# 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:** ![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 17, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1761 "2014-09-17T02:04:00Z")

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She knows what she knows  
I know what she’s thinking  
Sugar kisses  
Sugar kisses

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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 17, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1762 "2014-09-17T03:13:03Z")

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He knows, you know, but he’s got problems

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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 17, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1763 "2014-09-17T03:16:03Z")

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Everybody knows that the dice are loaded  
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed  
Everybody knows that the war is over  
Everybody knows the good guys lost

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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 17, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1764 "2014-09-17T03:27:25Z")

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Cause everybody knows, that nobody really knows.  
How to make it work, or how to ease the hurt.  
We’ve heard it all before, that everybody knows just how to make it right.  
I wish we gave it one more try.

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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 17, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1765 "2014-09-17T14:09:16Z")

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She walks these hills in a long black veil  
She visits my grave when the night winds wail  
Nobody knows, nobody sees,  
Nobody knows, but me.

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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 17, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1766 "2014-09-17T14:34:01Z")

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Teen angel, can you hear me  
Teen angel, can you see me  
Are you somewhere up above  
And I am still your own true love

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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 17, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1767 "2014-09-17T14:46:49Z")

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Tommy can you hear me?  
Can you feel me near you?

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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 17, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1768 "2014-09-17T17:11:57Z")

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Right behind you, I see the millions  
On you, I see the glory  
From you, I get opinion  
From you, I get the story

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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 17, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1769 "2014-09-17T17:17:06Z")

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And the sounds we make together  
Is the music to the story in your eyes  
It’s been shining down upon me now  
I realize

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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 17, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1770 "2014-09-17T20:54:33Z")

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In your eyes  
The light, the heat  
In your eyes  
I am complete

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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 17, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1771 "2014-09-17T22:01:36Z")

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I sing the body electric,  
I celebrate the me yet to come,

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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 17, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1772 "2014-09-17T22:06:14Z")

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Come on, come on, come on, come on  
Now touch me, babe

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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 17, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1773 "2014-09-17T22:09:32Z")

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

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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 17, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1774 "2014-09-17T22:09:50Z")

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I wanna be your lover, babe  
I wanna be your man.  
Love you iike no other, babe  
Like no other can.

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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 17, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1775 "2014-09-17T23:39:51Z")

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If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends  
Make it last forever, friendship never ends

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1776 "2014-09-17T23:55:38Z")

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So I drank up all the money,  
Yes, I drank up all the money,  
With these phonies in this Hollywood bar,  
These friends of mine in this Hollywood bar

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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 18, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1777 "2014-09-18T01:19:21Z")

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Did you know that in tinsel town the people down there  
Think that substance is a bore

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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 18, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1778 "2014-09-18T12:36:16Z")

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You’ve got to know when to hold 'em  
Know when to fold 'em  
Know when to walk away  
Know when to run

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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 18, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1779 "2014-09-18T13:20:21Z")

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Now listen people what I’m telling you  
A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue

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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 18, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1780 "2014-09-18T13:33:14Z")

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So listen up buster listen up good  
Stop wishin’ for bad luck and knockin’ on wood

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