# All-time laziest song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277 "2011-01-28T06:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/1 "2011-01-28T06:35:57Z")
They can’t just be bad; we’re talking about lyrics that clearly show the lyricist didn’t put much effort in overcoming his or her writer’s block. I got thinking about this while listening to a classic rock song I actually like very much – Journey’s “Feelin’ That Way”: \*Give me all of your sunshine, A spark is all I need, To take it away, all of the shadows, **Well what more can I say?** \* Another one that came to mind for me was Air Supply’s “The One That You Love” – especially funny because of all of the feeling and emotion they put into the particularly lazy line: \*The night has gone, A part of yesterday **I don’t know what to sayyyyyyy! Don’t know what to say-a-a-hey-ay!** \* Any others come to mind? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/2 "2011-01-28T06:56:53Z")
“This Song Is Just Six Words Long” by Al Yankovich, a parody of George Harrison’s “I’ve Got My Mind Set On You”. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/3 "2011-01-28T07:05:33Z")
_“La”, a note to follow "So_". I wonder if it was simply a placeholder till Hammerstein thought of something he was happy with, and then he died. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/4 "2011-01-28T07:46:04Z")
The line “na na na na, na na na na, hey-ey, goodbye” was a lightly-modified placeholder. “Coast to coast, LA to Chicago” isn’t just dumb, the writer could’ve come up with another rhyme. The gigolo didn’t have to end up in Key Largo. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/5 "2011-01-28T07:47:34Z")
From America’s _A Horse with No Name_: > [@](#): > > In the desert you can remember your name, > 'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain. You’d think that, with all that wandering in the desert, they’d find the time to come up with a lyric that doesn’t need a spurious word to make it fit the rhythm of the song. Here’s another from Neil Diamond: > [@](#): > > I am, I said, > To no one there, > And no one heard at all, > Not even the chair. How long did Diamond struggle before giving up and settling for this? Five minutes? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/6 "2011-01-28T07:50:45Z")
From _The Sound of Music_: “So long, adieu, to you and you and you…” ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/7 "2011-01-28T08:01:49Z")
How about “Who Let The Dogs Out?”-by the Baja Boys? -“who let the dogs out…who…who” (repeat 10 times) Very profound lyrics…obviously expressing urban angst and pain!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/8 "2011-01-28T08:03:57Z")
There’s some romantic song out there that forces a rhyme with the prepositional phrase “for only you and I.” Can’t remember what it is but it makes me want to punch someone. ETA: another shoehorned rhyme, not ungrammatical but still kind of lame: Lucinda Williams’s “Passionate Kisses”: “Is it much to demand / I want a full house and a rock and roll band / Pens that won’t run out of ink / And cool quiet and time to think” :dubious: You really fret about your pens running out of ink? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/9 "2011-01-28T08:09:38Z")
Yes lyrics are a category of their own, but give this a try from “Going for the One” Well the verses I’ve sang Don’t add much weight to the story in my head So I’m thinking I should go ahead and write a punchline But they are so hard to find in my cosmic mind So I think I’ll take a look out of the window ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/10 "2011-01-28T08:22:03Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > There’s some romantic song out there that forces a rhyme with the prepositional phrase “for only you and I.” Can’t remember what it is but it makes me want to punch someone. Maybe the Doors’ “I’m gonna love you till the stars fall from the sky for you and I”? If so, Robby Krieger is the man to punch. He could have written “…till the fish fly from the sea for you and me”. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/11 "2011-01-28T08:28:41Z")
From the Spanish side of the tracks, I give you Siniestro Total’s “Nocilla, ¡qué merendilla!” The whole song consists of repeating the slogan for this nutella-like product again and again. Does the Muppets song (_that_ Muppets song) say anything other than “manah manah mana manama, manah manah manamanah”? ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/12 "2011-01-28T08:29:41Z")
“Bike” by Pink Floyd _I’ve got a cloak It’s a bit of a joke There’s a tear up the front It’s red and black I’ve had it for months_ The whole thing has a distinct air of ‘will this do?’ about it. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/13 "2011-01-28T08:40:11Z")
Steve Miller deserves his own special wing in this museum: _Billy back, he’s a detective down in Texas, You know he knows just exactly what the facts is_ That lyric makes me want to punch you in the solar plexus. Which is actually a better rhyme to “Texas” and I just came up with it in about 3 seconds. And the entire song “Abracadabra” is just a collection of awful, lazy, Romper Room lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/14 "2011-01-28T09:01:11Z")
It’s more painful when the lyricist is a genius - the clams _really_ smell. To wit: Warren Zevon’s “Mr Bad Example”: Then on to Monte Carlo to play chemin de fer I threw away the fortune I made transplanting hair I put my last few francs down on a prostitute Who took me up to her room to perform the flag salute Whereupon I stole her passport and her wig And headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig? “You dig?” YOU DIG?!?! That was the best you could come up with Warren? Seriously? I know you’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but I’m sure if the situation were reverse, Warren would be talking smack about me. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/15 "2011-01-28T09:17:26Z")
> [@Milossarian](#): > > Steve Miller deserves his own special wing in this museum: > > _Billy back, he’s a detective down in Texas, > You know he knows just exactly what the facts is_ God dammit all, I absolutely _knew_ this song was going to show up in this thread, and it makes me upset. That is a _good_ lyric. The rest of the line is: “He ain’t gonna let those two escape justice/he makes his living off of the people’s taxes.” That is a slant rhyme and is a legitimate rhyming device. As a lover of Steve Miller I have got to stand up in the defense of these lyrics. They are not “lazy”, if anything they’re a unique departure from typical rhymes. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/16 "2011-01-28T09:29:51Z")
# Emerson Lake & Palmer - Still You Turn Me On Every day a little sadder A little madder Someone get me a ladder # Paul McCartney - My Love And My Love Does It Good Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo My Love Does It Good I Love Oh Wo…My Love Only My Love Holds The Other Key To Me Oh…My Love Oh…My Love Only My Love Does It Good To Me Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo My Love Does It Good ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/17 "2011-01-28T09:36:01Z")
> [@Milossarian](#): > > Steve Miller deserves his own special wing in this museum: > > _Billy back, he’s a detective down in Texas, > You know he knows just exactly what the facts is_ > > That lyric makes me want to punch you in the solar plexus. Which is actually a better rhyme to “Texas” and I just came up with it in about 3 seconds. > > And the entire song “Abracadabra” is just a collection of awful, lazy, Romper Room lyrics. His worse, however, is the second verse of “the Joker”: _You’re the cutest thing That I ever did see I really love your peaches Wanna shake your tree. a-Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time Ooo-eee baby, I’ll sure show you a good time_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/18 "2011-01-28T09:39:20Z")
**_Batman Theme_ by Neal Hefti** Batman Batman Batman Batman Batman, Batman, Batman Na na na na na na na na na na na na na Batmaaaaaaan ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/19 "2011-01-28T09:39:52Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > # Emerson Lake & Palmer - Still You Turn Me On > > Every day a little sadder > A little madder > Someone get me a ladder Ow! Really? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/20 "2011-01-28T10:13:17Z")
Daft Punk’s “Around the World” has a difficult lyrics sheet to memorize, for sure. I think it goes - Around the World Around the World Around the World Around the World Around the World Around the World\* and so on. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277.md?page=2)