# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/161 "2011-02-01T19:31:15Z")
I’ll probably catch a lot of flak for saying so, but I’ve always thought a lot of Nirvana’s lyrics were just lazy… case in point: A mulatto An albino A mosquito My libido I mean, come on. He’s just singing a bunch of words that end in “O” and so kind of rhyme, but have nothing to do with anything. Also, as much as I love the song, The Moody Blues _Knights in White Satin_. 30 something iterations of “I love you” crosses over into lazy writing. ETA: Rihanna’s _Umbrella_. Dragging out syllables is a borderline offense reviewable on a case by case basis, but it’s taken to an extreme here. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/162 "2011-02-01T23:08:24Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > **the Garry Shandling Show** theme song: > > “This is the theme to Garry’s show, > To Garry’s show, > To Garry’s show. > This is the theme to Garry’s show, > the Garry Shandling Show.” I disagree with all due respect. That was genius! And you didn’t quote the best part: “This is the theme to Garry’s Show, The theme to Garry’s show. Garry called me up and asked if I would right his theme song. I’m almost halfway finished, How do you like it so far, How do you like the theme to Garry’s Show?” > [@soulmurk](#): > > A mulatto > An albino > A mosquito > My libido I won’t give you any flack, but actually I think that parses quite nicely. Think of it this way: A mulatto is a person with little (relatively speaking) pigmentation, and an albino is a person lacking pigmentation almost entirely. This sets up the pattern of comparison for the next two lines: A mosquito is very small and insignificant, and his libido is entirely non-existent. I think it fits the mood of the song brilliantly. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/163 "2011-02-02T03:06:34Z")
Fairly lazy: _They fight! And bite! They fight and bite and fight! Fight fight fight! Bite bite bite! The Itchy and Scratchy Show!_ ---
**Author:** ![Steampunk\_Willie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Steampunk\_Willie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steampunk_Willie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/164 "2011-02-02T06:54:39Z")
Did someone already bring up Justin Beiber’s ‘Baby’? Aren’t all the lyrics just the word ‘baby’ repeated over and over? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/165 "2011-02-02T07:46:08Z")
Sheryl Crow rhymed RV with TV before settling for a number of conventional lazy rhymes – got/squat, around/down, you/do/too – all just to wrap up the whole song with > [@](#): > > Got my 45 on > So I can rock on. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/166 "2011-02-02T12:27:01Z")
> [@Steampunk\_Willie](#): > > Did someone already bring up Justin Beiber’s ‘Baby’? Aren’t all the lyrics just the word ‘baby’ repeated over and over? Winner! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/167 "2011-02-02T13:31:01Z")
This second verse of the Daniel Boone Show lyric has always bugged me: _Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man. And he fought for America to make all Americans free. What a Boone. What a wonder. What a dream comer truer was he._ What a Boone? A dream comer truer? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/168 "2011-02-02T14:06:30Z")
> [@Steampunk\_Willie](#): > > Did someone already bring up Justin Beiber’s ‘Baby’? Aren’t all the lyrics just the word ‘baby’ repeated over and over? And is that the only song he’s ever done? My entire knowledge of Justin Bieber consists of accidentally hearing him mentioned on TV, like so: Entertainment news person: blah blah Bieber blah Background music clip: baby baby baby OH baby baby baby OH ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/169 "2011-02-02T14:07:32Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Sheryl Crow rhymed RV with TV before settling for a number of conventional lazy rhymes – got/squat, around/down, you/do/too – all just to wrap up the whole song with I can’t decide if 45 refers to a record or sunblock. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/170 "2011-02-02T17:37:47Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Not to pick apart your choice, 'cause that’d be rude and senseless, this being a matter of opinion and all but I kind of find this particular chorus pleasing, as far as one word . . .chanting(?) goes. The song is told from the point of view of a kid whose telling about some of the strange kids he encountered in school. Kids that puzzled him make him go “mmmmmmmm. . . .” as opposed to someone who ran out of words and filled the space in with mindless humming. Eh, I’m not convinced. If was more of a Hmmm and not a bunch of rhytmic Mmmm’s I might buy it. We will have to agree to disagree about how lazy it is. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/171 "2011-02-02T20:29:58Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I can’t decide if 45 refers to a record or sunblock. Neither - it refers to a pistol! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/172 "2011-02-03T19:36:52Z")
This thread should not die (well, it _should_ die, but not just yet) without mention of a “classic” example of lazy song lyrics - “Ruby Red Dress” by Helen Reddy: _Leave me alone, Wont you leave me alone? Please, leave me alone, Now leave me alone, Oh, leave me alone, Please leave me alone, Yes leave me, Leave me_ (repeat) Bugger off, Ruby. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/173 "2011-02-03T19:51:35Z")
Hell, even iconic songs can have lazy lyrics: \*Money, get back I’m all right jack Get your hands off of my stack \* ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/174 "2011-02-03T20:21:06Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Hell, even iconic songs can have lazy lyrics: > > \*Money, get back > I’m all right jack > Get your hands off of my stack > \* That lyric loses a lot of its power for Americans unfamiliar with the expression. “I’m all right, Jack” is a very pointed Britishism, which may equally be used smugly or accusingly, and is here used ironically. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/175 "2011-02-03T22:52:29Z")
The crappy song “Georgy Girl” by the Seekers must be considered. The first half of the second “verse” is all instrumental. Now, lots of good songs have instrumental parts, but it seems that in this particular song, somebody never bothered getting around to finishing up writing the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/176 "2011-02-04T13:32:42Z")
Unless I overlooked it, I am surprised nobody’s mentioned “Deck the Halls” after four pages. What’s with the “fa la la la la” refrain that they use throughout the song? ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/177 "2011-02-04T15:13:30Z")
I must admit I didn’t want to go through 176 posts, so this may have been noted earlier. But here’s a rare example of Dylan himself doing the rhyme-a-word-with-itself thing, in “The Ballad of Hollis Brown”: You prayed to the Lord above Oh please send you a friend You prayed to the Lord above Oh please send you a friend Your empty pocket tell you That you ain’t a-got no friend. And the thing is, this verse really isn’t necessary… it’s the fifth of eleven verses, and the song would have been perfectly fine if he had left it out entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/178 "2011-02-04T16:34:34Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > And is that the only song he’s ever done? My entire knowledge of Justin Bieber consists of accidentally hearing him mentioned on TV, like so: > > Entertainment news person: blah blah Bieber blah > Background music clip: baby baby baby OH baby baby baby OH As the parent of a 13 year old girl, I can (unfortunately) tell you that he has lot more songs. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/179 "2011-02-04T16:43:14Z")
I heard some entertainment news show last night\* referring to the “world’s biggest pop star” and I had no idea who that might be. According to them, it’s Justin Bieber! \*I have _got_ to get hold of that remote control sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/180 "2011-02-04T19:59:23Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > The crappy song “Georgy Girl” by the Seekers must be considered. The first half of the second “verse” is all instrumental. Now, lots of good songs have instrumental parts, but it seems that in this particular song, somebody never bothered getting around to finishing up writing the lyrics. They might also have written around the word “self,” which is one of the most difficult words to rhyme without sounding forced. _Shelf_, _elf_, or _pelf_–take your pick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277.md?page=10)