# 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:** 450
**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 19, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8981 "2017-08-19T18:04:05Z")
The scratching of a mellotron It always seemed to make her cry Well maybe she remembers us collecting space up in the sky The scratching of a mellotron It always seemed to make her cry ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8982 "2017-08-19T18:08:59Z")
There’s one thing I can do Play my mellotron for you Try to blow away your city blues Your dreams are not unfound Get your feet back on the ground The truth will set us free, we cannot lose ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8983 "2017-08-19T18:15:28Z")
I dreamed I met a Galilean A most amazing man He had that look you very rarely find The haunting, hunted kind I asked him to say what had happened How it all began I asked again; he never said a word As if he hadn’t heard ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8984 "2017-08-19T18:18:12Z")
Oh God, you’re dead Oh God, you’re dead Oh God, you’re dead Long live God, long live God Long live God, long live God ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8985 "2017-08-19T18:31:45Z")
I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred store Where I’d heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn’t play And in the streets: the children screamed The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed But not a word was spoken; The church bells all were broken And the three men I admire most: The father, son, and the holy ghost They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8986 "2017-08-19T18:53:27Z")
Don’t go far, circle close The Father, Son, the Holy Ghost To the Trinity, I raise a toast Ahh yeah! ---
**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 19, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8987 "2017-08-19T20:36:27Z")
Looking through stained windows I see a rose on the wall Thorns that draw blood From Your face I hear the agony of Your call To me ---
**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 19, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8988 "2017-08-19T22:42:27Z")
Blessed are the stained glass, window pane glass. Blessed is the church service makes me nervous Blessed are the penny rookers, Cheap hookers, Groovy lookers. O Lord, Why have you forsaken me? ---
**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 20, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8989 "2017-08-20T00:10:04Z")
Bless the beasts and the children Give them shelter from the storm Keep them safe, keep them warm ---
**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 20, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8990 "2017-08-20T00:34:56Z")
We spotted the ocean at the head of the trail Where are we going, so far away And somebody told me that this is the place Where everything’s better, everything’s safe Walk on the ocean Step on the stones Flesh becomes water Wood becomes bone ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8991 "2017-08-20T03:58:46Z")
I think about your pale arms waving When I see the caps upon the green And the rocking roller-coaster ocean Think about you every night when I’m fathoms asleep And in my dreams We are rocking in a similar motion ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8992 "2017-08-20T04:11:09Z")
Young man rhythm’s got a hold on me too I got the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8993 "2017-08-21T14:55:31Z")
I see, I see lovers in the meadow I see, I see silhouettes in the window I’ll watch them ‘til they’re gone And they leave me hangin’ on To a shadow. I’m sick of love, I hear the clock tick This kind of love, ah, I’m love sick. ---
**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 21, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8994 "2017-08-21T16:44:03Z")
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind She was my woman As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8995 "2017-08-22T00:52:44Z")
She’s a lady, she’s got time Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your face She’s a lady, she is mine Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your flesh ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8996 "2017-08-22T01:37:24Z")
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ Into the future Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ Into the future I wanna fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me I want to fly like an eagle 'Till I’m free Oh, Lord, through the revolution ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8997 "2017-08-22T01:51:52Z")
60 revolutions per minute This is my regular speed So how do you want me to live with it? How do you want me to live with it? ---
**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 22, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8998 "2017-08-22T11:38:29Z")
Sorrow what does revolution mean to you To save today is like wishing in the wind All my beautiful friends have all gone away Like the waves they flow and ebb and die There’s a revolution There’s a revolution There’s a, there’s revolution There’s a revolution ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8999 "2017-08-22T13:02:05Z")
I thought our days were commonplace Thought they would number in the millions Now there’s only the aftertaste Of circumstance that can’t pass this way 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:** [August 22, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9000 "2017-08-22T13:48:42Z")
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