# 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:** 417
**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 25, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8321 "2017-04-25T17:31:45Z")
I always feel like somebody’s watching me. And I have no privacy. Woh, I always feel like somebody’s watching me. Tell me is it just a dream? ---
**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 25, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8322 "2017-04-25T19:53:04Z")
I don’t take waifs and strays back home with me My bleeding heart does not extend to eternity Yes I’d have to say I like my privacy, see Did you know you’re on closed-circuit TV? So smile at 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:** [April 26, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8323 "2017-04-26T12:02:23Z")
Private Eyes They’re watching you They see your every move ---
**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 26, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8324 "2017-04-26T18:49:27Z")
My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Like a million miles away From me you couldn’t see How I adored you So close, so close And yet so far away ---
**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 27, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8325 "2017-04-27T00:55:08Z")
Home It’s so far away now Pure chance It’s so far It’s so far away now My wife was soft The mountain was hard Her skin was smooth The rocks were scarred There were voices singing above in the sky As I followed them up I was prepared to die ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8326 "2017-04-27T01:10:58Z")
So far away Doesn’t anybody stay in one place anymore It would be so fine to see your face at my door Doesn’t help to know you’re just time 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:** [April 27, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8327 "2017-04-27T09:22:08Z")
You’d be so nice to come home to You’d be so nice by the fire While the breeze on high, sang a lullaby You’d be all my heart could desire Under stars chilled by the winter Under an August moon shining above You’d be so nice, you’d be paradise To come home to and love ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8328 "2017-04-27T13:30:13Z")
'Mid pleasures and palaces Though I may roam Be it ever so humble There’s no place like home ---
**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 27, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8329 "2017-04-27T13:51:49Z")
The poor cook he caught the fits And threw away all my grits And then he took and he ate up all of my corn Let me go home Why don’t they let me go home This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on ---
**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:** [April 27, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8330 "2017-04-27T14:18:45Z")
Through our last night ashore, Drink to the foam, Until we meet once more. Here’s wishing you a happy voyage home. ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8331 "2017-04-27T15:30:53Z")
A fugitive has been away so long A thousand years, and now he thinks of home The long men are waiting in the wings To put him in chains upon his return Emptiness, his bitterness is gone Journey on to the eternal reward It’s a long way to go A black angel at your side ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8332 "2017-04-27T19:35:29Z")
A figure, grey and ghostly, Beneath a blowing beard. In times of deepest darkness I’ve seen him dress in black ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8333 "2017-04-27T19:43:09Z")
She’s dressed in black again And I’m falling down again Down to the floor again I’m begging for more again But oh what can you do When she’s dressed in black ---
**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:** [April 27, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8334 "2017-04-27T19:54:47Z")
She walks these hills in a long black veil. She visits my grave where the night winds wail. Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees; Nobody knows but 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:** [April 27, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8335 "2017-04-27T19:56:31Z")
Oh, dear, what can I do? Baby’s in black, and I’m feeling blue ---
**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 27, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8336 "2017-04-27T22:41:49Z")
Dark matter flowing out on to a tape Is only as loud as the silence it breaks Most things decay in a matter of days The product is sold the memory fades Crushed like a rose In the river flow I am I know ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8337 "2017-04-28T01:05:45Z")
With hungry joy I’ll be your toy Just hoping you will play Without hope my body starts to fail Memories fade but the scars still linger Goodbye my friend Will I ever love again Memories fade but the scars still linger ---
**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:** [April 28, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8338 "2017-04-28T21:44:46Z")
When I was just a wee little lad, Full of health and joy, My father homeward came one night And gave to me a toy. ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8339 "2017-04-29T01:35:17Z")
Tears of sadness for you, More upheaval for you, Reflects a moment in time, A special moment in time, Yeah we wasted our time, We didn’t really have time, But we remember when we were young. ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8340 "2017-04-29T02:33:45Z")
I can’t remember anything Can’t tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside I feel to scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I’m waking up, I cannot see That there’s not much left of me Nothing is real but pain now Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, wake me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=418)