# 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:** 74
**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, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1461 "2014-09-06T14:48:19Z")
And I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford I’m low as a paid assassin is You know I’m cold as a hired sword ---
**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1462 "2014-09-06T14:59:39Z")
So I turned around and 40,000 headmen hit the dirt: Firing twenty shotguns each, and, man, that really hurt. Fortunately for me they had to stop and then reload… ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1463 "2014-09-06T16:33:16Z")
I said, shotgun Shoot 'em 'fore they run now ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1464 "2014-09-06T16:37:32Z")
Your brain is a-bleedin’ And your legs can’t seem to stand Your brain is a-bleedin’ And your legs can’t seem to stand Your eyes fix on the shotgun That you’re holdin’ in your hand. ---
**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, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1465 "2014-09-06T16:38:22Z")
My hands are shaky and my knees are weak I can’t seem to stand on my own two feet Who do you thank when you have such luck? ---
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1466 "2014-09-06T18:30:57Z")
He’s a humdinger, a western swinger But he has a little trouble with his trigger finger When he takes aim it’s anybody’s guess, He’s the Shakiest Gun in the West. ---
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1467 "2014-09-06T18:51:35Z")
They called him Irving. Big Irving. Big, short Irving. Big, short, fat Irving. The hundred and forty-second fastest gun in the West. ---
**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, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1468 "2014-09-06T18:54:41Z")
Takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye, oh, oh, oh It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye, oh, oh, oh Say bye bye… Where you going to now? ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1469 "2014-09-06T18:55:05Z")
And everybody knew, ya didn’t give no lip to Big John (Big John, Big John) ---
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1470 "2014-09-06T19:27:36Z")
Big wheel keep on toinin’, Proud Mary keep on boinin’ Rollin’ (rollin’) rollin’ (rollin’) Rollin’ on the river (rollin’ on the river). ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1471 "2014-09-06T19:40:27Z")
The captain told us to ford a river, That’s how it all begun. We were – knee deep in the Big Muddy, But the big fool said to push on. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1472 "2014-09-06T19:48:49Z")
Only one thing I did wrong I stayed in Mississippi a day too long ---
**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1473 "2014-09-06T20:18:53Z")
You’ve been so long Well it’s been so long And I’ve been putting out fire with gasoline Putting out fire with gasoline ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1474 "2014-09-06T20:43:12Z")
It won’t be long yeh, yeh, yeh It won’t be long yeh, yeh, yeh It won’t be long yeh, till I belong to you ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1475 "2014-09-06T21:02:22Z")
The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be, Ain’t what she used to be, ain’t what she used to be, The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be, Many long years ago. ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1476 "2014-09-06T21:24:02Z")
Will you still need me, Will you still feed me When I’m 64? ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1477 "2014-09-06T21:37:27Z")
So, come on back and see just what you mean to me I need you ---
**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 7, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1478 "2014-09-07T04:00:23Z")
Like the flower needs the rain, you know I need you Guess I’ll start it all again, you know I need you Like the winter needs the spring, you know I need you, I need you. ---
**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 7, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1479 "2014-09-07T04:08:02Z")
I caught you knockin’ at my cellar door I love you, baby, can I have some more Ooh, ooh, the damage done. ---
**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 7, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1480 "2014-09-07T04:34:47Z")
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