# 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:** 467
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9321 "2017-11-11T00:50:12Z")
Today I said the time was right for me to follow you I knew I’d find you in a day or two And it’s true You didn’t have to be so nice (didn’t have to be so nice) I would have liked you anyway (would have liked you anyway) If you had just looked once or twice (once or twice) And gone upon your quiet way (quiet way) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9322 "2017-11-11T01:49:27Z")
I will follow you will you follow me All the days and nights that we know will be I will stay with you will you stay with me Just one single tear in each passing year there will be ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9323 "2017-11-11T06:05:17Z")
Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I’ll be watching you ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9324 "2017-11-11T16:06:00Z")
All I want is to be left alone In my average home But why do I always feel Like I’m in the Twilight Zone? I always feel like somebody’s watching me And I have no privacy I always feel like somebody’s watching me Tell me is it just a dream? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9325 "2017-11-11T17:53:33Z")
Like an image passing by, my love, my life In the mirror of your eyes, my love, my life I can see it all so clearly (See it all so clearly) Answer me sincerely (Answer me sincerely) Was it a dream, a lie? Like reflections of your mind, my love, my life Are the words you try to find, my love, my life But I know I don’t possess you So go away, God bless you You are still my love and my life Still my one and only ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9326 "2017-11-11T20:54:38Z")
You’re still the one I want to talk to in bed Still the one That turns my head We’re still having fun And you’re still the one ---
**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:** [November 12, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9327 "2017-11-12T17:25:16Z")
Still, still, still, One can hear the falling snow. For all is hushed, The world is sleeping ---
**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:** [November 14, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9328 "2017-11-14T05:02:24Z")
Now I sit by my window And I watch the cars I fear I’ll do some damage One fine day But I would not be convicted By a jury of my peers Still crazy Still crazy Still crazy after all these years ---
**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:** [November 14, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9329 "2017-11-14T22:49:33Z")
People say I’m crazy Doing what I’m doing Well, they give me all kinds of warnings To save me from ruin When I say that I’m okay, well they look at me kinda strange “Surely, you’re not happy now, you no longer play the game” ---
**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:** [November 14, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9330 "2017-11-14T23:27:12Z")
They say I’m crazy but I have a good time I’m just looking for clues at the scene of the crime Life’s been good to me so far ---
**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:** [November 17, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9331 "2017-11-17T02:34:59Z")
Crazy, I’m crazy for feeling so lonely I’m crazy, crazy for feeling so blue I knew you’d love me as long as you wanted And then someday you’d leave me for somebody new ---
**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:** [November 17, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9332 "2017-11-17T02:48:12Z")
What’ll I do when you are far away and I’m so blue? What’ll I do? ---
**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:** [November 17, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9333 "2017-11-17T03:02:01Z")
And I’m far, far away with my head up in the clouds And I’m far, far away with my feet down in the crowds ---
**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:** [November 17, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9334 "2017-11-17T03:11:00Z")
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Hey! You! Get off of my cloud Don’t hang around 'cause two’s a crowd ---
**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:** [November 17, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9335 "2017-11-17T03:21:15Z")
I’m floating over strange land, It’s a soulless, sequined, showbiz moon. I’m floating over strange land, And then stranger still, there’s no balloon. But I’m getting higher, Wafted up by fame’s fickle fire 'til the Chalkhills and children Anchor my feet. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9336 "2017-11-17T04:07:01Z")
We’re walking in the air We’re floating in the moonlit sky The people far below are sleeping as we fly ---
**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:** [November 17, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9337 "2017-11-17T14:08:47Z")
Sleepin’ on the sidewalk Rollin’ down the road I may get hungry But I sure don’t want to go home ---
**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:** [November 18, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9338 "2017-11-18T14:41:46Z")
Every day’s an endless stream Of cigarettes and magazines. And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories And every stranger’s face I see reminds me that I long to be, Homeward bound, I wish I was, Homeward bound, Home where my thought’s escaping, Home where my music’s playing, Home where my love lies waiting Silently for me. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9339 "2017-11-20T02:38:53Z")
But what if I’m a mermaid, in these jeans of his with her name still on it Hey, but I don’t care 'cause sometimes, I said sometimes I hear my voice. And it’s been here silent all these years ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9340 "2017-11-20T02:42:22Z")
Make a promise, take a vow And trust your feelings, it’s easy now Understand the voice within And feel the changes already beginning Oh, oh, won’t you tell me again? Oh, oh, can you feel it? Oh, oh, won’t you tell me again tonight? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=468)