# 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:** 482
**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:** [March 15, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9621 "2018-03-15T14:10:03Z")
Sail away sweet sister Sail across the sea Maybe you’ll find somebody To love you half as much as 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:** [March 15, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9622 "2018-03-15T20:01:38Z")
Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere waiting for me My lover stands on golden sands And watches the ships that go sailing ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9623 "2018-03-16T03:01:22Z")
Under the sea Under the sea Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter Take it from me ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9624 "2018-03-16T03:54:25Z")
I’d like to be under the sea In an octopus’s garden in the shade ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9625 "2018-03-16T06:19:49Z")
Oh, and I’ve been calling Oh, hey hey Johnny Can’t you come out, can’t you come out to play Johnny, can’t you come out to play in your empty garden ---
**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:** [March 17, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9626 "2018-03-17T14:02:14Z")
Whose garden was this? It must have been lovely. Did it have flowers? I’ve seen pictures of flowers, And I’d love to have smelled 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:** [March 17, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9627 "2018-03-17T14:08:52Z")
When Irish eyes are smiling Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring In the lilt of Irish laughter You can hear the angels sing When Irish hearts are happy All the world seems bright and gay And when Irish eyes are smiling Sure, they steal your heart away ---
**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:** [March 17, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9628 "2018-03-17T14:16:41Z")
I feel pretty Oh, so pretty I feel pretty, and witty and gay. And I pity Any girl who isn’t me today. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9629 "2018-03-17T23:21:51Z")
A pretty girl is like a melody That haunts you night and day Just like the strain Of a haunting refrain She’ll start upon a marathon and run around your brain ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9630 "2018-03-18T02:22:49Z")
Bless you bless you all of you pretty girls Village and city girls by the quayside Bless you bless you all of you pretty girls Watching and waiting by the sea ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9631 "2018-03-18T03:01:57Z")
I been all around this great big world And I seen all kinds of girls Yeah, but I couldn’t wait to get back in the states Back to the cutest girls in the world I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California Girls ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9632 "2018-03-18T03:45:59Z")
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea I remember the night When we walked in the sands of the Waikiki And I held you, oh so tight ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9633 "2018-03-18T05:27:52Z")
Across the coral sands I saw a hula hula dancer, looking pretty. I asked her where she came from and she said to me, “I come from New York City, And my mother is Italian, And my dad’s a Greek.” I’m just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9634 "2018-03-18T16:33:55Z")
Here’s what it is Lyin’ on the white sands of some beach at Waikiki Just to do the hula, you and me I remember the trip to Spain was so insane We could hardly watch the bull Luckily the ring that day was full ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9635 "2018-03-18T23:25:43Z")
I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago I can hear old guitars a playing, on the beach at Hoonaunau I can hear the Hawaiians saying “Komomai no kaua ika hale welakahao” ---
**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:** [March 23, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9636 "2018-03-23T02:28:54Z")
Well it’s set way back in the middle of a field Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back ---
**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:** [March 23, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9637 "2018-03-23T02:43:14Z")
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track Oh, the engineer would see him sittin’ in the shade Strummin’ with the rhythm that the drivers made The people passing by, they would stop and say: “Oh my, but that little country boy could play!” ---
**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:** [March 23, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9638 "2018-03-23T04:48:59Z")
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna I was playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew ---
**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:** [March 24, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9639 "2018-03-24T13:54:12Z")
Oh, you came throwing colors All around my blacks and greys While I stood in wonder you just opened up my days Let me tell you what you did to me I wanna shout the news You came throwing colors 'round my blues ---
**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:** [March 24, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9640 "2018-03-24T15:23:37Z")
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