# 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:** 403
**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 18, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8041 "2017-03-18T00:25:42Z")
I know how much I lean on you Only you can see The changes that I’ve been through Have left a mark on me You’ve been as constant as a Northern Star The brightest light that shines It’s been you, woman, right down the line ---
**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 18, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8042 "2017-03-18T00:52:10Z")
Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Ev’ryone come on ---
**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 18, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8043 "2017-03-18T09:46:50Z")
Oh, Shine on, shine on harvest moon, up in the sky; I ain’t had no lovin’ since April, January, June or July. Snow time ain’t no time to stay outdoors and spoon, So shine on, shine on harvest moon, for me and my gal. ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8044 "2017-03-18T09:57:35Z")
But there’s a full moon risin’ Let’s go dancin’ in the light We know where the music’s playin’ Let’s go out and feel the night. Because I’m still in love with you I want to see you dance again Because I’m still in love with you On this harvest moon. ---
**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 18, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8045 "2017-03-18T12:01:58Z")
It’s just a state of mind, freedom and time has got me frozen up inside I wanna recognise under this moonlight that God is on my side With senses running wild we touched the sky, it looks like Heaven in my eyes Moonlight medicine keeps me alive, don’t let your senses be denied Won’t you shine, some light in my mind The more I find, the more I need your medicine in my life ---
**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 18, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8046 "2017-03-18T12:38:59Z")
Oh my name it ain’t nothin’ My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I was taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side ---
**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 18, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8047 "2017-03-18T14:59:02Z")
And I’m proud to be an American Where at least I know I’m free And I won’t forget the men who died Who gave that right to me And I gladly stand up Next to you and defend her still today Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the USA ---
**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 18, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8048 "2017-03-18T17:54:24Z")
We just raise up our glass We don’t give a rat’s ass If you’re a Democrat or Republican We’re happy to be here and that you can see We’re just all drunk Americans ---
**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 18, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8049 "2017-03-18T19:41:04Z")
Can everyone achieve the American Dream? Or should they sign up for my Ponzi scheme? We are going to go where the money is We are gonna help small businesses Our jobs are being sucked out of our economy, Right now our country is dying dying big league big league Why should you run the show? We’ve gotta do more Tell us cause we need to know We need to get all of the drug lords Two more weeks until we vote You’ll get shot walking to the store Who should really run the show Donald got into a Twitter war ---
**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 18, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8050 "2017-03-18T23:07:14Z")
If you think you’ve got depression, Wait until we get in session, And you’ll find out what depression really means! ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8051 "2017-03-19T02:18:29Z")
I thought everything was going fine But now it feels like 1929 I invested too much time in you Little did I know what you would do Fell into a great depression When you went away ---
**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 19, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8052 "2017-03-19T08:23:21Z")
We’re in the money, We’re in the money; We’ve got a lot of what it takes to get along! We’re in the money, The sky is sunny; Old Man Depression, you are through, You done us wrong! ---
**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 19, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8053 "2017-03-19T11:22:29Z")
Once I built a railroad, I made it run Made it race against time Once I built a railroad, now it’s done Brother, can you spare a dime? ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8054 "2017-03-19T14:40:40Z")
A long long long long train A long train held up by page on page A hard reign held up by rage Once a railroad Now it’s done I hear the roar of the big machine Two worlds and in between Hot metal and methedrine I hear your empire down We got the empire, now as then, We don’t doubt, we don’t take reflection, Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me ---
**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 19, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8055 "2017-03-19T16:10:10Z")
And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale ---
**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 19, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8056 "2017-03-19T19:17:18Z")
Hordes of evil march Until the end you fall Drawn to the apocalypse It’s the age of ending Oh, damned in black Oh, damned in black ---
**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 19, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8057 "2017-03-19T19:32:17Z")
Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear ---
**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 19, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8058 "2017-03-19T20:16:41Z")
This here song it ain’t so sad the cutest little song you ever had those of you who will not sing You must be playin’ with your own ding a ling My ding a ling Your ding a ling, your ding a ling We saw you playin’ with your ding a ling My ding a ling everybody sing I want to play with my ding a ling ---
**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 20, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8059 "2017-03-20T02:19:23Z")
If you believe in forever, Then life is just a one-night stand. If there’s a rock and roll heaven, Well you know they’ve got a hell of a band, band, band. ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8060 "2017-03-20T04:00:21Z")
Well, I gotta hear an oldie like “Johnny B. Goode” You know it gets me in the mood, yeah I knew it would. This here radio’s got to make it right, yeah. Anybody wanna rock tonight? Turn up the music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=402) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=404)