# 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:** 423
**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, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8441 "2017-05-13T19:59:09Z")
It’s poetry in motion And now she’s making love to me The spheres’re in commotion The elements in harmony She blinded me with science (She blinded me with science!) And hit me with technology ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8442 "2017-05-13T20:35:42Z")
I’ve got a tiger by the tail, it’s plain to see; I won’t be much when you get through’ with me Well, I’m a-losing weight and a-turnin’ mighty pale Looks like I’ve got a tiger by the tail ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8443 "2017-05-13T21:18:59Z")
Where’s that tiger? Where’s that tiger? Where’s that tiger? Where’s that tiger? Hold that tiger! Hold that tiger ! Hold that tiger! ---
**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 14, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8444 "2017-05-14T00:29:40Z")
Letting it go is jumping the train Is to dance with the tiger Letting it go though we won’t be the same Is to dance with the tiger Letting it go is the name of the game Is to dance with the tiger And laugh at the rain ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8445 "2017-05-14T13:14:56Z")
Blame it on the rain (rain) Blame it on the stars (stars) Whatever you do don’t put the blame on you Blame it on the rain yeah 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:** [May 14, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8446 "2017-05-14T13:24:44Z")
Should we blame the government? Or blame society? Or should we blame the images on TV? No! Blame Canada, blame Canada With all their beady little eyes And flappin’ heads so full of lies ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8447 "2017-05-14T14:42:16Z")
What did you learn in school today, Dear little boy of mine? I learned our Government must be strong; It’s always right and never wrong. Our leaders are the finest men And so we elect them again and again. ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8448 "2017-05-14T16:30:41Z")
The teacher stands in front of the class But the lesson plan he can’t recall The student’s eyes don’t perceive the lies Bouncing off every fucking wall His composure is well kept I guess he fears playing the fool The complacent students sit and listen to some of that Bullshit that he learned in school ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8449 "2017-05-14T16:35:14Z")
Teacher, teach me how to read and write, You can teach me about biology, But you can’t tell me what I am living for Cause that’s still a mystery. Teacher, teach me about nuclear physics And teach me about the structure of man, But all your endless calculations Can’t tell me why I am. ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8450 "2017-05-14T16:58:59Z")
We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8451 "2017-05-14T20:31:01Z")
We destroyed the government We’re destroying time No more problems on the way I’m through doctor We don’t need your kind The other ones, ugly ones Stupid boys, wrong ones I’m all alone, so are we all We’re all clones, all are one and one are all All are one and one are all ---
**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 15, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8452 "2017-05-15T01:29:10Z")
I still remember how it began (gan-gan-gan) They produced a carbon copy man (man-man-man) Born in a science lab late one night Without a mother or a father, just a test tube and a womb with a view I think I’m a clone now (a clone now) There’s always two of me just a-hangin’ around I think I’m a clone now (a clone now) 'Cause every chromosome is a hand-me-down ---
**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 15, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8453 "2017-05-15T21:20:42Z")
I can still recall The wheat fields of St. Paul And the morning we got caught Robbing from an old hen ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8454 "2017-05-16T00:48:45Z")
Go tell Aunt Rhody Go tell Aunt Rhody Go tell Aunt Rhody The old gray goose is dead. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8455 "2017-05-16T08:48:14Z")
Go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain Our Jesus Christ is born ---
**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 16, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8456 "2017-05-16T11:37:54Z")
Over the hills and far away, He swears he will return one day. Far from the mountains and the seas, Back in her arms he swears he’ll be. Over the hills and far away. ---
**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 16, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8457 "2017-05-16T11:39:10Z")
Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes Galloping hard on the plains Chasing the redskins back to their holes Fighting them at their own game Murder for freedom the stab in the back Women and children are cowards attack Run to the hills, run for your lives Run to the hills, run for your lives ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8458 "2017-05-16T15:47:39Z")
Please Mr. Custer, I don’t want to go Hey, Mr. Custer, please don’t make me go I had a dream last night About the coming fight Somebody yelled “Attack” And there I stood with a arrow in my back. ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8459 "2017-05-16T22:43:54Z")
Little arrows in your clothing Little arrows in your hair When you’re in love you’ll find Those little arrows everywhere ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8460 "2017-05-17T01:31:14Z")
Robin Hood and Little John Runnin’ through the forest Jumpin’ fences, dodgin’ trees And tryin’ to get away Contemplatin’ nothin’ But escapin’ and finally makin’ it Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally Golly, what a day [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=422) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=424)