# 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:** 448
**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, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8941 "2017-08-12T19:03:41Z")
Take my license, all that jive I can’t drive 55! ---
**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 13, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8942 "2017-08-13T01:57:16Z")
I rolled on, the sky grew dark I put the pedal down to make some time There’s something good waitin’ down this road I’m pickin’ up whatever’s mine I’m runnin’ down a dream That never would come to me Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads Runnin’ down a dream ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8943 "2017-08-13T02:36:16Z")
I’m a riding fool who is up to date I know every trail in the Lone Star State 'Cause I ride the range in a Ford V8 Oh, yippie yi yo kayah, yippie yi yo kayah ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8944 "2017-08-13T03:02:08Z")
We is screamin’ through the valley where the Nishnabotna flows, Through the mud and crud and cornfields where the mari-ju-wana grows. 'Cross the railroad tracks of Persia, down the hills and up the dale – Had a CJ-5 with a four-wheel drive and Smokey on my tail. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8945 "2017-08-13T03:05:08Z")
Get ready to draw the rockets of peace There’s a showdown tonight on the bright milky way Ambush the bad man, blow him right out of the east We’ll be singin’ _Yi yippie ky, whoopee ky, yippy aye ay_ Hold on to your hats and wear clean underwear Wrap the wagon train around the green suburban lawns If we die we’re gonna meet the good Lord up in the air chantin’ _Yippie aye yippie aye, move the little dogies along!_ ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8946 "2017-08-14T07:28:09Z")
You better watch out There may be dogs about I’ve looked over Jordan and I have seen Things are not what they seem ---
**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 14, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8947 "2017-08-14T13:33:02Z")
You better watch out You better not cry. You better not pout. I’m telling you why: SSSSSSAAAAANNNNN-ta Clause is coming to town SSSSSSAAAAANNNNN-ta Clause is coming to town Santa Clause is coming to town. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8948 "2017-08-14T14:06:56Z")
([Who?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=399123)) When love comes to town I’m gonna jump that train When love comes to town I’m gonna catch that flame Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down But I did what I did before love came to town ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8949 "2017-08-14T14:24:23Z")
There’s only one thing gets a Cowboy down, It’s the kind of trouble that we’ve got in this town: Frog trouble. ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8950 "2017-08-14T16:43:39Z")
It’s not easy bein’ green It seems you blend in With so many other ordinary things And people tend to pass you over Cause you’re not standing out Like flashy sparkles in the water Or stars in the sky ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8951 "2017-08-14T16:45:22Z")
You can look right through me See right past me Like I’m not even there! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8952 "2017-08-14T20:01:37Z")
Harvester of eyes, that’s me And I see all there is to see When I look inside your head Right up front to the back of your skull ---
**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 14, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8953 "2017-08-14T22:09:12Z")
Rescued by the first light Receiving us with these tears Feeling your gaze in the back of my eyes Leaving worlds this way Seeing out the angels From the shadow of a day That stands alone and crying young ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8954 "2017-08-15T00:50:55Z")
Even Siberia goes through the motions. Hold out and hold up; Hold down the window. Outbound, river, Hold out the morning that comes into view. ---
**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 15, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8955 "2017-08-15T02:01:06Z")
Show me a sign of troubles in your heart Spare me your lies and tell me that you’re mine And our bodies float on the river To the oceans of demise ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8956 "2017-08-15T12:33:24Z")
Pick up here and chase the ride The river empties to the tide Fall into the ocean The river to the ocean goes A fortune for the undertow None of this is going my way ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8957 "2017-08-15T12:54:24Z")
Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. ---
**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 15, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8958 "2017-08-15T13:19:20Z")
People are strange when you’re a stranger Faces look ugly when you’re alone Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted Streets are uneven when you’re down When you’re strange Faces come out of the rain When you’re strange No one remembers your name When you’re strange When you’re strange When you’re strange ---
**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 15, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8959 "2017-08-15T16:46:50Z")
What’s your name, little girl? What’s your name? Shootin’ you straight, little girl? For there ain’t no shame ---
**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:** [August 15, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8960 "2017-08-15T22:24:45Z")
Look at that flesh Pink and plump. Hello, little girl… Tender and fresh, Not one lump. Hello, little girl… This one’s especially lush, Delicious… Hello, little girl, What’s your rush? You’re missing all the flowers. The sun won’t set for hours, Take your time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=447) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=449)