# 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:** 464
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9261 "2017-10-18T12:50:34Z")
All your life is Channel 13 Sesame Street What does it mean? I’ll tell you what it means Pressure ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9262 "2017-10-18T13:25:56Z")
You live on Avenue Q! You’re friends do too. You are twenty-two And you live on Avenue Q! You live on Avenue Q You live on Avenue Q! ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9263 "2017-10-18T14:44:39Z")
We would drive up the Avenue, but we haven’t got the price We would skate up the Avenue, but there isn’t any ice We would ride on a bicycle, but we haven’t got a bike So we’ll walk up the Avenue Yes, we’ll walk up the Avenue And to walk up the Avenue’s what we like ---
**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:** [October 18, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9264 "2017-10-18T15:23:29Z")
Bicycle races are coming your way So forget all your duties oh yeah! Fat bottomed girls they’ll be riding today So look out for those beauties oh yeah On your marks! Get set! Go! Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race Bicycle bicycle bicycle want to ride my bicycle Bicycle bicycle bicycle Bicycle race ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9265 "2017-10-20T05:06:37Z")
I ride my bike, I roller skate, don’t drive no car Don’t go too fast, but I go pretty far For somebody who don’t drive I’ve been all around the world Some people say, I’ve done all right for a girl Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah ---
**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:** [October 20, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9266 "2017-10-20T05:09:26Z")
Don’t drive no big black car Don’t like no Hollywood movie stars You want me to be true to ya You don’t give a damn what I do to ya I’m just a dirty white boy (dirty white boy) Dirty white boy (dirty white boy) Dirty white boy, dirty white boy ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9267 "2017-10-20T05:25:25Z")
Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin’ logs Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin’ hogs We is headin’ for bear on I-one-oh 'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town I says, "Pig Pen, this here’s the Rubber Duck. “And I’m about to put the hammer down.” ‘Cause we got a little convoy Rockin’ through the night. Yeah, we got a little convoy, Ain’t she a beautiful sight? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9268 "2017-10-20T05:30:38Z")
I love to sing-a About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a, I love to sing-a, About a sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a, Anything-a with a swing-a to an “I love you-a,” I love to, I love to sing! ---
**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:** [October 20, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9269 "2017-10-20T12:58:55Z")
First you form a smile I watch you for a while You are a vapour trail In a deep blue sky Tremble with a sigh Glitter in your eye You seem to come and go I never seem to know ---
**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:** [October 20, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9270 "2017-10-20T13:39:51Z")
Desert loving in your eyes all the way If I listened to your lies, would you stay I’m a man without conviction I’m a man who doesn’t know How to tell a contradiction You come and go, you come and go ---
**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:** [October 21, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9271 "2017-10-21T13:45:48Z")
Strings of street lights, even stoplights Blinkin’ bright red and green As the shoppers rush home with their treasures Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch This is Santa’s big day And above all this bustle you hear Silver bells Silver bells It’s Christmas time in the city Ding-a-ling Hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day ---
**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:** [October 21, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9272 "2017-10-21T13:52:06Z")
There are children throwing snowballs Instead of throwing heads They’re busy building toys And absolutely no one’s dead There’s frost on every window Oh, I can’t believe my eyes And in my bones I feel the warmth That’s coming from inside ---
**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:** [October 21, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9273 "2017-10-21T14:02:28Z")
We’re drinking our way through the holi-daze! It’s a wonderful way to survive When you’re losing your grip and it’s time to get ripped, Somewhere in the world, it’s always after 5:00! We’re drinking our way through the holi-daze! Pouring beer and vodka and wine We’re drowning in cheer this time of the year From Hanukkah to Auld Lang Syne! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9274 "2017-10-21T15:05:00Z")
And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmastime The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life Where nothing ever grows No rain nor rivers flow Do they know it’s Christmastime at all? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9275 "2017-10-21T16:50:23Z")
Put on your Yamaka Its time for Chanukah So much funnaka To celebrate Chanukah Chanukah is the festival of lights Instead of one day of presents We get eight crazy nights When you feel like the only kid in town Without a Christmas tree Here’s a list of people who are Jewish Just like you and me ---
**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:** [October 21, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9276 "2017-10-21T18:05:13Z")
[Jeez it it ain’t even November yet! Can’t you people wait at least one month? Oh lookie what I found…] The first hard sell comes sometime in June When last season’s Christmas cards take too much room, So they put them out in an off-season bin, For in June they are getting their new shipments in. Hard sell, hard sell Hard sell, hard sell This is the Christmas we all know so well. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9277 "2017-10-21T22:24:53Z")
So this is Christmas and what have you done, Another year older, a new one begun… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9278 "2017-10-22T01:49:56Z")
Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk at our Christmas party We were drinking champagne punch and homemade eggnog Little sister brought her new boyfriend He was a Mexican We didn’t know what to think of him until he sang Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad ---
**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:** [October 22, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9279 "2017-10-22T02:42:49Z")
Buon Natale, means Merry Christmas to you Buon Natale, to everyone Happy New Year and lots of fun Buon Natale may all your wishes come true Buon Natale in Italy means A Merry Christmas to you ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9280 "2017-10-23T13:13:27Z")
Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our house Christmas Eve No you might thing there’s no such thing as Santa. But as for me and Grandpa, we believe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=463) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=465)