# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666>\
**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\
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**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 5, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1441 "2014-09-05T16:22:53Z")

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and there isn’t any name that I can’t rhyme  
Arnold!  
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold  
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold!

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1442 "2014-09-05T19:20:33Z")

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I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name

And I carry it with me like my daddy did

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1443 "2014-09-05T19:24:26Z")

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That’s when you gotta let your soul shine  
Just like my daddy used to say

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**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:** [September 5, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1444 "2014-09-05T19:37:36Z")

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Going on a trip  
And we’re not going home  
Mommy, daddy, you and I

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1445 "2014-09-05T19:39:52Z")

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We’re a happy family  
We’re a happy family  
We’re a happy family  
Me Mom and Daddy

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**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:** [September 5, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1446 "2014-09-05T20:09:52Z")

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Oh Daddy,  
You know you make me cry  
How can you love me  
I don’t understand why

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**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:** [September 5, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1447 "2014-09-05T20:17:26Z")

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Son in my hands, neon eyes take the lead  
And darling I know I’ve made mistakes  
But won’t you follow me into the deep

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**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:** [September 5, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1448 "2014-09-05T20:27:26Z")

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Oh! Darling, if you leave me  
I’ll never make it alone

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**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:** [September 5, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1449 "2014-09-05T21:49:25Z")

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Alone again, naturally.

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**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:** [September 5, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1450 "2014-09-05T22:51:11Z")

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I never really cared until I met you  
And now it chills me to the bone  
How do I get you alone?

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1451 "2014-09-05T23:06:47Z")

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_Tell me something good_

Tell me that you like it!

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1452 "2014-09-06T00:59:20Z")

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Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why  
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry  
I can’t help but love you 'til the day that I die  
So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1453 "2014-09-06T01:40:16Z")

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Cry baby cry  
Make your mother sigh  
She’s old enough to know better

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1454 "2014-09-06T01:44:22Z")

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So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,  
And cry, cry baby, cry baby, [cry baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd3nwimUiCI).

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1455 "2014-09-06T01:54:29Z")

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Oh lie, don’t lie to me, baby  
I told you before, I’m drawing the line  
So cry, but don’t cry to me, baby  
I told you before, you’re wasting your time

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**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 6, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1456 "2014-09-06T02:18:41Z")

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My guy is really something, he’s sensitive and shy  
My guy is such a bumpkin, it doesn’t take much to make him cry.  
If you hurt someone helpless, it’s like taking away all his toys,  
He’s just a cry baby boy.

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1457 "2014-09-06T03:40:27Z")

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And I have cried like a baby  
In the darkness of my room  
Nobody there to hold my trembling hand

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1458 "2014-09-06T03:43:33Z")

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Every one needs a hand to hold on to  
Every one needs a hand to hold on to  
Don’t need to be no strong hand, don’t need to be no rich hand  
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1459 "2014-09-06T03:45:10Z")

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Holding back the years  
Thinking of the fear I’ve had so long  
When somebody hears  
Listen to the fear that’s gone

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**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:** [September 6, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1460 "2014-09-06T14:45:24Z")

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Seasons don’t fear the reaper  
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain… we can be like they are  
Come on baby… don’t fear the reaper

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