# Lyrics that tick you off **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351 "2012-01-04T05:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/101 "2012-01-09T19:28:10Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > Really? Just goes to show how something gets stuck in your head. I heard it, and still do hear it the way I quoted, but that’s how Mondegreens are made. (Although I will note that a Google search of my quote shows that a lot of people heard what I heard too.) Until few days ago I always thought “Sex and the city” was ‘Sex in the City’. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/102 "2012-01-09T22:51:40Z")
> [@](#): > > “I would catch a grenade for you, > Throw my hand on a blade for you, > _Jump in front of a train for you_, > But you won’t do the same!” My problem with this is that jumping in front of a train reeeeeally won’t do any good at all (so my advice is to find someone with more practical ideas of how they’re going to help you). ---
**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:** [January 10, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/103 "2012-01-10T01:32:46Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > 'til the stars fall on the bus > for both of us! 'til the stars fall hyperbaric for me and Manzarek! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/104 "2012-01-10T03:18:31Z")
Since Billy Joel has already been mentioned, let me add to the list: “My Life”, where a man “couldn’t go on the American way” so instead he “gives 'em a stand-up routine in L.A.” 😕 What could be **more** the American way than going to Los Angeles to become an entertainer? :dubious: “Allentown”: “We’re all living here in Allentown/And they’re closing all the factories down.” :eek: :rolleyes: In my mind’s ear, the next two lines are “But they’re teaching us hyperbole/A useful skill, as you can see.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/105 "2012-01-10T03:52:25Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > “My Life”, where a man “couldn’t go on the American way” so instead he “gives 'em a stand-up routine in L.A.” 😕 What could be **more** the American way than going to Los Angeles to become an entertainer? :dubious: Getting a “real” job, getting married, having kids, and buying a house in the suburbs? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/106 "2012-01-10T05:48:46Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > “Allentown”: “We’re all living here in Allentown/And they’re closing all the factories down.” :eek: :rolleyes: In my mind’s ear, the next two lines are “But they’re teaching us hyperbole/A useful skill, as you can see.” 😃 The worst line in Allentown is “and our graduations hang on the wall.” No, graduations don’t hang on the wall. Diplomas do; graduation _gowns_, maybe… ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/107 "2012-01-10T06:20:21Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > My contribution is the Eurythmics feminist anthem, _Sisters are doing it for themselves._ > > “I’ve packed my bags, I’ve cleaned the floor. Had all I can take, now I’m leaving you.” > > You’re leaving this miserable bastard, but before you go you cleaned his floor? Way to show him, girl! Actually that line is from another Eurythmics song, “Would I Lie to You?” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/108 "2012-01-10T06:39:03Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > Actually that line is from another Eurythmics song, “Would I Lie to You?” Damnit. Of course it is. To think I used to be a huge fan. :smack: Thanks for the correction. Still seems odd to clean someone’s floor as you’re about to leave them. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/109 "2012-01-10T22:36:28Z")
Well, I wasn’t going to post my usual rant about Journey and “There ain’t no South Detroit,” but I read [this](http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2012/01/journey-dont-stop-believin-south-detroit.html) today and thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/110 "2012-01-11T19:15:51Z")
Bob Seger “Night Moves”. A good blue-collar workin’ man’s rock song, except for the stupid Beavis and Butthead level tits metaphor lyric. "She was a black haired beauty with big dark eyes And points all her own sitting way up high Way up firm and high " I expect there is a missing verse in the long version that continues “In the freezer section of the grocery Headlight beams switched to high intensity Cutting the glass like a dremel drill Pepperoni pizza slices with olives on top…” And so on. Just irritates me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351.md?page=5)