# Funniest single line in a song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773 "2003-10-05T23:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/1 "2003-10-05T23:47:20Z")
There’s already been a ‘funniest song’ thread, but I was looking for something slightly different–musical versions of the classic one-liner. We all know of great one-liners from TV, such as “My cat’s breath smells of cat food” (_Simpsons_) but it doesn’t seem to be as common a thing in song. Any nominations? ---
**Author:** ![richardb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@richardb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richardb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/2 "2003-10-06T01:49:03Z")
Not counting intentionally funny or humerous songs (such as you would typically hear on Dr. Demento) my favorite “one-liners” or single lines in songs that otherwise are not really funny are: From “Has Anybody Seen My Gal?” > [@](#): > > Could she love, could she woo, > Could she, could she, could she coo That always cracks me up. YMMV. From “The Shoop Shoop Song” or “It’s In His Kiss” or whatever the real title is: > [@](#): > > Is it in his face? > Oh no, that’s just his charm. > Is it one embrace? > Oh no, that’s just his arm If you wanna know if he loves you so, it’s in his kiss (that’s where it is). Probably not what you had in mind, but my demented mind finds these buried treasures of comedy endlessly amusing. One last one; not really a funny line in and of itself, but it’s such a non-sequiter that it also cracks me up every time: From “Happy Together” After the song is mostly done, they repeat “Happy Together” and “So happy Together” several times in the chorus, and then add in > [@](#): > > So how is the weather? I guess because they had nothing else to rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/3 "2003-10-06T01:56:29Z")
_Ariel_ by Dean Friedman (1977). > [@](#): > > I took a shower and I put on my best blue jeans, > I picked her up in my new VW van > She wore a peasant blouse with nothing underneath > I said “Hi,” she said “Yeah, I guess I am…” Always loved those lines. Friedman is a wonderful lyricist. Oh and **richardb** , the first song you quoted is titled _Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue_. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/4 "2003-10-06T03:03:00Z")
I like Barenaked Ladies’ song “Pinch Me.” "I could hide out under there. I just made you say ‘under where’ " ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/5 "2003-10-06T03:03:00Z")
I like Barenaked Ladies’ song “Pinch Me.” "I could hide out under there. I just made you say ‘under where’ " ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/6 "2003-10-06T03:15:37Z")
They call me Mr. Know-it-all, I am so eloquent. Perfection is my middle name, and whatever rhymes with “eloquent.” -Primus ---
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/7 "2003-10-06T03:19:28Z")
“Great Googly Moogly!” Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![rhysean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@rhysean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhysean)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/8 "2003-10-06T03:26:22Z")
from Neil Diamond’s “Play Me” …songs she sang to me songs she _brang_ to me… gets me every time… ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/9 "2003-10-06T03:29:19Z")
From: **My Friend** By: _Jimi Hendrix_ > [@](#): > > Well, I’m looking through Harlem > my stomach squeals just a little more. > A stage coach full of feathers and footprints > pulls up to my soapbox door. > Now a lady with a pearl-handled necktie > tied to the driver’s fence. > Breathes in my face > bourbon and coke possessed words. > Haven’t I seen you somewhere in Hell > or was it just an accident … How he came up with this sort of stuff and still remained sane is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/10 "2003-10-06T03:30:02Z")
Since my phone still ain’t ringing, I assume it still ain’t you. ---
**Author:** ![rhysean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@rhysean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhysean)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/11 "2003-10-06T03:32:05Z")
from Neil Diamond’s “Play Me” …songs she sang to me songs she _brang_ to me… gets me every time… ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/12 "2003-10-06T04:02:10Z")
“She set your goldfish free And now she’s sighing Blew out your pilot light And made a wish…” They Might Be Giants - “Twisting” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/13 "2003-10-06T04:19:27Z")
Aerials, by System of a Down. The entire song is loud nonsense, but a few verses stick out to me: > [@](#): > > Cause we are the ones that want to play, > Always want to go, > But you never want to stay, > > And we are the ones that want to chose, > Always want to play, > But you never want to lose. Did these assforks think this was irony? 'Cuz it’s not… > [@](#): > > Aerials, in the sky, > When you lose small mind, > You free your life. Is pretty wretched, too. The angsty music makes this fauxetry very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/14 "2003-10-06T04:22:15Z")
Seeing as how I ignored the “single line” bit in that last post, I’ll add another. It’s from _I Drink Alone_ by George Thorogood: “When I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.” ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/15 "2003-10-06T04:29:17Z")
Too Much Fun - Commander Cody Stole are car, drove to Kalamazoo, I met a gal, she was ugly too. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/16 "2003-10-06T04:38:23Z")
Rock that Boogie - Commander Cody Big fat lady drinking up my beer, clapping her hands, shouting in my ear, boogie!!! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/17 "2003-10-06T04:43:15Z")
Down to Seeds and Stems Blues - Commander Cody Well my dog died just yesterday and left me all alone, the finance company dropped by today and repossessed my home. But that’s just a drop in the bucket compared to losing you, and I’m down to seeds and stems again too. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/18 "2003-10-06T04:47:52Z")
Mr. Siegal - Tom Waits well willard’s knocked out on a bottle of heat, drivin’ dangerous curves across the dirty sheets, he said man you ought to see her, when her parents are gone, man you ought to hear her when the siren’s on. you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong, how do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on. [http://www.lyricsdir.com/t/tom-waits/mr-siegal.php](http://www.lyricsdir.com/t/tom-waits/mr-siegal.php) ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/19 "2003-10-06T04:49:23Z")
Another Barenaked Ladies line, from “One Week”: …I’ve got a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve, I’ve got a habit of losing my shirt… ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773/20 "2003-10-06T04:51:37Z")
Tiny Montgomery - Bob Dylan Three legged man and a hot lipped ho, tell 'em all Montgomery says hello. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-line-in-a-song/205773.md?page=2)