# 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:** 476
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9501 "2018-01-26T03:30:54Z")
This is the mystery of the quotient Upon us all a little rain must fall ---
**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 26, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9502 "2018-01-26T13:53:39Z")
Never blame the rainbows for the rain And learn to forget the memories that cause you pain The last whispered wish of age is to live it all again So never blame the rainbows for the rain ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9503 "2018-01-26T16:08:24Z")
Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side? Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide. ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9504 "2018-01-26T17:43:26Z")
We believed we’d catch the rainbow Ride the wind to the sun Sail away on ships of wonder But life’s not a wheel with chains made of steel So bless me ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9505 "2018-01-27T05:45:24Z")
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around ---
**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 27, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9506 "2018-01-27T14:17:27Z")
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-o If ever I return, pretty Peggy-o If ever I return, all your cities I will burn Destroying all the ladies in the are-e-o Destroying all the ladies in the are-e-o ---
**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:** [January 27, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9507 "2018-01-27T15:16:23Z")
When you shook your long hair down my defenses crumbled; feeling I’d begun to drown, all my words got jumbled. Not a word would come to mind, I felt a child of seven. When you shook your long hair down I saw one hope of heaven. I was left without a chance, no hope of a returning; in your eyes I saw a glance of all my bridges burning. ---
**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 29, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9508 "2018-01-29T19:19:13Z")
Now your ships are burned And the evil has returned It will creep upon you There’s nothing to do It will rip up your mind And death you will find Life is just a game And death is just the same ---
**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 29, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9509 "2018-01-29T19:20:14Z")
Burn down the mission If we’re gonna stay alive Watch the black smoke fly to heaven See the red flame light the sky ---
**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:** [January 30, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9510 "2018-01-30T08:27:56Z")
Sisters and brothers daddys mothers standin’ ‘round cryin’ When I reached the scene the flames were makin’ a ghostly whine So I stood on my horse’s back an’ I screamed without a crack I say oh baby why’d you burn your brother’s house down ? Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Look out the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody’s house is burnin’ down down, down down ---
**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 30, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9511 "2018-01-30T13:44:00Z")
Welcome to the abandoned land Come on in child, take my hand Here there’s no work or play, only one bill to pay There’s just five words to say as you go down, down, down You’re gonna burn in hell Oh, burn in hell ---
**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 31, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9512 "2018-01-31T21:27:43Z")
And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9513 "2018-02-01T14:47:51Z")
Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I’d see you baby, one more time again, now. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9514 "2018-02-01T22:51:43Z")
See Me Feel Me Touch Me Heal 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:** [February 2, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9515 "2018-02-02T01:04:53Z")
I don’t want anybody else When I think about you I touch myself ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9516 "2018-02-03T15:11:07Z")
Come on, come on, come on, come on Now touch me, baby Can’t you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won’t you tell me what she said? What was that promise that you made? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9517 "2018-02-03T18:09:35Z")
You made me promises, promises You knew you’d never keep Promises, promises Why do I believe? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9518 "2018-02-03T18:25:17Z")
Did you write the book of love And do you have faith in God above If the Bible tells you so? Do you believe in rock ’n’ roll Can music save your mortal soul And can you teach me how to dance real slow? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9519 "2018-02-03T18:39:46Z")
Don’t believe that rock ‘n’ roll Can really change the world As it spins in revolution It spirals and turns I, I believe in love ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9520 "2018-02-03T19:30:12Z")
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