# 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:** 419
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8361 "2017-05-03T01:51:44Z")
Save yourself a penny for the ferryman Save yourself and let them suffer In hope In love This world ain’t ready for The Ark Save yourself a penny for the ferryman Save yourself and let them suffer In hope In love Mankind works in mysterious ways ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8362 "2017-05-03T08:58:32Z")
She moves in mysterious ways, oh. Johnny, take a dive with your sister in the rain Let her talk about the things you can’t explain. To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal. If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel On your knees, boy! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8363 "2017-05-03T10:13:57Z")
Well, she’s walking through the clouds, With a circus mind that’s running wild, Butterflies and Zebras, And Moonbeams and fairy tales. That’s all she ever thinks about. Riding with the wind. When I’m sad, she comes to me, With a thousand smiles she gives to me free. It’s alright, she says it’s alright, Take anything you want from me, Anything. Fly on little wing. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8364 "2017-05-03T12:32:10Z")
Damn – some of these four-line quotes seem to go on forever… But I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say To try and make me change my mind and stay. We never did too much talkin’ anyway – But don’t think twice, it’s all right ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8365 "2017-05-03T12:52:36Z")
But, Baby, if you say you want me to stay I’ll change my mind 'Cause I don’t wanna know I’m walking away If you’ll be mine ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8366 "2017-05-03T14:15:05Z")
Darling you got to let me know Should I stay or should I go? If you say that you are mine I’ll be here 'til the end of time So you got to let me know Should I stay or should I go? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8367 "2017-05-03T14:46:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Damn – some of these four-line quotes seem to go on forever… [Since the other thread got abandoned months ago, this has become the de facto lyric thread. The reason I often quote longer chunks is because a short snippet often doesn’t do them full justice and/or equate to an adequate response to the previous reply, esp. if an additional “echo” is present in the followup stanza. I will try to keep them down to no more than 2 stanzas tho, but no absolute promises…] [Hey, more Clash…] The Shareef don’t like it Rockin’ the Casbah Rock the Casbah The Shareef don’t like it Rockin’ the Casbah Rock the Casbah ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8368 "2017-05-03T20:24:11Z")
Come on take pride, be wise, spottin’ the fools No more big shots, crackpots bending the rules A fair shot here for me and for you Knowing that we can’t lose And we’ll be rockin’ in Paradise Rockin’ the Paradise tonight Rockin’ in Paradise Rockin’ the Paradise tonight Tonight, tonight ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8369 "2017-05-03T21:06:22Z")
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Yeah, Yeah! Rockin’ in the U.S.A. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8370 "2017-05-03T22:12:10Z")
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann You’ve got me rockin’ and a-rollin’ Rockin’ and a-reelin’ Barbara Ann ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8371 "2017-05-03T22:42:12Z")
Are you reelin’ in the years Stowin’ away the time Are you gatherin’ up the tears Have you had enough of mine ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8372 "2017-05-04T01:56:00Z")
Yearbooks with their autographs From friends you might have had These are your important years, you’d better make them last Falling in and out of love just like Well, these are your important years, your life, oh It’s never happening It’s never happening to you ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8373 "2017-05-04T01:57:16Z")
Glory days, well, they’ll pass you by Glory days, in the wink of a young girl’s eye Glory days, glory days ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8374 "2017-05-04T04:50:30Z")
Walter, you are just an echo of a world I knew so long ago. Walter, if you saw me now, you wouldn’t even know my name. I bet you’re fat and married, And you’re always home in bed by half past eight. And if I talked about the old times, you’d get bored And you’d have nothing more to say. Yes, people often change. But memories of people can remain. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8375 "2017-05-04T11:00:11Z")
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers Still crazy after all these years ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8376 "2017-05-04T12:19:41Z")
I’m in my room I’m looking sideways I look up and I look down They told my friends it was a secret But it’s rumored that some of us went crazy So I packed all my clothes and I went on back home I was standing on the tarmac ready to go Then I looked all around and I looked all around And I looked all around and I went crazy ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8377 "2017-05-04T14:35:46Z")
People say I’m crazy Doing what I’m doing Well, they give me all kinds of warnings To save me from ruin When I say that I’m okay, well they look at me kinda strange “Surely you’re not happy now, you no longer play the game” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8378 "2017-05-04T14:58:37Z")
Games people play, you take it or you leave it Things that they say are not right If I promise you the moon and the stars, would you believe it? Games people play in the middle of the night ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8379 "2017-05-04T15:41:37Z")
So keep on playing those mind games together Faith in the future out of the now You just can’t beat on those mind guerrillas Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8380 "2017-05-04T16:09:56Z")
Well, my mind is goin’ through them changes I feel just like committin’ a crime Every time you see me goin’ somewhere I know I’m goin’ outta my mind, yeah [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=418) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=420)