# 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:** 9
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/161 "2014-07-07T01:52:20Z")
I guess they can’t revoke your soul for tryin’, Get out of the door and light out and look all around. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/162 "2014-07-07T02:49:01Z")
Get on up on the floor 'Cause we’re gonna boogie oogie oogie Till you just can’t boogie no more ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/163 "2014-07-07T02:59:12Z")
More than a woman to me There are stories old and true Of people so in love like you and me ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/164 "2014-07-07T05:43:54Z")
You had your stocking in your hand Your panties in your purse It was 10am ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/165 "2014-07-07T08:48:18Z")
It’s one o’clock and time for lunch Dum dee dum dee dum When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench I can always hear them talk ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/166 "2014-07-07T12:43:41Z")
At 25 o’clock, that’s when you’re going to be mine 25 o’clock, we’ll be together 'til the end of time ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/167 "2014-07-07T12:54:38Z")
Time is too slow for those who wait And time is too swift for those who fear Time is too long for those who grieve And time is too short for those that laugh ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/168 "2014-07-07T13:00:56Z")
Time passages. I know you’re in there, you’re just out of sight. Time passages. Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/169 "2014-07-07T13:53:22Z")
And all the towns and people seem To fade into a bad dream And the steel rails still ain’t heard the news. The conductor sings his song again, The passengers will please refrain This train’s got the disappearing railroad blues. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/170 "2014-07-07T14:01:03Z")
Blue railroad train Goin’ down the railroad track Makes me feel so doggone blue To listen to that ol’ smokestack ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/171 "2014-07-07T14:09:11Z")
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/172 "2014-07-07T14:13:51Z")
He’s riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain’t caught 'em yet 'Cause they’ve got to ride forever on that range up in the sky On horses snorting fire As they ride on hear their cry ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/173 "2014-07-07T20:54:19Z")
Still they ride, on wheels of fire They rule the night Still they ride, the strong will survive Chasing thunder ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/174 "2014-07-07T21:11:28Z")
Did you think I’d crumble? Did you think I’d lay down and die? Oh no, not I! **I will survive** ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/175 "2014-07-08T01:44:02Z")
Me train running low on dream steam They pull me whistle too hard me bound to scream They shouldn’t do that No no no they shouldn’t do that ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/176 "2014-07-08T03:00:12Z")
He hears the silence howling, catches angels as they fall And the all time winner has got him by the balls Oh, he picks up Gideon’s Bible - it’s open at page one I think God, he stole the handle And the train, it won’t stop going, no way to slow down No way to slow down… ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/177 "2014-07-08T05:11:37Z")
Runaway train never coming back. Wrong way on a one way track. Seems like I should be getting somewhere. Somehow, I’m neither here nor there. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/178 "2014-07-08T05:15:22Z")
There’s a Spanish train that runs between Guadalquivir and old Saville, And at dead of night the whistle blows, and people hear she’s running still… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/179 "2014-07-08T06:06:07Z")
Saints and sinners all agree Spanish is the loving tongue But she never spoke Spanish to me ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/180 "2014-07-08T07:42:28Z")
There were seven Spanish angels at the altar of the sun They were praying for the lovers in the valley of the guns When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared, there was thunder from the throne And seven Spanish angels took another angel home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=10)