# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics

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**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:** ![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, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1541 "2014-09-09T11:36:36Z")

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And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard  
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall

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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 9, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1542 "2014-09-09T16:28:46Z")

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It’s been a hard day’s night  
And I’d been working like a dog  
It’s been a hard day’s night  
I should be sleeping like a log

> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard

It’s a pity Bob Dylan never licensed this song for Viagra. 🙂

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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 9, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1543 "2014-09-09T16:45:22Z")

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Please, don’t wake me, no, don’t shake me  
Leave me where I am, I’m only sleeping

> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> It’s a pity Bob Dylan never licensed this song for Viagra. 🙂

If it’s a hard for longer than four hours…

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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 9, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1544 "2014-09-09T17:07:17Z")

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Are you sleeping? Can you hear me?  
Do you know if I am by your side?

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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 9, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1545 "2014-09-09T19:11:10Z")

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Voices are calling from inside my head  
I can hear them, I can hear them  
Vanishing memories of things that were said  
They can’t try to hurt me now

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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 9, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1546 "2014-09-09T20:18:44Z")

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No, they cannot hurt you, my darling  
They cannot touch you now

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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 9, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1547 "2014-09-09T22:42:39Z")

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Touch-a, touch-a, touch-a, touch me!  
I wanna be dirty!

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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 9, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1548 "2014-09-09T22:48:26Z")

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People love it when you lose  
They love dirty laundry

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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 9, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1549 "2014-09-09T22:51:59Z")

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Down the basement  
Lock the cellar door  
And baby  
Talk dirty to me

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**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 10, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1550 "2014-09-10T00:52:59Z")

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Can’t stay here another day  
Think awhile, walk away  
People wonder where she’s gone  
All they see’s a strange shaped stone  
They’ll never invade her now.

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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 10, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1551 "2014-09-10T00:57:36Z")

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All of them watched her, none of them saw  
That she shone like a gem in a five-and-dime store.

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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 10, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1552 "2014-09-10T01:05:30Z")

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[I have been the only sky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJxPL1RJ1b4)  
She said to me  
Am I just a falling star?  
High enough, far away

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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 10, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1553 "2014-09-10T01:10:57Z")

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Don’t you know that you are  
a shooting star  
And all the world will love you just as long,  
As long as you are.

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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 10, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1554 "2014-09-10T01:13:51Z")

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Starlight  
I will be chasing the starlight  
Until the end of my life  
I don’t know if it’s worth it anymore

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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 10, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1555 "2014-09-10T02:15:59Z")

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Chasing time  
Through empty skies  
Of endless hours  
Living for the future

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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 10, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1556 "2014-09-10T02:23:03Z")

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And we’re lost out here in the stars…

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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 10, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1557 "2014-09-10T03:15:29Z")

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Shining star for you to see  
What your life can truly be

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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 10, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1558 "2014-09-10T03:18:45Z")

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Tell me, what is my life without your love  
Tell me, who am I without you, by my side

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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 10, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1559 "2014-09-10T03:19:31Z")

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Everybody is a star  
I can feel it when you shine on me

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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 10, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1560 "2014-09-10T03:30:26Z")

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Good morning, starshine  
The earth says ‘hello’  
You twinkle above us,  
We twinkle below

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