# 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:** 422
**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 11, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8421 "2017-05-11T11:16:55Z")
Oh the great sequin cowboy who sings of the plains Of roundups and rustlers and home on the range Turn on the TV, shut out the lights Roy Rogers is riding tonight ---
**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 11, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8422 "2017-05-11T11:53:55Z")
'Cause I’m a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride I’m wanted dead or alive 'Cause I’m a cowboy, I got the night on my side I’m wanted dead or alive ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8423 "2017-05-11T14:18:54Z")
White on white translucent black capes Back on the rack Bela Lugosi’s dead The bats have left the bell tower The victims have been bled Red velvet lines the black box Bela Lugosi’s dead Undead undead undead ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8424 "2017-05-11T14:49:22Z")
Timothy Leary’s dead. No, no, no, no, He’s outside looking in. He’ll fly his astral plane, Takes you trips around the bay, Brings you back the same day, Timothy Leary. ---
**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 11, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8425 "2017-05-11T15:05:43Z")
Can you see me I’m floating in the air Can you wake me I’m crying I can see you, you’re lying next to me I can’t wake you, I’m trying Astral Projection can get me out of here Astral Projection ahahahahahahah, ahahahahahahah ---
**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 11, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8426 "2017-05-11T16:15:51Z")
Now I’m lying here with Linda on my mind And next to me, my soon-to-be the one I left behind. And Lord it’s killing me to see her crying – She knows I’m lying here beside her with Linda on my mind. ---
**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 11, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8427 "2017-05-11T16:56:54Z")
Charm assault Get out of my brain You can leave but The truth will always remain Your charm assault Has scarred the world It looks so ugly As your lies begin to unfurl ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8428 "2017-05-11T18:13:24Z")
Tell me lies Tell me sweet little lies (Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies) ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8429 "2017-05-12T17:23:53Z")
The check’s in the mail, hey! You’re beautiful Don’t ever change you know what I mean My girl will call your girl we’ll talk, we’ll do lunch Or leave a message on my machine So baby won’t you sign on the dotted line I’m gonna make your dreams come true The check’s in the mail, would I lie to you? ---
**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 12, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8430 "2017-05-12T20:28:29Z")
I run into those wild places And I feel so alive. Elemental light, you’re beautiful, you’re beautiful Elemental light, she’s beautiful, she’s beautiful Elemental light, you’re beautiful, you’re beautiful Elemental light, she’s beautiful, she’s beautiful ---
**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 12, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8431 "2017-05-12T20:37:34Z")
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee, Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lulled by the moonlight have all passed away! Good thing buddha david answered the Prof’s post, because the first thing I thought of was a rather uncouth song by David Allen Coe… ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8432 "2017-05-12T21:00:45Z")
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 ---
**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 12, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8433 "2017-05-12T22:16:08Z")
I heard a sound I turned around Turned around to find the thing that made the sound ---
**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 12, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8434 "2017-05-12T22:32:08Z")
I hear music but there’s no one there ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8435 "2017-05-13T00:44:06Z")
Behind the curtains silhouettes are disembodied Dancing in the frame (frame frame frame) And with all the conversations over The quiet freezes like they never came (came came came) Pull me up from deep inside this pillow Feathers soft I lay my head in sorrow There’s caverns dark and then there’s eyes that stare And I hear fingers snapping but there’s no one there ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8436 "2017-05-13T03:28:38Z")
A message to the forces I’ve no pity don’t know how thankful to feel Expectations of my daily bread Gives me the hunger to steal You want the good life, you break your back You snap your fingers, you snap your neck ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8437 "2017-05-13T14:12:29Z")
And if you can’t drive with a broken back At least you can polish the fender ---
**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:** [May 13, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8438 "2017-05-13T14:43:32Z")
I told a girl that my prospects were good And she said baby, it’s understood Working for peanuts is all very fine But I can show you a better time Baby you can drive my car Yes I’m gonna be a star Baby you can drive my car And maybe I’ll love you Beep beep’m beep beep yeah ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8439 "2017-05-13T17:44:07Z")
Can’t see the lights or the blue orange signs Can’t see the road or the long white lines Feeling the ground through the pedals on the floor Feeling death pounding at the door Windows all open, there’s chaos in my hair Driving me round and leaving me there Cover my eyes and we’ll die driving blind Cover my trail and we’ll leave this life behind Drive blind ---
**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:** [May 13, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8440 "2017-05-13T17:45:29Z")
Ever since I was a young boy I’ve played the silver ball From Soho down to Brighton I must have played them all But I ain’t seen nothing like him In any amusement hall That deaf dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pin ball! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=423)