# 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:** 442
**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 15, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8821 "2017-07-15T15:05:02Z")
Is it a drug? I wouldn’t know, but it’s 10 a.m. and I am moving way too slow I need to get a movin’ on, but I just can’t get this hitch out of my get-along So I’m going to the grinder, filling up the pot, Putting in a filter, come on show me what you got The magic bean, the magic bean, it’s the most amazing thing that I’ve ever seen The magic bean, my kingdom for a cup of magic beans ---
**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 15, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8822 "2017-07-15T15:10:10Z")
I want a new drug, one that won’t make me sick One that won’t make me crash my car Or make me feel feet, feet, feet thick ---
**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 15, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8823 "2017-07-15T18:37:56Z")
All this talk of getting old It’s getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I’m comin’ down Now the drugs don’t work They just make you worse But I know I’ll see your face again ---
**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 15, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8824 "2017-07-15T19:28:33Z")
No no no no, I don’t sniff it no more I’m tired of waking up on the floor No, thank you, please, It only makes me sneeze And then it makes it hard to find the door ---
**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 17, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8825 "2017-07-17T03:51:50Z")
No-no, no, no-no, no-no-no-no No, no-no, no, no, no-no, no-no, no-no No-no-no-no, no-no, no, no-no, no Nobody can do the shing-a-ling like I do Nobody can do the skate like I do Nobody can do boogaloo like I do Nobody can do Philly like I do ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8826 "2017-07-17T13:16:00Z")
Do the Hustle. Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo… ---
**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 18, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8827 "2017-07-18T01:51:15Z")
De do do do, de da da da, is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da, their innocence will pull me through De do do do, de da da da, is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da, they’re meaningless and all that’s true ---
**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 18, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8828 "2017-07-18T13:12:10Z")
Oh, so lonesome for you Why can’t you be blue over me? Now that it’s over, I realize Those weak words you whispered, were nothing but lies ---
**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 18, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8829 "2017-07-18T13:13:53Z")
And it stacks up badly that it never makes sense You sense that sensation is who’s paying the rent And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies She says: “Can’t you slice the price of your paradise?” ---
**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 18, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8830 "2017-07-18T13:31:29Z")
You know and I know, rent means dough, Landlord’s goin’ to put us out in the snow, Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown, what you goin’ to do when the rent comes 'round. ---
**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 18, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8831 "2017-07-18T13:32:41Z")
John Brown died that the slave might be free John Brown died that the slave might be free John Brown died that the slave might be free But his soul is marching on! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! His soul is marching on ---
**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 18, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8832 "2017-07-18T18:36:11Z")
Echoes in rain Drifting in waves Long journey home Never too late Black as a crow Night comes again Everything flows Here comes another new day Alleluia, alle-alle alleluia Alleluia, alleluia Alleluia, alle-alle alleluia Alleluia, alleluia ---
**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 18, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8833 "2017-07-18T18:42:29Z")
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8834 "2017-07-18T19:09:12Z")
Please allow me to introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and taste I’ve been around for a long, long year Stole many a man’s soul and faith ---
**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 18, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8835 "2017-07-18T20:39:59Z")
Now I have you with me, under my power Our love grows stronger now with every hour Look into my eyes, you’ll see who I am My name is Lucifer, please take my hand ---
**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 18, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8836 "2017-07-18T23:00:57Z")
Some say that knowledge is something that you never have Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap Some say that heaven is hell Some say that hell is heaven ---
**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 18, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8837 "2017-07-18T23:28:32Z")
They say that heaven is ten zillion light years away But if there is a God, we need Him now ---
**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 19, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8838 "2017-07-19T01:35:52Z")
Speeding through a shadow of a million years Darkness is the only sound to reach her ears Frightening her with the visions of eternity Screaming for a future that can never be Oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh Left without a hope of coming home ---
**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 19, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8839 "2017-07-19T17:39:50Z")
To thee, I’ll return Overburdened with care The heart’s dearest solace Will smile on me there No more from that cottage Again I will roam Be it ever so humble There’s no place like home ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8840 "2017-07-19T18:02:25Z")
I don’t know what I’m searching for. I never have opened the door. Tomorrow might find me at last Turning my back on the past. But time will tell of stars that fell A million years ago. Memories can never take you back Home, sweet home. You can never go home any more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=441) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=443)