# 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:** 437
**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:** [June 28, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8721 "2017-06-28T23:09:52Z")
Diamond Girl - you sure do shine Glad I found you - glad you’re mine Oh, my love, you’re like a precious stone Part of earth where heaven has rained 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:** [June 29, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8722 "2017-06-29T01:29:41Z")
Oh, Shine on, shine on harvest moon, up in the sky; I ain’t had no lovin’ since April, January, June or July. Snow time ain’t no time to stay outdoors and spoon, So shine on, shine on harvest moon, for me and my gal. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8723 "2017-06-29T11:19:49Z")
Maybe if I ask your dad and mom (June) They’ll let me take you to the Junior Prom (July) Like a firecracker all aglow (August) When you’re on the beach you steal the show ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8724 "2017-06-29T14:13:21Z")
No summer’s high No warm July No harvest moon to light one tender August night No autumn breeze No falling leaves Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8725 "2017-06-29T14:15:49Z")
Lift my bed sheet keep in sandles Circle search and there are candles Summer’s here but night is raising hopes and dragonflies If those hopes are overshadowed by cotton-candy, caramel-wafer Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer turns to high Summer high ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8726 "2017-06-29T14:20:36Z")
Helter skelter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles high and falling fast It landed foul on the grass The players tried for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a cast Now the halftime air was sweet perfume While the sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to dance Oh, but we never got the chance . ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8727 "2017-06-29T17:19:11Z")
Molotov cocktail, the local drink And all she wants to do is dance, dance They mix ‘em up right in the kitchen sink And all she wants to do is dance Crazy people walkin’ round with blood in their eyes And all she wants to do is dance, dance, dance Wild-eyed pistols wavers who ain’t afraid to die And all she wants to do is, all she wants to do is dance ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8728 "2017-06-29T17:21:56Z")
The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol When they do the Bristol Stomp Really somethin when they join in jumpin When they do the Bristol Stomp Whoa, whoa they start spinnin every Friday night They dance the greatest and they do it right Well, it’s the latest it’s the greatest sight to see The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol When they do the Bristol Stomp ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8729 "2017-06-29T17:25:29Z")
C’mon everybody, c’mon in Bobby’s gonna show you how to do the swim Kinda like the monkey, kinda like the twist Pretend you’re in the water and you go like this Now baby swim, baby do the swim ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8730 "2017-06-30T01:15:04Z")
Maybe it’s time to stop swimming Maybe it’s time to find out where I’m at What I should do and where I should be But no-one will give me a map I’ll leave now this can’t continue But I forget which door I came through And I know what the lift can be painfully slow So I’m happy to leave by the window ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8731 "2017-06-30T01:49:09Z")
Shut the door! They’re coming through the window. Shut the window! Now they’re coming through the door. Shut the door! Oh, they’re coming through the window - Oh, the room is full and won’t hold any more. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8732 "2017-06-30T13:38:33Z")
Almost every day you fall Upon my waking eyes, Inviting and inciting me to rise. And through the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning. And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8733 "2017-06-30T15:33:24Z")
Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing through my opened ears Inciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on, across the universe ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8734 "2017-06-30T16:35:08Z")
I’m breaking through I’m bending spoons I’m keeping flowers in full bloom I’m looking for answers from the great beyond I want the hummingbirds, the dancing bears Sweetest dreams of you I Look into the stars I Look into the moon ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8735 "2017-06-30T19:21:23Z")
We can have some more Nature is a whore Bruises on the fruit Tender age in bloom He’s the one Who like all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he don’t know what it means Don’t know what it means ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8736 "2017-06-30T19:48:37Z")
The parachute’s in my bag I’m throwing it over to you The parachute’s in your hands But don’t ask me what to do The poppies are in the field But don’t ask me what that means The poppies are in the field But don’t ask me what that means I wait around I wait around ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8737 "2017-06-30T21:12:09Z")
All grown up and no place to go Psych 1, Psych 2, what do you know? All your life is Channel 13 Sesame Street, what does it mean? I’ll tell you what it means Pressure ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8738 "2017-06-30T22:13:05Z")
You’re pushin’ too hard, you’re pushin’ on me, You’re pushin’ too hard, what you want me to be, You’re pushin’ too hard, about the things you said, You’re pushin’ too hard every night and day, You’re pushin’ too hard, you’re pushin’ too hard, On me ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8739 "2017-07-01T16:42:58Z")
Night and day, why is it so That this longin’ for you follows wherever I go ? In the roarin’ traffic’s boom In the silence of my lonely room I think of you day and night Night and day, under the hide of me There’s an oh, such a hungry yearnin’ burnin’ inside of me And its torment won’t be through Till you let me spend my life makin’ love to you Day and night, night and day ---
**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:** [July 1, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8740 "2017-07-01T21:28:21Z")
Day for night I can’t wait 'til the time is right Like a gun waits for war Like the sun waiting for a light Pound away Get it done in just half a day 'Neath the sweltering sky Get it done, don’t ask why [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=436) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=438)