# 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:** 497
**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:** [August 28, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9921 "2018-08-28T13:10:04Z")
Who can it be knocking at my door? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9922 "2018-08-28T13:46:33Z")
Sister Suzie, brother John Martin Luther, Phil and Don Brother Michael, auntie Gin Open the door and let 'em in ---
**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:** [August 28, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9923 "2018-08-28T13:50:27Z")
Didn’t you love the things that they stood for? Didn’t they try to find some good for you and me? And we’ll be free Some day soon, and it’s a-gonna be one day… Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he’s gone? I thought I saw him walkin’ up over the hill, With Abraham, Martin and John. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9924 "2018-08-28T17:53:01Z")
Ah, but I got it from Agnes Or maybe it was Sue Or Millie or Billie or Gillie or Willie It doesn’t matter who ---
**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:** [August 28, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9925 "2018-08-28T22:58:26Z")
There’s a Crawford, Davis and a tacky Cary Grant And some Homeboys lookin’ for trouble down here from the Bronx But there ain’t no Hairy and no Virgin Mary You won’t hear those voices again And Johnny Rio and Rotten Rita You’ll never see those faces again This Halloween is something to be sure Especially to be here without you ---
**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:** [August 28, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9926 "2018-08-28T23:23:54Z")
Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin’ Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can’t stop now, I got the shivers Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper ---
**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:** [August 29, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9927 "2018-08-29T13:41:41Z")
And when you hear a dining room smash Or up from the pantry there comes a loud crash Or down from the library there comes a loud ping From a vase that was commonly said to be Ming Then the family will say: “Now which was which cat? It was Mungojerrie _AND_ Rumpleteazer!” And there’s nothing at all to be done about that! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9928 "2018-09-01T04:57:02Z")
I’m walking down this empty road to nowhere I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew My mother told me not to mess with sorrow But I always did, and Lord, I still do I’m still breaking the rules ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9929 "2018-09-01T14:04:44Z")
Miss Misfortune sails down the rails with her brow to the windowpane, The scenery that she sees in her soul doesn’t match with the blur in her brain, Oh, she can trace the tricks of the tracks like the ribs of a rattlesnake, Till all her pastel chalk lines of fact are erased like a schoolgirl’s slate. She is reading her own tattoos, Her diary is the evening news, She can’t give a damn on cue, On a freight train to nowhere. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9930 "2018-09-01T20:24:19Z")
Freight train, freight train, run so fast Freight train, freight train, run so fast Please don’t tell what train I’m on They won’t know what route I’m going ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9931 "2018-09-01T23:12:20Z")
Life is so strange when you don’t know How can you tell where you’re going to You can’t be sure of any situation Something could change and then you won’t know You ask yourself Where do we go from here It seems so all too near Just as far beyond as I can see I still don’t know what this all means to me ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9932 "2018-09-02T18:52:48Z")
Somebody said to me Why do you do this to you Why not sit back and relax Go to the islands and forget it all Slow down, you’re moving too fast You seem afraid it won’t last Take my advice, go straight and settle down Thank you for caring, but tonight the lights will take me where I long to be Just like a thousand nights before I can’t explain, it gives me something ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9933 "2018-09-04T20:39:00Z")
I’m trading the city for a tropical tree, And if you meet anyone who’s asking for me. Tell all and each, that they can reach, Me on the beach down St Thomas way. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9934 "2018-09-04T20:45:16Z")
In man’s evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble, But give me half a chance and I’d be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle Cause the only time that I feel at ease Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree Oh what a life of luxury To be like an ape man ---
**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:** [September 9, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9935 "2018-09-09T02:33:47Z")
So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don’t want to leave the congo, oh no no no no no Bingo, bangle, bungle, I’m so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9936 "2018-09-09T21:39:39Z")
It’s six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch! Daylight come, and me wanna 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:** [September 10, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9937 "2018-09-10T15:04:42Z")
And I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone Goin’ home Where the New York City winters aren’t bleedin’ me, leadin’ me Goin’ home ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9938 "2018-09-10T21:13:23Z")
Oh the prairie lights are burnin’ bright The Chinook wind is a-movin’ in Tomorrow night I’ll be Alberta bound ---
**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:** [September 11, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9939 "2018-09-11T19:05:22Z")
I can’t stay here and I’m scared to leave So kiss me once and then I’ll go to hell, I might as well Be whistlin’ down the wind ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9940 "2018-09-15T17:32:28Z")
Like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone when the morning comes When the night is over Like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone gone gone [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=496) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=498)