# Lazy song writing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 13, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-song-writing/955957 "2021-12-13T01:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 68
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> [@Clark\_Cello](#): > > …instead just sang “cello, cello, cello”. I always smile when I hear it. Not bad poster/post combo. > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Neil Young has written some of the best lyrics, and his “Cortez the Killer” is, yeah, a killer song. I’m sure I’ve whined somehere before about “Downtown” and “Keep On Rockin In the Free World”. > [@GESancMan](#): > > As nonsensical as most Jon Anderson lyrics are, he got this one right. > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > …but you’d think just once someone would work out when to use “you and me” vs. “you and I”. April Wine’s “Just Between You and Me” would like to have a word. > [@Smapti](#): > > Tattoo by the Who, a fairly obscure song about two teen brothers getting tattooed to the consternation of their parents, ends on this… Heh, dork Robert Christgau thought the song was “worth the price of admission” for the _The Who Sell Out_ lp. > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > And only time will tell > If we stand the test of time > > Van Halen, _Why Can’t This Be Love_ To borrow from my [Worst Lyric Rhymes Thread:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876) > [@Worst lyric rhymes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/3): > > “It’s got what it takes” - nothing like beer ad copy in a Van Hagar song. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-song-writing/955957)._