# Dumbest song lyrics in recent memory? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017 "2008-10-29T00:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/41 "2008-10-30T15:27:30Z")
Bonus points for spelling that always made me wonder if she was talking about a transgendered skater, plus a story that exists in a bizarro world where guitar playing skaters are unpopular in high school: _He’s just a boi, and I’m just a girl. Can I make it anymore obvious? We are in love. Haven’t you heard how we rock each other’s world? I met the sk8er boi I said see ya later boi._ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/42 "2008-10-30T16:32:24Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Does anybody have any idea what [This song](http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/len_lyrics_14259/you_cant_stop_the_bum_rush_lyrics_42646/steal_my_sunshine_lyrics_461772.html) is about? Sex. All songs are about sex. ---
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/43 "2008-10-30T17:27:02Z")
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard And they’re like, “It’s better than y’all’s” Damn she was hot in that video though. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/44 "2008-10-30T18:20:41Z")
“I’ll see you when you get back prob’ly be up all night, still cleanin’ this gun…” comes to mind, along with “Under my um-ber-ella ella ella hey hey ey ey.” ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/45 "2008-10-30T18:29:02Z")
I have to agree with the Lumpy Bitch song. Bitch, if your goods are that lumpy, you’d best get yourself to a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/46 "2008-10-30T18:37:54Z")
> [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](#): > > System of a Down, however, has legions of fans who think their words have meaning on a deeper level. And so, I present to the Dope, System of a Down’s [Lonely Day](http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858560513), which includes such illuminating verse as: > > “Such a lonely day / Should be banned / It’s a day that I can’t stand.” > > “The most loneliest day of my life.” > > “Such a lonely day / Shouldn’t exist / It’s a day that I’ll never miss.” > > Perhaps worst of all, it was nominated for a Grammy. Heaven help us. I do like SOAD, but I have no delusions of deeper meaning in their lyrics. Especially with gems like (entirely from memory) Want to spread the pie Pizza Pizza Pie Every second every minute Bye bye Bye bye bye Want to spread the pie Pizza Pizza Pie Every second every minute Bye bye Bye bye bye Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms olives chives. Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms olives chives. Or Jump! Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Bounce! Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Pogo Jump! Pogo Pogo Pogo Bounce! Pogo Pogo Pogo Jump! Pogo Bounce! Pogo Up! Down! Maybe: Pull the tape worm outta my ass Hey! Pull the tape worm out of me! Oh, the list goes on - and I love em for it. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/47 "2008-10-30T18:39:11Z")
I love the song “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You” by Black Kids, but the following lines, as sung by a man who I’m pretty damn sure was born that way, are just plain weird: “You are the girl that I’ve been dreaming of, Ever since I was a little girl.” e: > [@Mister\_Armageddon](#): > > _Hip Hop mama laid Spic and Span > Met you one summer and it all began > You’re the best girl that I ever did see > The great Larry Bird jersey 33 > When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet > Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets_ I don’t know that song (though the title and group name sound familiar), but I have to say that those lyrics are pretty awesomely random. It kind of reminds me of _The Thanksgiving Song_ by Adam Sandler. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/48 "2008-10-30T18:51:48Z")
I just did a bit of research and found out that it is: Want a splendid pie Pizza Pizza pie That makes waaaay more sense :smack: ---
**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:** [October 30, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/49 "2008-10-30T18:55:07Z")
I know these are supposed to be recent, but I just really need to remind y’all of Rebbie Jackson’s Centipede: > [@](#): > > But when the centipede is hot > You’re bound to feel the fire, huh > And when the centipede is hot > You’re bound to feel the fire > > I feel, oh, yeah > A longin’ for your touch > Like you crawled into the bathroom window > To give him all your love, ho Oh my. Early 80s, that was… ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/50 "2008-10-30T20:25:18Z")
From the 1958 hit record by David Seville (of Alvin and the Chipmunks) Witch Doctor: I told the witch doctor I was in love with you I told the witch doctor I was in love with you And then the witch doctor He told me what to do He said that Ooo eee,ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla bing bang… Ooo eee ,ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla ,bing bang Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla bing bang ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/51 "2008-10-30T20:49:17Z")
Many of you have a different idea of what \*recent \*memory means that I do. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/52 "2008-10-30T20:52:48Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > From the 1958 hit record by David Seville (of Alvin and the Chipmunks) > > Witch Doctor: > > I told the witch doctor > I was in love with you > I told the witch doctor > I was in love with you > And then the witch doctor > He told me what to do > > He said that > > Ooo eee,ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla, bing bang > Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla bing bang… > Ooo eee ,ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla ,bing bang > Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang > Walla walla bing bang NO YOU FOOL! Now I’ll never think of anything else for the rest of the day! ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/53 "2008-10-30T20:56:16Z")
Pretty much anything that the Red Hot Chili Peppers have done that consist mainly of random strings of rhyming words said in rapid succession, like this in The Zephyr song: \*Can I get your hand to write on Just a piece of lead to bite on What am I to fly my kite on Do you want to flash your light on Take a look its on display - for you Coming down no not today Did you meet your fortune teller Get it off with no propeller Do it up its always stellar What a way to finally smell her Pick it up its not to strong - for you Take a piece and pass it on\* ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/54 "2008-10-30T21:58:20Z")
Thin Lizzy “Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak…_somewhere in this town_.” Well, duh. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/55 "2008-10-30T22:27:50Z")
There’s a pizza on the ground, straight out of the oven. It’s lying face down in the dirt, like me a day without your lovin’. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/56 "2008-10-30T23:02:05Z")
> [@Clivas](#): > > “I cry when angels deserve to die” Stupid on multiple levels. This entire song. The first few times I heard it I thought it was a Weird Al type parody of whatever genre it is. Going back a bit farther: “Sidewalk crouches at her feet Like a dog that begs for something sweet” Decent first line, but maybe Jim Morrison never had a dog or something, because they’re not renowned for their love of sweet things. Bear or hummingbird would have been more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![RMutt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@RMutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RMutt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/57 "2008-10-30T23:20:01Z")
Hey There Delilah, by the Plain White T’s. Oh how I hate this song, and even more the fact that it was so popular! [http://www.metrolyrics.com/hey-there-delilah-lyrics-plain-white-ts.html](http://www.metrolyrics.com/hey-there-delilah-lyrics-plain-white-ts.html) A few gems: Close your eyes Listen to my voice, it’s my disguise I’m by your side or Two more years and you’ll be done with school And I’ll be making history like I do or even I’ve got so much left to say If every simple song I wrote to you Would take your breath away I’d write it all Even more in love with me you’d fall We’d have it all “Even more in love with me you’d fall?” This guy specializes in tortured syntax. The instrumental part is boring and stupid too! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/58 "2008-11-01T20:02:49Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Many of you have a different idea of what \*recent \*memory means that I do. This is Cafe Society man, we don’t need your rules here. It’s the establishment that we’re fighting, you’re part of the system, man, the system holding me back. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/59 "2008-11-01T20:14:56Z")
Franz Ferdinand in “This Fire” > [@](#): > > Now there is a fire in me > A fire that burns A fire that burns? As opposed to those non-burning fires? ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017/60 "2008-11-01T20:58:41Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > “Hey Hey You You I don’t like your girlfriend, > yeah yeah I I think you need a new one, > I know that you kinda kinda like me,” > –Girlfriend, Avril Lavrine > > I don’t dare to actually look up the song, so that may be incorrect. I forgot: the dumbest lyric is in the middle: “She’s, like, so whatever,” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-song-lyrics-in-recent-memory/470017.md?page=4)