# 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:** 412
**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 11, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8221 "2017-04-11T15:22:27Z")
Here I stand Look around around around around But you won’t see me Now I’m here (now I’m here…) Now I’m there (now I’m there…) I’m just a, just a new man Yes you made me live 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:** [April 11, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8222 "2017-04-11T17:01:11Z")
If I had my choice of matter I’d would rather be with cats All engrossed in mental chatter Showing where your mind is at While relating to each other How strong the love can be By resisting all the good times with each groovy chick we see I’m a man yes I am and I can’t help but love you so I’m a man yes I am and I can’t help but love you so I’ve got to keep my image While I’m standing on the floor ---
**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 12, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8223 "2017-04-12T00:38:25Z")
Why he is here I will never know He makes you know you feel Like somewhere to go Mr. Sun won’t you shine on me? Mr. Sun just shine Walking with the man called Sun I think my journey’s just begun Do you think he’ll mind? ---
**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 12, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8224 "2017-04-12T01:41:08Z")
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through this world below There is no sickness, no toil, nor danger In that bright land to which I go ---
**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 12, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8225 "2017-04-12T04:08:06Z")
Get up, come on get down with the sickness Get up, come on get down with the sickness Get up, come on get down with the sickness Open up your hate and let it flow into me Get up, come on get down with the sickness You mother get up, come on get down with the sickness You fucker get up, come on get down with the sickness Madness is the gift that has been given to me ---
**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 12, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8226 "2017-04-12T12:52:31Z")
He bad production He got walrus gumboot He got Ono sideboard He one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knees Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease ---
**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 12, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8227 "2017-04-12T13:08:28Z")
If there’s someone you can live without, then do so And if there’s someone you can just shove out, well do so You can be my Yoko Ono You can follow me wherever I go Be my, be my, be my, be my Yoko Ono, whoa oh ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8228 "2017-04-13T12:50:00Z")
I been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered. Andy Warhol, won’t you please come home? I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled, Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled. I just discovered somebody’s tapped my phone. ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8229 "2017-04-13T15:01:12Z")
Don’t sing love songs, you’ll wake my mother She’s sleeping here right by my side And in her right hand a silver dagger, She says that I can’t be your bride. All men are false, says my mother, They’ll tell you wicked, lovin’ lies. The very next evening, they’ll court another, Leave you alone to pine and sigh. ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8230 "2017-04-13T16:52:31Z")
Mother Tell your children not to walk my way Tell your children not to hear my words What they mean, what they say Mother ---
**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 14, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8231 "2017-04-14T00:48:02Z")
So I took a big chance At the high school dance With a missy who was ready to play Wasn’t me she was foolin’ ‘Cause she knew what she was doin’ When she told me how to walk this way, She told me to… Walk this way Walk this way Walk this way Walk this way Walk this way Walk this way Walk this way Walk this way Just gimme a kiss Like this! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8232 "2017-04-14T08:37:24Z")
There’s a kind o’ walk you walk When the world’s undone you, There’s a kind o’ walk you walk When you’re walking proud There’s a kind o’ walk you walk When the neighbors shun you There’s a kind o’ walk you walk Sets you 'bove the crowd There’s a kind o’ walk you walk When somebody loves you That’s very much like walking on a cloud ---
**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 14, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8233 "2017-04-14T11:53:22Z")
There’s a kind of hush all over the world tonight All over the world you can hear the sounds of lovers in love You know what I mean Just the two of us and nobody else in sight There’s nobody else and I’m feelin’ good just holdin’ you tight ---
**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 14, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8234 "2017-04-14T13:32:09Z")
All around the world, you’ve gotta spread the word Tell 'em what you’ve heard You’re gonna make a better day And all around the world, you’ve gotta spread the word Tell 'em what you’ve heard You know it’s gonna be okay ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8235 "2017-04-14T14:18:40Z")
What’s happened to me? I look into my loved ones’ faces This skeleton key can’t open up Their secret places I spend a feverish night deciding what I’ll say But words are not enough to carry days All around the world it’s the same thing All around the world it’s the blood in the words All around the world Same pages Trying to speak the language of love ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8236 "2017-04-14T19:26:46Z")
Have I fallen too far to rise Been burning too long in the fire Then it all falls down - Tearing the night away It must be fever dreams Fever dreams Fever dreams ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8237 "2017-04-14T19:58:44Z")
Ah, but I’m trying so hard Just to tell you it’s now And I’m gonna keep on trying To tear it all away Tear it all away ---
**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 14, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8238 "2017-04-14T22:47:13Z")
Saw my picture in the paper Read the news around my face And now some people Don’t want to treat me the same When the walls come tumblin’ down When the walls come crumblin’ crumblin’ When the walls come tumblin’ tumblin’ down ---
**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:** [April 15, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8239 "2017-04-15T07:00:08Z")
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho Jericho Jericho Joshua fit the battle of Jericho And the walls come tumbling down ---
**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 15, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8240 "2017-04-15T11:27:08Z")
Ohohohoh I’m in love with Judas Judas! Judaas Judas! Judaas! Judas! Judaas Judas! GAGA When he comes to me I am ready I’ll wash his feet with my hair if he needs Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain Even after three times he betrays me I’ll bring him down, bring him down, down A king with no crown, king with no crown I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel But I’m still in love with Judas, baby [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=413)