# 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:** 443
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8841 "2017-07-19T18:08:18Z")
My mama was the cold North wind, My daddy was the son, of a railroad man from west of hell, Where the trains don’t even run… Never heard the whistle of a southbound freight, Or the singing of it’s driving wheel, No I, never did no wanderin’ Never did no wanderin’ Never did no wanderin’ after all. ---
**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 19, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8842 "2017-07-19T20:17:27Z")
My Daddy was a Gibson My Mama was a Fender That’s why they call me Mindbender Mindbender. That’s my name You better believe it It was a mind-bending thing ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8843 "2017-07-19T20:32:15Z")
It was late in the evening And I blew that room 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 19, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8844 "2017-07-19T22:06:10Z")
Here comes the helicopter, second time today Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away How many kids they’ve murdered only God can say, hey If I had a rocket launcher If I had a rocket launcher If I had a rocket launcher, I’d make somebody pay ---
**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 20, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8845 "2017-07-20T01:23:45Z")
Here comes the White Bird On its long way down There goes the feeling As it hits the ground I’ve the seen the valleys From way up high Rode through the cities Of ecstatic skies ---
**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 20, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8846 "2017-07-20T13:46:23Z")
Night time on the City Of New Orleans Changing cars in Memphis Tennessee Halfway home - we’ll be there by morning Through the Mississippi darkness, rolling down to the sea But, all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream And the steel rail still ain’t heard the news The conductor sings his songs again - the passengers will please refrain This train got the disappearing railroad blues ---
**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 20, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8847 "2017-07-20T15:04:05Z")
I’ve been working on the railroad All the live-long day. I’ve been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away. ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8848 "2017-07-20T16:34:59Z")
And the train conductor says “Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We’ve been on this shift too long.” And the train conductor says, “Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break. We can reach our destination, but it’s still a ways away” But it’s still a ways away But it’s still a ways away But it’s still a ways 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 20, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8849 "2017-07-20T16:43:46Z")
Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration But we know all her suicides are fake Daddy only stares into the distance There’s only so much more that he can take Many miles away, something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8850 "2017-07-22T02:46:07Z")
I was riding in the car with my mum and dad, He was driving the car, the kids were driving him mad. Dad looked at us, then he looked at his wife, He must have wondered where we all came from. And then mum said, “Dad, you know it won’t last for long, Before you know it, summer’s gone.” ---
**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 22, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8851 "2017-07-22T05:40:09Z")
Winter is here again, oh Lord Haven’t been home in a year or more I hope she holds on a little longer Sent a letter on a long summer day Made of silver, not of clay I’ve been runnin’ down this dusty road ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8852 "2017-07-22T12:19:24Z")
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord Well I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord Well I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8853 "2017-07-22T13:09:48Z")
Wind’s in the east, there’s a mist comin’ in. Like somethin’ is brewin’ and 'bout to begin. Can’t put me finger on what lies in store, But I feel what’s to happen all happened before. ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8854 "2017-07-24T02:36:02Z")
It can happen to you It can happen to me It can happen to everyone eventually As you happen to say It can happen today As it happens it happens in every way ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8855 "2017-07-24T03:16:43Z")
There’s something happening here But what it is ain’t exactly clear ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8856 "2017-07-24T14:35:59Z")
Hope you can see what that’s done to me But I don’t care to look into your eyes There’s no explanation There’s no explanation There’s no explanation There’s no complication ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8857 "2017-07-24T15:36:49Z")
I need some: further complications. Further complications in store. Your life is just a carrier-bag. ---
**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 25, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8858 "2017-07-25T16:04:04Z")
Well I cut down women, I cut down booze, I stopped ironing my shirts, cleaning my shoes, I stopped going to work, stopped reading the news, I sit and twiddle my thumbs cause I got nothing to do, Minimal exercise, To help uncomplicate my life. Gotta stand and face it: Life is so complicated. ---
**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 25, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8859 "2017-07-25T16:54:24Z")
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you’re Acting like you’re somebody else, gets me frustrated ---
**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 26, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8860 "2017-07-26T00:19:16Z")
Someone tell me why I do the things that I don’t want to do When you’re around me, I’m somebody else Someone tell me why I act like a fool When things don’t go my way When you’re around me, I’m somebody else [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=442) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=444)