# 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:** 411
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8201 "2017-04-08T14:53:21Z")
O’er all the way Green palms and blossoms gay Are strewn this day in festal preparation ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8202 "2017-04-08T18:04:56Z")
When you’re with the Flintstones Have a yabba-dabba-doo time A dabba-doo time We’ll have a gay old time ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8203 "2017-04-08T18:22:05Z")
When in the springtime of the year when the trees are crowned with leaves When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew are dressed in ribbons fair When owls call the breathless moon in the blue veil of the night The shadows of the trees appear 'midst the lantern light We’ve been rambling all the night And some time of this day Now returning back again We bring a garland gay ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8204 "2017-04-08T19:50:43Z")
Back in the trees, where I learned to say “Please”, Where I begged for a taste from the table, She made me know there was need to go slow, When she taught me to dance in the shadows. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8205 "2017-04-08T19:59:15Z")
I want a man with a slow hand I want a lover with an easy touch I want somebody who will spend some time Not come and go in a heated rush I want somebody who will understand When it comes to love, I want a slow hand ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8206 "2017-04-08T20:05:13Z")
My dear, we’re slow dancin’ in a burnin’ room Burnin’ room, burnin’ room Don’t you think we oughta know by now? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8207 "2017-04-08T20:09:12Z")
You can’t start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart This gun’s for hire Even if we’re just dancing in the dark You can’t start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart This gun’s for hire Even if we’re just dancing in the dark Even if we’re just dancing in the dark Even if we’re just dancing in the dark Even if we’re just dancing in the dark Hey baby ---
**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:** [April 8, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8208 "2017-04-08T20:48:53Z")
Lights out, aha, blast, blast, blast Lights out, aha, blast, blast, blast Lights out Dancing in the dark to the radio of love Dancing in the dark to the radio of love I know that it’s wrong to be dancing with no lights on And I know that it’s wrong to be holding you for so long ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8209 "2017-04-09T00:42:11Z")
Seaside town in winter I’m trying to write my book She’s broken down, it’s raining I said I’d have a look Uncurling human tragedy Appropriately a mystery She tells my story back to me She said I’ll live this chapter till eternity I let her go into the night Night of light, satellite Quite a sight to see ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8210 "2017-04-09T01:56:21Z")
This is not a true tale, but Who needs truth if it’s dull? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8211 "2017-04-09T18:08:21Z")
The bigger, the better Some stolen from Japan Collected from around the world They’ll catch you if they can Lies, lies, lies, yeah Lies, lies, lies, yeah Lies, lies, lies, yeah Lies, lies, lies, yeah ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8212 "2017-04-09T18:23:08Z")
Ain’t that what you said? Ain’t that what you said? Ain’t that what you said? Liar, liar, liar ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8213 "2017-04-09T19:15:28Z")
There’s no more wishes in the well No more dreams to sell No time in the hourglass There’s no more lies for you to tell Your heaven is your hell Your future dying in the past Evergreen Ever, ever, evergreen ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8214 "2017-04-09T19:46:07Z")
I’m still trying to understand Why do I see the things I see Could it be a future world That’s warning us through me I’m still trying to understand Why do I know the things I know Does it mean I’m a god? Will nobody tell me so? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8215 "2017-04-09T20:50:20Z")
Changing moods and stranger feelings In my dealings with the world Faces that I’ve seen before am I sure Or has my brain turned Thinking about things I don’t understand ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8216 "2017-04-10T01:51:30Z")
When you believe in things that you don’t understand, Then you suffer, Superstition ain’t the way ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8217 "2017-04-10T02:00:42Z")
It’s only superstition It’s only your imagination It’s only all the things that you fear And the things from which you can’t escape ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8218 "2017-04-10T19:53:23Z")
The ants are in the sugar, the muscles atrophied We’re on the other side, the screen is us and we’re T.V. Spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs Are all your infants in abortion cribs I was born into this Everything turns to shit The boy that you loved is the man that you fear ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8219 "2017-04-10T22:05:05Z")
Child child child Father of the man father of the man Child child child Father of the man father of the man ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8220 "2017-04-11T00:54:09Z")
Nobody knows about my man, They think he’s lost on some horizon, And suddenly I find myself Listening to a man I’ve never known before, Telling me about the sea, All his loves to eternity. Ooh he’s here again, The man with the child in his eyes, Ooh he’s here again, The man with the child in his eyes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=412)