# 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:** 514
**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 15, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10261 "2019-08-15T13:30:51Z")
All night long, Someone’s trying to believe he’s strong. Will he make it by the break of the day? Who can say whose power is growing. I can’t wait for winds to blow my way. Let them shake the world, I know I know my way, I know that songs that died unsung knew their way too. Most songs do, most songs do. ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10262 "2019-08-15T14:20:53Z")
Some folks like to sigh, Some folks do, some folks do; Some folks long to die, But that’s not me nor you. Long live the merry merry heart That laughs by night and day, Like the Queen of Mirth, No matter what some folks say. ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10263 "2019-08-15T15:08:29Z")
Take the bottle, fill your cup; Don’t miss the part where I fold up; Annie’s going to sing her song Called “Take Me Back Again;” Come on, Annie, sing your song And I’ll take you back again. ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10264 "2019-08-15T15:33:27Z")
I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen Across the ocean wild and wide To where your heart has ever been Since first you were my Bonnie bride. The roses all have left your cheek. I’ve watched them fade away and die Your voice is sad when e’er you speak And tears bedim your loving eyes. ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10265 "2019-08-15T15:37:01Z")
Hello to married men I’ve known I’ll soon have a wife an’ leave yours alone. A bonnie wife indeed, And she’s all I’ll ever need. With bonnie Jean my days will fly; An’ love her I will till the day I die. That’s why, across the green, I’ll go home with bonnie Jean! ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10266 "2019-08-15T18:36:33Z")
Jeanny! Quit living on dreams Jeanny! Life is not what it seems Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world There’s someone who needs you Jeanny! Quit living on dreams Jeanny! Life is not what it seems You’re lost in the night, don’t wanna struggle and fight There’s someone, who needs you! ---
**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 15, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10267 "2019-08-15T22:13:07Z")
There is someone walking behind you Turn around, look at me There is someone watching your footsteps Turn around, look at me There is someone who really needs you Here’s my heart in my hand Turn around, look at 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:** [August 15, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10268 "2019-08-15T22:58:05Z")
Turn around, turn around There’s a thing there that can be found Turn around, turn around It’s a human skull on the ground Human skull on the ground Turn around ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10269 "2019-08-16T12:31:50Z")
Don’t turn around Cause you’re gonna see my heart breaking Don’t turn around I don’t want you seeing me cry Just walk away It’s tearing me apart that you’re leaving I’m letting you go But I won’t let you know ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10270 "2019-08-16T12:39:04Z")
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn) There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn) And a time to every purpose, under Heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn) There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn) And a time to every purpose, under Heaven ---
**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 16, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10271 "2019-08-16T13:10:16Z")
Time is on my side, yes it is Time is on my side, yes it is Now you all were saying that you want to be free But you’ll come runnin’ back (I said you would baby) You’ll come runnin’ back (like I told you so many times before) You’ll come runnin’ back to me, yeah ---
**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 16, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10272 "2019-08-16T13:42:22Z")
Down the trail and around the farm Come a thousand people with their underwear on Picking 'em up, laying 'em down like mad Puffing and groaning, their faces all red Eyes rolled back in their sweaty heads I never saw so many people look so bad Crying “Come on, Harry! Come on, Sue We’re gonna do what the magazines tell us to Get ourselves in shape the fashionable way Twenty-five laps around the pond Will make us tall and slim and blonde Oh, hand me down my jogging shoes today” ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10273 "2019-08-16T13:54:16Z")
You and me, baby, aint nothing but mammals, so let’s do it like they do on The Discovery Channel ---
**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 16, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10274 "2019-08-16T22:35:11Z")
They say it’s all happening at the Zoo I do believe it, I do believe it’s true ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10275 "2019-08-17T05:29:33Z")
Then I woke up, And I was not a tiger, or an elephant. I was not an alligator - crocodile? - no, alligator! I was not a dancing bear or a tall giraffe. I was only me… and that’s the way I’ll be, Oh, that’s the way I’ll be. I enjoy being an oyster! ---
**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 17, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10276 "2019-08-17T13:17:19Z")
But if green is all there is to be It could make you wonder why, but why wonder, why wonder I’m green and it’ll do fine It’s beautiful and I think it’s what I want to be. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10277 "2019-08-17T16:03:02Z")
I am beautiful no matter what they say Words can’t bring me down I am beautiful in every single way Yes, words can’t bring me down So don’t you bring me down today ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10278 "2019-08-17T21:04:53Z")
You are too beautiful my dear, to be true and I am a fool for beauty fooled by a feeling that because I had found you I could have bound you to me. You are too beautiful for one man alone one lucky fool to be with when there are other men with eyes of their own to see with. ---
**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, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10279 "2019-08-17T22:39:39Z")
You are so beautiful To me You are so beautiful To me Can’t you see ---
**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 17, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10280 "2019-08-17T22:43:13Z")
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