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What about "sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much..."

Eh?

Also, not just a lyric, but the whole song - "Loving you" by Minnie Ripperton - especially the chorus:
"la la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la laa la la la laaaa,
do dun do do de do, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!"

How about Don McLean's:

I la-la-la-la-la-love you
and I la-la-la-la-la-care
and I really want you with me baby
everywhere.

I suppose he couldn't say ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-care?

Well, no-one's suggested that tripey line from an old Oasis track
"Kiss the girl, she's not behind the dooo-oor" What the nappies are they going on about there, then??

Or was it
"I am an auntie",
"Christ, I am an anarchist!"

No? Ok, coat getting time I guess..

Well, if she's not behind the door, presumably she is in full view and can be seen to be ed.

In other words - get on with it, don't be shy. (Probably written for Xanatic) *waves to Xan*

Credit is due to Yaida Hitomi:

Darlin Darlin come here, you can see me right?
Darlin Darlin if you're going to act like you forgot the kiss that day
Darlin Darlin I'm bored with the side of your face please turn away

Hmmm, wonder if I can get royalties for that song.

These two have to be on my list for all time cringyness:


Songs you sang to me
Sounds you brang to me


Neil Diamond-Geezer on 'Play Me'


Only time will tell if we stand the test of time


Van Halen - 'Why can't this be love?'

Truly awful and vomit inducing ...

Is this a good lyric, or a bad lyric?

Don't say you're easy on me
You're about as easy as a nuclear war

RF

Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" is, well, special in a way when it comes to lyrics...

Y.

I posted one verse of this song elsewhere, so here's a different verse.

Pointless, repetitive, nonsensical but utterly, utterly brilliant.

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word


I always presumed "the bird" was the plane taking soldiers home from Vietnam.

Well, "presume" makes a pres out of u and me.

RF

or,

I am not a sailor
I am not a sailor

I am a captain
I am a captain
I am a captain


??????????

more recognisable as:

Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero
Soy capitana
Soy capitana
Soy capitana

(La Bamba)

Hi RF,

Been listening to Bridget & Carrie have you

Who the duck are Bridget & Carrie?

RF

You don't fool me for a second. 8 Simple Rules on ABC1 this afternoon

What about the immortal Hanson classic -

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du

Oooh, I like this thread. How about dear old Alanis and -

Dear Matthew I like you a lot - I realize you're in a relationship - with someone right now and I respect - that I would like you to know that if you're ever single - in the future and you want to come visit me in California - I would be open to spending time with you and finding out how old you were when you wrote your first song


cringeworthy or what?

'Imagine no possesions/ It's easy if you try'

Trite, banal pish!

On the other hand...I'll defend to the hilt Surfin' Bird, La Bamba,,,and even Hansen.

I once went to a gig by the late, great Ivor Cutler. He started with a poem comprised of nonsense syllables. When he finished, he said:
'I always advise young people who wish to try their hand at poetry to start off with this sort of thing. After a few years they'll have got the hand of rhythm, tonality and the like and are ready to try their hand at meaning....You're all laughing because I'm regarded as a funny man, but I can assure you I'm being as serious as I know how,'

That's what lyrics should do. They should sound good.

Unlike the execrable:
'Look at the stars/ See how they shine on us'
(Coldplay, Yellow)
OF COURSE THEY ING DO! That's what stars do - they shine. So ing what?