If you could change one line from a song

Just remembered.
The worst fucking lyric of all time.

ZZ Top

“She’s got legs.
She knows how to use them.”

I think this might roll off the tongue a bit better:

"She’s got legs.
She knows how to put one foot in front of the fucking other in a manner resembling walk-ing.

In the same vein, Oliver’s Army by Elvis Costello:

I like this Kiss edit:

“I want to rock and roll all night,
and probably every day.”

You know they are not talking about using your legs to walk right? Are you being clever? :slight_smile:

The close of the song Hey There goes:

“Or are you not seeing things too clear?
Are you just too far gone to hear?
Is it all going in one ear and out the other?”

I would change the penultimate line to:

“Are you just too fucked-up to hear?”

Oh? She’s actually using them for attraction as opposed to a concerted effort at bipedal conveyance?:smack:

The lyrics are impeachably turd-like, sorta like these Dr. John song titles:
“Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk”
“You Make My Pants Want to Get Up and Dance”

Almost any line from Too Much Time On My Hands that begins, “Is it any wonder”.

Such as

It would make more sense to say, “Is it any wonder I’m so crazy?” Why would you need to justify* not *being crazy?

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

For unless they see the sky
but they can’t and that is why
they know not if it’s dark outside or light

“Don’t know” would work rhythmically just as well. “Know not” is such a stilted, archaic, self consciously poetic construction. Annoys me every time I hear it.

Springsteen should change the lyrics from “Bonn in the USA” to “Born in the USA”.

A song shouldn’t be poetic? It’s not that unusual grammar. It sung better. Sometimes trust the pro. IMHO.

Of Monsters and Men, “Little Talks”:

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safely to shore

Or as in Role Models:

Danny: Hey, don’t get me wrong, all right; I like to rock and roll all night. And part of every day.
Wheeler: Party every day. Rock and roll all night and party every day.
Danny: I like to rock and roll part of every day.
Wheeler: Party every day.
Danny: I usually have errands. I can rock and roll from like one to three.

In John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’, I’d change the line “And no religion, too” to “Walker told me I have AIDS”.

Yeah that and the Roboto song really really made me want to dynamite Styx.

Especially the dorky way he says “pres-i-deeennnnntt?”

Or the way he joins “insanity-I’ve got”

“Is it any won-der I’ve got too much, [clap clap] spunk on my hands…”

Johnny Angel:

I’m in heaven, I get carried away I dream of you and me and how it’s gonna be
Other fellas call me up for a date - But I just sit and wait - I’d rather masturbate
For Johnny Angel

That and the Lionel Ritchie
That’s why I’m queasy - queasy like Sunday morning