# 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:** 519
**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:** [September 13, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10361 "2019-09-13T20:08:52Z")
Monuments burn into moments Up into other worlds Other ascensions Without deep sorrow to endure ---
**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 13, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10362 "2019-09-13T20:15:11Z")
If all things must fall Why build a miracle at all? If all things must pass Even a pyramid won’t last ---
**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 15, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10363 "2019-09-15T19:10:49Z")
Sha la la la la la live for today Sha la la la la la live for today And don’t worry 'bout tomorrow, hey Sha la la la la la live for today (Oh, no, no, no, no, no) Sha la la la la la live for 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:** [September 15, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10364 "2019-09-15T20:04:49Z")
I found the secret to life I took some time for livin’ ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10365 "2019-09-16T00:05:25Z")
Life’s a ball, if only you know it And it’s all just waiting for you You’re alive, so come on and show it Yeah, we got a lot of livin’ to do ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10366 "2019-09-16T00:27:05Z")
One day I noticed the world at my feet Next day comes and it rolls into the street Gathering speed Paying no heed That made me bleed until I was blue But you know I never wanted to Ah, you know I did it just for 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:** [September 16, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10367 "2019-09-16T12:20:39Z")
Don’t tell me it’s not worth tryin’ for You can’t tell me it’s not worth dyin’ for You know it’s true Everything I do I do it for you ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10368 "2019-09-16T17:47:02Z")
I would do anything for you I would climb mountains I would swim all the oceans blue I would walk a thousand miles Reveal my secrets More than enough for me to share I would put roses round our door Sit in the garden Growing potatoes by the score ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10369 "2019-09-16T19:58:33Z")
I’ll do anything For you dear anything For you mean everything to me I know that I’ll go anywhere For your smile, anywhere – For your smile, ev’rywhere – I’d see ---
**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 16, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10370 "2019-09-16T20:06:49Z")
Oh, c’mon smile a little smile for me, Rosemarie What’s the use in cryin’? In a little while you’ll see, Rosemarie You must keep on tryin’ ---
**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 16, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10371 "2019-09-16T20:10:55Z")
Set my guitar on fire with a long-stemmed match Dance while it burns and laugh when it turns to ash I would torch everything to keep you warm I would do anything to keep you from harm I would do anything To cover you body and soul, girl ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10372 "2019-09-16T22:48:36Z")
I’ll protect you from the hooded claw Keep the vampires from your door When the chips are down, I’ll be around With my undying, death-defying love for 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:** [September 16, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10373 "2019-09-16T23:06:01Z")
Against all Satan’s spells and wiles, Against false words of heresy, Against the knowledge that defiles, Against the heart’s idolatry, Against the wizard’s evil craft, Against the death wound and the burning, The choking wave, the poisoned shaft, Protect me, Christ, till Thy returning. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10374 "2019-09-17T00:11:29Z")
All Evil it has come from here The Camphor gets no warmer Ye Nacoaler, our Crucified Creator Down count to zero burning cold now I’ll be there for the rest of my life Tomorrow Xiberia Xiberia Xiberia I want to breathe But out of you Malaria Messiah ---
**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 17, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10375 "2019-09-17T13:26:24Z")
Even Siberia goes through the motions Hold out and hold up Hold down the window ---
**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 17, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10376 "2019-09-17T13:41:42Z")
Her eyes like windows, trickle in rain Upon the pane, getting deeper Though my love wants to relieve her She walks alone from wall to wall Lost in her hall, she can’t hear me Though I know she likes to be near me ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10377 "2019-09-17T16:33:10Z")
Sometimes I feel the ocean in my blood See rain from the sky above Her salt brined tears And now Those tears leave a taste on my tongue Like the warm rush you get from Black opium Black opium ---
**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 17, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10378 "2019-09-17T17:40:29Z")
She messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though he was cokey He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong 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:** [September 17, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10379 "2019-09-17T18:44:10Z")
Get it on Bang a gong Get it on ---
**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 17, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10380 "2019-09-17T19:00:18Z")
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