# Lyrics that make you smile every time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333 "2011-03-29T02:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TheThirdFuller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@TheThirdFuller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThirdFuller)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/61 "2011-04-01T13:23:28Z")
Julia Nunes - The Debt “I’ll never relate to your city peeps cuz I do most of my thuggin’ on suburban streets. I get terrified but I’m fine when I’m with you.” And Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma “Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?” And April Smith and The Great Picture Show - Drop Dead Gorgeous “If you’re just drop dead gorgeous you should just drop dead.” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/62 "2011-04-01T13:28:10Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > “Sister Golden Hair”…dunno why, but it makes me smile. I feel the same way about “In The Summertime” by Mungo Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/63 "2011-04-01T13:30:38Z")
I said, “I’m so happy I could die” She said, “Drop dead,” and left with another guy That’s what you get if you go chasing after vengeance. Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence. -Elvis Costello, (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/64 "2011-04-01T14:33:52Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > You know, I swear AD Rock misspeaks the last line of this, and actually says “Like a pinch from the neck of Mr. Spock.” He must have…because the online lyric sheet I found had that and I corrected it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/65 "2011-04-01T14:45:58Z")
Lots of clever turns of phrase in Warren Zevon’s songs. One of my favorites is from _Genius_ > [@](#): > > Did you light the candles? Did you put on _Kind Of Blue_? > Did you use that Ivy League voodoo on him, too? > He thinks he’ll be all right, but he doesn’t know for sure. > Like every other unindicted co-conspirator. Or from _Desperados Under The Eaves_ > [@](#): > > And if California slides into the ocean > Like the mystics and statistics say it will > I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill Close it out with some lines from _Mr. Bad Example_ > [@](#): > > I got a part-time job at my father’s carpet store > Laying tackless stripping, and housewives by the score > I loaded up their furniture, and took it to Spokane > And auctioned off every last naugahyde divan [[shortened excerpt]] ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/66 "2011-04-01T15:05:03Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > You know, I swear AD Rock misspeaks the last line of this, and actually says “Like a pinch from the neck of Mr. Spock.” He does. I have this song on my running playlist so I’ve heard it about 384309 times (approximately) and he definitely says “pinch from the neck of Mr. Spock”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/67 "2011-04-01T15:15:09Z")
> [@](#): > > She’s so fine, there’s no tellin’ where the money went… - **Robert Palmer** , _Simply Irresistable_. A decent song; nothing great. But that line just does it for me… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/68 "2011-04-01T15:16:58Z")
**ExTank** – remember the copyright, pls. – if you want to supply the full lyrics to a song, provide a link to where they are elsewhere, don’t post them directly. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/69 "2011-04-01T15:19:23Z")
When quoting song lyrics, please remember the SDMB’s policy and don’t quote more than about four lines from songs that are under copyright. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/70 "2011-04-01T15:55:04Z")
Also from Warren Zevon’s ‘Mr. Bad Example’: _I started as an altar boy, working at the church Learning all my holy moves, doing some research Which led me to a cash box, labeled “Children’s Fund” I’d leave the change, and tuck the bills inside my cummerbund_ To those not familiar, the narrator is lying, cheating, thief with no conscience. He rattles off a long string of dirty deeds he has done in his life. With that in mind, here is my favorite part of the song: _“Of course I went to law school…”_ mmm ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/71 "2011-04-01T15:58:19Z")
\*You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot “Merry Christmas” your arse, I pray God it’s our last ! \* The Pogues - Fairytale of New York ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/72 "2011-04-01T18:46:24Z")
In “Things Have Changed,” Bob Dylan finishes singing the line “The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity” _exactly_ one minute before the end of the song. I always look over my shoulder when I hear Don Henley in “The Boys of Summer” sing, “Don’t look back/You can never look back.” ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/73 "2011-04-01T19:07:05Z")
_I’m sitting in the corner feeling glad, Got no money coming in, but I can’t be sad: That was the best cup of coffee I ever had._ Jethro Tull, “Inside” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/74 "2011-04-01T19:11:48Z")
Faith Hill, "This Kiss: Cinderella said to Snow White, “How does love go so off-course? All I wanted was a white knight With a good heart, soft touch, fast horse…” ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/75 "2011-04-01T19:23:11Z")
This whole song is fun, but this part always makes me smile: “And when it’s party time Like 1999 I’ll party by myself Because I’m such a special guy” Weezer - Troublemaker ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/76 "2011-04-01T23:31:07Z")
It’s spoken word, but it makes me smile every time. King Missile, _Jesus Was Way Cool_ Jesus was way cool. Everybody liked Jesus. … [Jesus] could’ve baked the most delicious cake in the world. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/77 "2011-04-02T00:27:09Z")
How could we get this far without some ICP? When I fuck bitches ask what I’m tryna do My nuts is people so I’m tryna stuff 'em in there too! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/78 "2011-04-02T02:04:07Z")
I suppose I missed the gist of the thread. There are some songs that make me smile in a wry sort of way, unlike the ones I’ve posted lyrics to. Those actually make me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/79 "2011-04-02T17:37:07Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I said, “I’m so happy I could die” > She said, “Drop dead,” and left with another guy > That’s what you get if you go chasing after vengeance. > Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence. > > -Elvis Costello, (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Saw a bumper sticker, years ago, but it’s so applicable now I might have to hand-scrawl my own: _**Well, I used to be disgusted… But now I’m just amused.**_ ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333/80 "2011-04-02T18:30:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Sundays: I kicked a Boy > “When the weather’s fine, when it’s sunny outside > Think about the time I kicked a boy till he cried” > sung in possibly one of the sweetest voices to ever grace alternative pop. “It’s a souvenir of a terrible year” -The Sundays, “Here’s Where the Story Ends” I think it’s impossible to NOT smile when she sings. Her voice is fantastic. For me? ANY line from ‘Summer In the City" by the Lovin’ Spoonful. Ben Folds, “Rockin’ the Suburbs” “I’m rockin’ the suburbs Just like Michael Jackson did I’m rockin’ the suburbs Except that he was talented” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-make-you-smile-every-time/576333.md?page=5)