She’s a brick and I’m drowning slowly
Off the coast, and I’m headed nowhere.
And I second From a Distance, the basic message of which is “Oh, baby, it’s not that God doesn’t care about us, it’s just that…well…he’s nearsighted is all.”
Terrifel, I think the last decade of Ms. Houston’s life has pretty much taken away her dignity, no outside help required.
Here’s my sorry contribution:
Pilot of the Airwaves
Here is my request.
You don’t have to play it but I hope you do your best.
I’ve been listening to your show on the radio,
And you seem like a friend to me.
Well, yes, but you have to give them some credit considering English is their second language.
We have people who have (presumably) been speaking English their entire lives who have turned out much worse:
“The Girl is Mine” by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney is one shining example.
I picture “the girl” running off in horror while the two men duke it out in the most testosterone-deprived battle you’ll ever witness. (“No, man, she’s mine.” “I beg to differ with you, my friend. She’s mine.”) Makes me yearn for the days when men were fighters not lovers. Just ONE sucker punch and the song could mercifully be over.
Google hits for “change my pitch up”: 511
Google hits for “chance my pitch up”: 0
Neither line really makes sense in context (what there is of it), but I can at least imagine “change my pitch up” referring to a telemarketer altering his script, or getting kicked in the groin. What would chancing one’s pitch up entail?
With a little luck, we can lay it down.
Can’t you feel the town (time?) exploding?..
The willow turns his back on inclement weather;
And if he can do it, we can do it, just me and you
Maybe I’m amazed at the way you pulled me out in time
And hung me on the line
Avril Lavigne’s lyrics to Sk8ter Boi has got to be some of the most insipid annoying lyrics ever created. Also, Justin Timberlake’s Gone has some really annoying simplistic lyrics.
Or, for that matter, any lyrics by Jim Morrison. I hate to beat up on a dead guy, but boy did he ever suck. And it seemed like every third dorm room when I was going to college had a poster of Morrison with the caption “AMERICAN POET.” Hmmm, well I guess you do have to give him credit for being able to rhyme “fire” with “fire.”
It’s amazing that we’ve gotten this far without mention of Neil Diamond’s abomination, I Am I Said, the most famous lines of which are:
I am I said
To no one there.
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair.
These are considered by many to be the worst lines ever composed in the English language. Yet I humbly propose that another part of the same song is even worse. I submit:
*Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of bein’ a king
And then became one?
Well except for the names and a few other changes
I you talk about me, the story’s the same one.
*
So you see, except for the part about being a frog and becoming a king, that’s Neil all the way. This is similar to how the story of my life is exactly like that of Abraham Lincoln, who grew up in a log cabin and became President of the United States . . . except for the part about the log cabin, becoming President, and being named “Abraham Lincoln.”
I mentioned this song under the “worst song ever recorded” thread. Didn’t want to be redundant. But yes, those lyrics are just horrible. Another one to think about is Bob Seager’s “Blame it on Midnight.” Particularly the timelessly horrible line: “Until you’ve been beside a man, you don’t know who he knows.”