Z” with his blade, A “Z” that stands for Zorro. Zorro, Zorro, the fox so cunning and free, Zorro, Zorro, who makes the sign of the Z. ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7935 "2017-03-06T17:30:49Z")
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso, All for Zorro stand up and say so! ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7936 "2017-03-06T17:31:10Z")
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, Riding through the night. Soon every lupin in the land Will be in his mighty hand He steals them from the rich And gives them to the poor Mr Moore, Mr Moore, Mr Moore ---
**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 6, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7937 "2017-03-06T17:41:36Z")
Hercules, people are safe when near him. Hercules, only the evil fear him. Softness in his eyes, Iron in his thighs, Virtue in his heart, Fire in every part, Of the Mighty Hercules. ---
**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 6, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7938 "2017-03-06T20:35:14Z")
Sleep with the window open Sleep till tomorrow Be my hero Be without being lonely Try to open We try to open Hoping for a hero I want something I want everything I want nothing Nothing else I want someone Not just anyone Be my hero ---
**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 6, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7939 "2017-03-06T21:58:11Z")
We don’t need another hero, We don’t need to know the way home ---
**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 6, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7940 "2017-03-06T23:07:47Z")
My heroes have always been cowboys And they still are, it seems Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of Themselves and their slow movin’ dreams [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=396) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=398)