# 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:** 439
**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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8761 "2017-07-06T13:24:03Z")
How come you’re always such a fussy young man Don’t want no Captain Crunch, don’t want no Raisin Bran Well, don’t you know that other kids are starving in Japan So eat it, just eat it ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8762 "2017-07-06T14:12:56Z")
Are you feeling the fire, are you ready to explode? Are your dreams and desires riding down an open road? I’m like a runaway, a heart without a home Others can laugh and play I’ll fight for every inch I take, I’m desperate to the bone Stay hungry, feel the fire Stay hungry, don’t explode Stay hungry, with desire Stay hungry, you’re alone ---
**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 6, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8763 "2017-07-06T14:19:38Z")
On my own Pretending he’s beside me All alone I walk with him till morning Without him I feel his arms around me And when I lose my way I close my eyes And he has found me In the rain the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever ---
**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:** [July 6, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8764 "2017-07-06T19:40:02Z")
Who you trying to get in touch with Who you trying to get in touch with Who you trying to get in touch with I’m almost with you I can sense it wait for me I’m almost with you Is this the taste of victory I’m almost with 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:** [July 7, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8765 "2017-07-07T01:19:20Z")
When I’m almost with you music tries to play, When I’m almost home I almost hear you say, It would be all right if we could run 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:** [July 7, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8766 "2017-07-07T14:48:44Z")
Running away, running away, running away forever It was her only chance of finding home Running away, running away, running away together With only thoughts of finding home I’ll wait for the ocean to rise up And meet me, as it rose up before (I’ll know the time…) I’ll wait for the ocean to rise up And greet me, as it rose up before (I’ll know the year…) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8767 "2017-07-07T16:15:21Z")
A Loner longing for Run away, run away! Run away, run away! The cadence of her last breath Run away, run away! Run away, run away! Put to rest all that`s not life Drink for beauty and fill my blank page Sometimes a dream turns into a dream ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8768 "2017-07-09T02:59:02Z")
Brave Sir Robin ran away, Bravely ran away away. When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about And gallantly he chickened out. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8769 "2017-07-09T04:46:18Z")
You don’t know how much I love you But I love you like the sun I’d like to put my arms around you And we could run run run runaway Let’s run run run runaway Let’s run run run runaway ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8770 "2017-07-09T07:35:23Z")
You don’t have to say you love me, just be close at hand You don’t have to stay forever, I will understand Believe me, believe me, I can’t help but love you But believe me, I’ll never tie you down ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8771 "2017-07-09T14:04:23Z")
Leather gets slick And rubber gets squeaky Come on tonight And let’s you and me get freaky I wanna tie you up ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8772 "2017-07-09T15:06:32Z")
I long for those young boy days With a girl like you With a girl like you Lord knows there are things we can do, baby Just me and you Come on and make it a Hurt so good Come on baby make it hurt so good Sometimes love don’t feel like it should You make it, hurt so good ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8773 "2017-07-09T16:09:01Z")
Love hurts Love scars Love wounds and marks ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8774 "2017-07-09T16:13:01Z")
Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8775 "2017-07-09T21:04:37Z")
Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby Lord, I can’t help but love you 'til the day that I die So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8776 "2017-07-09T21:35:36Z")
I want you to tell me why you walked out on me I’m so lonesome every day I want you to know that since you walked out on me Nothing seems to be the same old way ---
**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:** [July 10, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8777 "2017-07-10T02:07:49Z")
This is the healing way, the light is yours I can’t forget And I can’t escape It’s kind of warm, kind of pain, I can’t explain I came here to feel this way My feelings are dead Nothing here is quite the same ---
**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 10, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8778 "2017-07-10T04:00:12Z")
Paint on my cruel or happy face I hide me behind it It takes me inside another place Where no one can find it Escape I get out when I can I escape Anytime I can Yes, I’ll escape I’m crying in my beer Come on, let’s escape Just get me out of here ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8779 "2017-07-10T06:35:06Z")
If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain If you´re not into yoga, if you have half a brain If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape I’m the love that you’ve looked for, come with me, and escape ---
**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:** [July 10, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8780 "2017-07-10T12:30:08Z")
But in the depth of a dream Where the grass is always so green And the sky is always blue I’m escaping silently I’m rejecting violently This world for something new Imagination Living mental isolation Imagination Imagination Far from your contamination Drifting in my inner space Imagination [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=438) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=440)