# 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:** 82
**Author:** ![Cognoscant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1621 "2014-09-12T01:40:09Z")
It won’t ask you nice But summer, it won’t ask you twice Believe me, when I say… The Heavy Blinkers, “Summer Won’t Ask You Twice”. (I know that one is so well-known.) ---
**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 12, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1622 "2014-09-12T01:51:29Z")
[Overland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhfa9OnpbE) The winds of change consume the land, While we remain In the shadow of summers now past. ---
**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 12, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1623 "2014-09-12T01:59:28Z")
Drowning here in summer’s cauldron under mats of flower lava Please don’t pull me out, this is how I would want to go ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1624 "2014-09-12T03:25:02Z")
I love you to death, I love you to death I love you to death oh ba-aby 'Til there’s nothing left, I’ll love you to death I - love - 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 12, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1625 "2014-09-12T03:29:09Z")
This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1626 "2014-09-12T03:39:41Z")
It’s nature’s way of telling you something’s wrong. ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1627 "2014-09-12T03:46:55Z")
[I let the dance of nature inspire me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvB75jgiIE) Now my mind is free from apparitions I switch off like a television and close my eyes And I wish that I could see like everybody can How I wish that I could be like any other man ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1628 "2014-09-12T03:53:57Z")
[What a piece of work is man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JshdUZ5KRpo) ---
**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 12, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1629 "2014-09-12T04:14:30Z")
I’m an ordinary man, Who desires nothing more than an ordinary chance, to live exactly as he likes, and do precisely what he wants… An average man am I, of no eccentric whim, ---
**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 12, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1630 "2014-09-12T05:30:38Z")
Several years ago, in a foreign town Far away from home, I met the Count of Tuscany A young eccentric man, bred from royal blood Took me for a ride across the open countryside ---
**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 12, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1631 "2014-09-12T11:11:56Z")
He’s a well respected man about town, Doing the best things so conservatively. ---
**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 12, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1632 "2014-09-12T11:27:14Z")
I’m just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the part, I’m playin’ ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1633 "2014-09-12T14:35:59Z")
We’re all alone on the stage tonight. We’ve been told we’re not afraid of you. We know all our lines so well, uh-huh. We’ve said them so many times: Time and time again, line and line again. ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1634 "2014-09-12T14:37:36Z")
Another openin’ of another show. ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1635 "2014-09-12T14:42:47Z")
Everywhere that I roam Over land or sea or foam You can always hear me singing this song Show me the way to go home. ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1636 "2014-09-12T14:51:48Z")
All God’s children get weary when they roam Don’t it make you wanna, wanna go home? ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1637 "2014-09-12T14:55:06Z")
I feel so broke up, I wanna go home. ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1638 "2014-09-12T14:55:21Z")
Home, where my thought’s escaping Home, where my music’s playing Home ,where my love lies waiting Silently for 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:** [September 12, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1639 "2014-09-12T15:46:36Z")
The suicide squeeze is on Here he comes, squeeze play, it’s gonna be close Here’s the throw, here’s the play at the plate Holy cow, I think he’s gonna make it ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1640 "2014-09-12T15:49:37Z")
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