# 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:** 523
**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 29, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10441 "2019-09-29T13:41:43Z")
Light up my life, so blind I can’t see Light up my life, no one can help me now Who’s that girl Now, who’s that girl ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10442 "2019-09-29T20:36:19Z")
I’ve just seen a face I can’t forget the time or place Where we just met She’s just the girl for me And I want all the world to see We’ve met, mm-mm-mm-m’mm-mm ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10443 "2019-10-01T18:15:54Z")
Don’t you know that she’s just my style, Everything about her drives me wild, ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10444 "2019-10-02T22:52:07Z")
She drives like crazy Like no one else She drives like crazy And I’m afraid for myself ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10445 "2019-10-30T10:45:44Z")
You could drive a person crazy, You could drive a person mad. First you make a person hazy So a person could be had, Then you leave a person dangling sadly Outside your door, Which it only makes a person gladly Want you even more. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10446 "2019-10-30T11:53:31Z")
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Those days of soda and pretzels and beer Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10447 "2019-10-30T16:39:53Z")
Calling out around the world Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right For dancing in the street They’re dancing in Chicago (dancing in the street) Down in New Orleans (dancing in the street) In New York City (dancing in the street) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10448 "2019-10-30T18:19:47Z")
Bring over some of your old Motown records We’ll put the speakers in the window and we’ll go On the roof and listen to the Miracles Echo through the alley down below ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10449 "2019-10-30T20:02:42Z")
Jimi gave us rainbows, And Janis took a piece of our hearts, And Otis brought us all to the dock of a bay. Sing a song to light my fire, Remember Jim that way, They’ve all found another place, another place to play. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10450 "2019-10-31T13:59:52Z")
Now here’s the kids from Christmas Story, Annie and her orphans So many child actors high on Red Bull and endorphins. They barely come up to your knees, but God, they’re singing like MVPs And they’re the reason this whole season seems to look like Chuck. E. Cheese and jeez it’s bigger That’s right it’s bigger Is there a Tony daycare where all of you go? You’re getting bigger Tonight it’s bigger So do your parents set aside your Broadway dough? (Heck, no!) When I played Doogie…never mind, on with the show ---
**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:** [October 31, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10451 "2019-10-31T17:04:03Z")
At the Late Night Double Feature Picture Show (in the back row) ---
**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:** [October 31, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10452 "2019-10-31T19:11:15Z")
The movie wasn’t so hot It didn’t have much of a plot We fell asleep Our goose is cooked Our reputation is shot ---
**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:** [October 31, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10453 "2019-10-31T22:22:49Z")
My boyfriend’s back he’s gonna save my reputation (Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend’s back) If I were you I’d take a permanent vacation (Hey-la, hey-la, my boyfriend’s back) ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10454 "2019-11-01T02:56:18Z")
A woman came up to me and said “I’d like to poison your mind With wrong ideas that appeal to you Though I am not unkind” She looked at me, I looked at something Written across her scalp And these are the words that it faintly said As I tried to call for help: ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10455 "2019-11-01T03:05:28Z")
Should you worry when the skull head is in front of you Or is it worse because it’s always waiting where your eyes don’t go? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10456 "2019-11-02T01:27:27Z")
I met someone at the dog show. She was holding my left arm. But everyone was acting normal, So I tried to look nonchalant. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10457 "2019-11-02T20:57:16Z")
You’re saying, no no no I must be on my way But it really has been a pleasant night And you go so slow, hope they’ll ask you to stay And indifference gives you a fright ---
**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:** [November 3, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10458 "2019-11-03T23:00:13Z")
We’ll just stay where we are Then go back to the car We don’t want to be any worry ---
**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:** [November 15, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10459 "2019-11-15T21:02:20Z")
Get outta my dreams Get into my car Get outta my dreams Get in the back seat baby Get into my car Beep beep, yeah Get outta my mind Get into my life Oooooooooh Oh I said hey (Hey) you (You) Get into my car ---
**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:** [November 16, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10460 "2019-11-16T01:11:46Z")
Mmm-mmm, jump in my car, I wanna ta-ake you home C’mon jump in my car, it’s too far to walk on your ow-own [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=522) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=524)