# 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:** 77
**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 8, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1521 "2014-09-08T21:46:10Z")
Every town I go in, there’s a street Name of the street, ha Funky, Funky Broadway ---
**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 8, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1522 "2014-09-08T21:52:48Z")
When they were dancin’ and singin’ and movin’ to the groovin’ And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted Play that funky music white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music white boy ---
**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 8, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1523 "2014-09-08T23:29:47Z")
funky little shack, funky little shack ---
**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 8, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1524 "2014-09-08T23:35:53Z")
There’s a crazy little shack beyond the tracks And ev’rybody calls it the sugar shack ---
**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 8, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1525 "2014-09-08T23:54:07Z")
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Or sit beneath the trees by the railroad track. ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1526 "2014-09-09T00:23:06Z")
Forget all about that macho shit And learn how to play guitar ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1527 "2014-09-09T00:28:38Z")
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady Opened up her eyes and ears to me ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1528 "2014-09-09T00:29:49Z")
I shoulda learned to play the guitar I shoulda learned to play them drums ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1529 "2014-09-09T00:31:00Z")
And this guitar was given me by old man Thomas Gray It’s not too much to look at, but I play it everyday It’s been across this country four or five times I guess Between me and old man Tom, it never got much rest ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1530 "2014-09-09T00:41:37Z")
This old guitar ain’t mine to keep Just taking care of it now It’s been around for years and years Just waiting in its old case ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1531 "2014-09-09T00:59:16Z")
And the guitar man got famous, the business man got rich And in every bar there was a superstar with a seven year itch There was fifteen million fingers learnin’ how to play And you could hear the fingers pickin’, and this is what they had to say: ---
**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 9, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1532 "2014-09-09T01:03:17Z")
Things move around My guitar sometimes plays itself They say it’s static electricity but Yesterday it took twenty dollars off the shelf ---
**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 9, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1533 "2014-09-09T01:27:37Z")
And she handed me twenty dollars For a two fifty fare She said, Harry, keep the change ---
**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 9, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1534 "2014-09-09T01:30:12Z")
I’ve got sixpence, jolly jolly sixpence, I’ve got sixpence to last me all my life ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1535 "2014-09-09T02:48:21Z")
Ramblin’ around this dirty old town And singin’ for nickels and dimes ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1536 "2014-09-09T02:49:55Z")
Once I built a railroad, I made it run Made it race against time Once I built a railroad, now it’s done Brother, can you spare a dime? ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1537 "2014-09-09T02:53:51Z")
Every time it rains it rains pennies from heaven. Don’t you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1538 "2014-09-09T04:17:07Z")
They’re seeding the clouds today Watch nothing’s going to go your 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:** [September 9, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1539 "2014-09-09T04:22:22Z")
The rain is falling through the mist of sorrow that surrounded me The sun could never thaw away the bliss that lays around me ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1540 "2014-09-09T04:24:08Z")
The rain is cold and slowly falling Upon my window pane tonight And though your love seems even colder I wonder where you are tonight [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=78)