# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1901 "2014-09-25T16:59:04Z")
It’s a nice day for a white wedding It’s a nice day to start again ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1902 "2014-09-25T17:56:02Z")
I dreamed it last night That my true love came in So softly she entered Her feet made no din She came close beside me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1903 "2014-09-25T18:14:50Z")
I asked my love to take a walk Just a little ways with me And as we walked, we would talk All about our wedding day ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1904 "2014-09-25T19:40:04Z")
I gave my love a cherry That had no stone ---
**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 25, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1905 "2014-09-25T23:14:58Z")
She’s my cherry pie Cool drink of water such a sweet surprise ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1906 "2014-09-25T23:31:37Z")
But he’s got high hopes He’s got high hopes He’s got high apple pie in the sky hopes ---
**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 26, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1907 "2014-09-26T00:09:11Z")
Soft as the voice of an angel Breathing a lesson unheard Hope with a gentle persuasion Whispers a comforting word. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1908 "2014-09-26T00:16:17Z")
Don’t you know Talkin’ 'bout a revolution sounds Like a whisper ---
**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 26, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1909 "2014-09-26T00:31:49Z")
Swirling pictures of never ending dreams I can’t see what these images mean Locked inside can’t set the rainbow free Like perishing flowers they sag and twist and die There’s a revolution ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1910 "2014-09-26T01:01:08Z")
Spinning, whirling, still descending Like a spiral sea unending Sound and fury drown my heart Every nerve is torn apart ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1911 "2014-09-26T13:16:49Z")
4, 3, 2, 1, Earth below us, drifting, falling, floating weightless calling, calling 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 26, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1912 "2014-09-26T13:28:09Z")
All God’s children get weary when they roam Don’t it make you want to 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 26, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1913 "2014-09-26T14:26:40Z")
Children, go where I send thee, How shall I send thee? I’m gonna send thee one by one One for the little bitty - baby Born, born, born in Bethlehem. ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1914 "2014-09-26T14:44:21Z")
Teach your children well, their father’s hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix, the one you’ll know by. Don’t you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1915 "2014-09-26T14:57:23Z")
Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near. Just like me they long to be Close to you. ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1916 "2014-09-26T15:19:11Z")
Down at the end, round by the corner Close to the edge, just by a river Seasons will pass you by I get up, I get down ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1917 "2014-09-26T15:19:30Z")
And they whirled and they twirled and they tango Singin’ and jinglin’ a jangle Floatin’ like the heavens above Looks like muskrat love ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1918 "2014-09-26T15:22:47Z")
(Heaven knows) what kind of fool am I (Heaven knows) why you take an eye for an eye (Heaven knows) what comes over me You were pumping iron as I was pumping irony ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1919 "2014-09-26T15:24:38Z")
See me hustle, feel my muscle, Pumping Iron. Stretching my bullworker, I’m heaving on my weights. See my flex my delts and pecs - I’m Pumping Iron. ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1920 "2014-09-26T15:52:46Z")
Bonds will break and fade, a snapping all in two The lies that bind the tie, come sailing out of you A show of strength is all you want You can never set it down… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=97)