# 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:** 51
**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 17, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1001 "2014-08-17T19:51:40Z")
And my number is Beechwood 4-5789 You can call me up and have a date any old time ---
**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:** [August 17, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1002 "2014-08-17T20:33:26Z")
Jenny, I got your number I need to make you mine Jenny, don’t change your number 867-5309 ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1003 "2014-08-17T20:46:55Z")
Operator, well could you help me place this call See, the number on the match book is old and faded ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1004 "2014-08-17T21:30:35Z")
You know my name Look up the number ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1005 "2014-08-17T22:05:06Z")
My baby says she’s trav’ling on the one after 909 I said move over honey I’m travelling on that line ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1006 "2014-08-18T00:15:48Z")
If she’s not on the five-nineteen, Then I’m gonna know what sorrow means. And I’m gonna cry, cry, cry, All the way home. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1007 "2014-08-18T00:21:12Z")
Pick up the phone, I’m always home Call me any time Just ring 36-24-36, hey I lead a life of crime ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1008 "2014-08-18T00:47:47Z")
Operator, give me long distance. Long Distance, give me Heaven! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1009 "2014-08-18T01:16:22Z")
Heaven is the whole of the heart And heaven don’t tear us apart Yeah heaven is the whole of the heart And heaven don’t tear you apart ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1010 "2014-08-18T01:19:01Z")
Heaven, I’m in heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When were out together dancing cheek to cheek ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1011 "2014-08-18T01:21:25Z")
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1012 "2014-08-18T01:44:02Z")
I just keep on prayin’ Lord Just keep on livin’, how far is heaven Lord can you tell me, how far is heaven ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1013 "2014-08-18T01:50:37Z")
Heaven’s just a sin away, oh oh, just a sin away. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1014 "2014-08-18T02:04:36Z")
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die And where you invest your love, you invest your life Awake my soul Awake my soul ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1015 "2014-08-18T02:06:57Z")
Wake me up inside (Save me) Call my name and save me from the dark ---
**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:** [August 18, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1016 "2014-08-18T02:15:24Z")
Yeah, when you call my name I salivate like a Pavlov dog Yeah, when you lay me out My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum, alright ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1017 "2014-08-18T02:32:40Z")
'm a brass band, I’m a harpsichord; I’m a clarinet! I’m the Philadelphia Orchestra, I’m the Modern Jazz Quartet! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1018 "2014-08-18T13:53:42Z")
There were copper bottom tympani in horse platoons Thundering, thundering louder than before. Double bell euphoniums and big bassoons, Each bassoon having it’s big, fat say! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1019 "2014-08-18T14:05:58Z")
Big bottom, big bottom Talk about bum cakes, my girl’s got 'em Big bottom drive me out of my mind How could I leave this behind? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1020 "2014-08-18T14:08:29Z")
Tell 'em to shake it! (Shake it!) Shake it! (Shake it!) Shake that healthy butt! Baby got back! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=52)