# 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:** 509
**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:** [May 7, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10161 "2019-05-07T23:53:00Z")
Baby’s sleeping the cats have all been blessed Ain’t nothing doing on TV (summer repeats) Put on my space suit I got to look my best I’m going out to do the city ---
**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:** [May 8, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10162 "2019-05-08T00:11:55Z")
‘Cause you belong to the city You belong to the night Livin’ in a river of darkness Beneath the neon lights ---
**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:** [May 8, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10163 "2019-05-08T01:19:16Z")
But when darkness hits the town And there’s washing on your line Get your knickers down Before the dreaded sign When the clock strikes eight And you’re snuggled up in bed He’ll be at the garden gate Filling underwear with dread ---
**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:** [May 8, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10164 "2019-05-08T02:59:04Z")
Yellow matter custard Dripping from a dead dog’s eye Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess Boy, you’ve been a naughty girl You let your knickers down ---
**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:** [May 8, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10165 "2019-05-08T20:04:00Z")
Lucy MacEvil Honey, where ya been all night? Your hair’s all messed up, babe An’ the clothes you’re wearin’ Just don’t fit ya right ---
**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:** [May 10, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10166 "2019-05-10T16:59:33Z")
Well Mr. Harper couldn’t be here cause he stayed too long at Kelly’s Bar again And if you smell Shirley Thompson’s breath you’ll find she’s had a little nip of gin And then you have the nerve to tell me, you think that as a mother I’m not fit Well this is just a little Peyton Place, and you’re all Harper Valley hypocrites ---
**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:** [May 12, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10167 "2019-05-12T13:37:16Z")
Everyone’s moral fiber’s in complete decay there; They’ve got a problem cleaning up the PTA there. Peyton Place, U.S.A. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10168 "2019-05-12T17:47:32Z")
If we stop to gaze upon a star People talk about how “bad” we are Ours is not an easy age We’re like tigers in a cage What a town without pity can do ---
**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:** [May 13, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10169 "2019-05-13T05:44:19Z")
Because I’m bad, I’m bad come on You know I’m bad, I’m bad come on, you know You know I’m bad, I’m bad come on, you know And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again Who’s bad ---
**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:** [May 13, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10170 "2019-05-13T12:36:58Z")
Because I’m fat, I’m fat, sha mone (Fat, fat, really really fat) You know I’m fat, I’m fat, you know it (Fat, fat, really really fat) You know I’m fat, I’m fat, come on you know (Fat, fat, really really fat) Don’t you call me pudgy, portly or stout Just now tell me once again who’s fat ---
**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:** [May 13, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10171 "2019-05-13T12:38:27Z")
Across the street, a neon sign All you can eat for a dollar ninety nine Aww, that old stew is the baddest in the land But a one dollar’s worth was all that I could stand Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad ---
**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:** [May 15, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10172 "2019-05-15T01:43:46Z")
Look down-hearted and confused Because lately you’ve been startin’ to lose Losin’ out on everything, you might try to do Bad luck’s there, it’s got a hold on 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:** [May 15, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10173 "2019-05-15T01:47:41Z")
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I’m busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I’m busted I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won’t lay A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day The county’s gonna haul my belongings away cause I’m busted. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10174 "2019-05-15T02:33:01Z")
My bank went broke and my well ran dry. It was almost enough to contemplate suicide. I turned on the gas, but I soon realized I hadn’t settled my bill so they cut off my supply. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10175 "2019-05-15T15:03:19Z")
He turned on the gas and he went to sleep With the window closed so he’d never wake up ---
**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:** [May 15, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10176 "2019-05-15T18:11:49Z")
Might as well jump. Jump! Might as well jump Go ahead, jump. Jump! Go ahead and jump ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10177 "2019-05-16T15:23:06Z")
Dance this new creation It’s the new sensation Do the Bunny hop Hop, hop, hop ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10178 "2019-05-16T16:22:28Z")
So dancing days are here again As the summer evenings grow You are my flower, you are my power You are my woman who knows ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10179 "2019-05-17T13:38:43Z")
If you’re going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you’re going to San Francisco You’re gonna meet some gentle people there For those who come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there In the streets of San Francisco Gentle people with flowers in their hair ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10180 "2019-05-17T16:07:29Z")
Dress the way you please and put your mind at ease It’s a city known for its freedom, (freedom) Cycles shining bright break the silence of the night Inhibitions, no, you don’t need them, (no),no,(no) (San Francisco), San Francisco (San Francisco), City by the Bay yeah (San Francisco), he he he he hey (You’ve got me) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=508) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=510)