# 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:** 66
**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 28, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1301 "2014-08-28T23:27:01Z")
I just called to say I love you I just called to say how much I care I just called to say I love you And I mean it from the bottom of my heart ---
**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 29, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1302 "2014-08-29T00:03:10Z")
All the promises we break from the cradle to the grave When all I want is you ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1303 "2014-08-29T00:04:58Z")
Promises are shit We speak the way we breathe ---
**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 29, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1304 "2014-08-29T00:20:15Z")
Promises, promises, I all Through with promises, promises now ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1305 "2014-08-29T02:06:02Z")
All these words that I hear spoken Just promises broken ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1306 "2014-08-29T02:11:38Z")
All the promises you whispered to me I guess they were meant for someone else 'Cause all I hear is the soft evening rain And the blues I sing to myself ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1307 "2014-08-29T02:16:33Z")
I’ll do my crying in the rain. ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1308 "2014-08-29T02:29:21Z")
The rain is gonna come, oh it surely looks like rain ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1309 "2014-08-29T03:15:32Z")
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don’t let the rain come down My roof’s got a hole in it and I might drown ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1310 "2014-08-29T03:20:43Z")
Let it rain, let it rain, Let your love rain down on me. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1311 "2014-08-29T04:20:24Z")
When the May rain comes All this will be washed away ---
**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 29, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1312 "2014-08-29T04:41:35Z")
For I was born with a habit, from a sign The habit of a windswept thumb And the sign of the rain Rain on me ---
**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 29, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1313 "2014-08-29T12:50:26Z")
Only love can make it rain The way the beach is kissed by the sea ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1314 "2014-08-29T13:17:16Z")
First the tide rushes in Plants a kiss on the shore Then rolls out to sea And the sea is very still once more ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1315 "2014-08-29T13:55:58Z")
Standing on the beach With a gun in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1316 "2014-08-29T14:26:35Z")
Sandman, I’m so alone Don’t have nobody to call my own Please turn on your magic beam Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1317 "2014-08-29T17:32:39Z")
“Come on home, girl,” he said with a smile “You don’t have to love me yet, so let’s get high awhile But try to understand, try to understand, try, try, try, to understand I’m a magic man.” ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1318 "2014-08-29T17:47:00Z")
You have to believe we are magic. Nothin’ can stand in our way. ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1319 "2014-08-29T17:53:36Z")
This flame that burns inside of me, I’m hearing secret harmonies It’s a kind of magic ---
**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 29, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1320 "2014-08-29T18:08:17Z")
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