# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Mister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Mister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/841 "2014-08-11T20:30:52Z")
They call me El Jefe El primo de los matadors The master of the metaphor A chaw chewin’ trubador The one you’ve come to love and adore And I’ve come to take you away ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/842 "2014-08-11T20:33:00Z")
They’re coming to take me away, ho ho, he he, ha ha ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/843 "2014-08-11T20:40:05Z")
We love to laugh Loud and long and clear We love to laugh So ev’rybody can hear ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/844 "2014-08-11T21:04:53Z")
My teardrops fell like rain that day When I heard what Joni had to say. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/845 "2014-08-11T21:58:07Z")
When Josie comes home, so good She’s the pride of the neighborhood She’s the raw flame, the live wire She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/846 "2014-08-11T23:17:12Z")
Sunny came home with a list of names She didn’t believe in transcendence “And it’s time for a few small repairs”, she said But Sunny came home with a vengeance ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/847 "2014-08-12T00:14:34Z")
Remember, remember, the 5th of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot; I see of no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. [[John Lennon once sang this at the end of one of his songs, for you rules-lawyers out there.]](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCMQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRemember_(John_Lennon_song)&ei=K1zpU8O4HIGhyATuv4DYDg&usg=AFQjCNG7B1kT6Z2mZh5fezDcOY3g-hZPOg&sig2=Z9oeOo_Mp2wcnvdISYIDxQ&bvm=bv.72676100,d.aWw) 🆒 ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/848 "2014-08-12T00:18:24Z")
(What they do) (They smile in your face) All the time they want to take your place The back stabbers (back stabbers) ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/849 "2014-08-12T00:24:47Z")
How can people be so heartless? How can people be so cruel? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/850 "2014-08-12T00:56:23Z")
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude, They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude. ---
**Author:** ![MsKaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MsKaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsKaren)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/851 "2014-08-12T01:03:54Z")
The very first spring that the fiddle did play, ‘Hang my cruel sister,’ I wad it did say. ‘For she drowned me in yonder sea, God neer let her rest till she shall die,’ ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/852 "2014-08-12T12:17:24Z")
And there does sit my false sister Anne A hey ho and me bonny o Who drowned me for the sake of a man The swans swim so bonny o. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/853 "2014-08-12T13:43:10Z")
Did Annie drop in to say “Hi” Or was she hear for a while? Was she jumping with that other guy? The one with the glistening smile? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/854 "2014-08-12T14:18:21Z")
If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You’ll see the sun come shining through for 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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/855 "2014-08-12T14:28:52Z")
What’s the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile So pack up your troubles in an old kit bag And smile, smile, smile. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/856 "2014-08-12T14:31:49Z")
No use crying, talking to a stranger Namin’ the sorrows you’ve seen Oh, 'cause there are too many bad times, Too many sad times, and nobody knows what you mean If somehow you could pack up your sorrows And give them all to me. Then you would lose them, I know how to use them Give them all to me ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/857 "2014-08-12T14:46:42Z")
Can you help me remember how to smile? Make it somehow all seem worthwhile How on earth did i get so jaded? Life’s mysteries seem so faded. I can go where no one else can go I know what no one else knows Here i am just drownin’ in the rain With a ticket for a runaway train ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/858 "2014-08-12T14:51:24Z")
Good morning, America, how are you? I say don’t you know me, I’m your native son. I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans And I’ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/859 "2014-08-12T14:55:17Z")
Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15 Out of my brain on the train ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/860 "2014-08-12T14:56:29Z")
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