# 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:** 473
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9441 "2018-01-03T14:51:56Z")
You gave them all those old time stars Through wars of worlds - invaded by Mars You made them laugh, you made them cry You made us feel like we could fly (Radio) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9442 "2018-01-03T16:32:06Z")
Oh play me some mountain music. Like Grandma and Grandpa used to play. Then I’ll float on down the river to the Cajun hideaway. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9443 "2018-01-03T23:41:14Z")
Sitting round singing songs 'til the night turns into day Used to sing about the mountains but the mountains washed away Now I’m singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart She is only three years old and it’s a real fine way to start ---
**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:** [January 4, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9444 "2018-01-04T04:32:40Z")
He got the action, he got the motion Oh yeah, the boy can play Dedication, devotion Turning all the night time into the day ---
**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:** [January 4, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9445 "2018-01-04T17:29:26Z")
He was the nazz With God-given ass He took it all too far But boy, could he play guitar ---
**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:** [January 4, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9446 "2018-01-04T19:21:04Z")
Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store Didn’t know how to play it, but he knew for sure That one guitar felt good in his hands Didn’t take long to understand Just one guitar, slung way down low Was a one-way ticket, only one way to go ---
**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:** [January 4, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9447 "2018-01-04T19:35:21Z")
Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9448 "2018-01-04T21:06:09Z")
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song It showed me how to laugh and how to cry It introduced me to some friends of mine And brightened up some days It helped me make it through some lonely nights Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night ---
**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:** [January 5, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9449 "2018-01-05T03:54:48Z")
Thought it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night I can see paradise by the dashboard light ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9450 "2018-01-05T04:54:20Z")
I’m just an or-di-na-ry guy… BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9451 "2018-01-05T14:24:13Z")
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, We don’t need no water let the motherfucker burn, Burn motherfucker burn. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9452 "2018-01-05T20:57:39Z")
Burn, Hollywood burn I smell a riot goin’ on First they’re guilty, now they’re gone Yeah I’ll check out a movie But it’ll take a black one to move me Get me the hell away from this TV All this news and views are beneath 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:** [January 6, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9453 "2018-01-06T01:55:16Z")
You will not be able to stay home, brother You will not be able to plug in, turn on and drop out You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip Skip out for beer during commercials Because the revolution will not be televised ---
**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:** [January 6, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9454 "2018-01-06T16:27:11Z")
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world ---
**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:** [January 6, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9455 "2018-01-06T16:31:25Z")
Inner revolution, shake it up baby There’s something in your life you don’t like, You got the power to change it You can’t fix it with a drug, can’t kill it with a gun Inner revolution, that’s the way it’s done ---
**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:** [January 6, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9456 "2018-01-06T18:01:33Z")
I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself Is life worth living, should I blast myself? I’m tired of bein’ poor and even worse I’m black My stomach hurts, so I’m lookin’ for a purse to snatch ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9457 "2018-01-06T19:25:16Z")
I don’t know who’s right or who’s wrong It doesn’t really matter when you’re lying in the gutter It’s a see saw A long hot battle with the cold law Is what you get for messing with the steel claw ---
**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:** [January 6, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9458 "2018-01-06T21:19:40Z")
I fight authority, authority always wins I fight authority, authority always wins I been doing it, since I was a young kid I’ve come out grinnin’ I fight authority, authority always wins ---
**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:** [January 6, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9459 "2018-01-06T23:13:35Z")
Respect the badge - he earned it with his blood Fear the gun - your sentence may be death because - I AM THE LAW And you won’t fuck around no more - I AM THE LAW I judge the rich, I judge the poor - I AM THE LAW Commit a crime I’ll lock the door - I AM THE LAW Because in Mega-City - I AM THE LAW ---
**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:** [January 7, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9460 "2018-01-07T14:24:16Z")
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