# Question about a rhyme in a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 10, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874 "2025-04-10T20:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/1 "2025-04-10T20:44:12Z")
I write songs (more, as my grad school advisor quipped, for my own amazement than for anything else) and I hit upon a rhyme that is too good NOT to have been used before: “between us” and “penis.” If it has been used, of course, then I’m just a plagiarist, but I can’t remember seeing it or hearing it before. Has anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/2 "2025-04-10T20:51:55Z")
> **[John Hiatt – Since His Penis Came Between Us](https://genius.com/John-hiatt-since-his-penis-came-between-us-lyrics)** > > \[Verse 1\] / It was a wonderful world / The picture tube was bright / There was so much to do on a Saturday night / Plenty of talk during commercials / Sometimes even popcorn in bed ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/3 "2025-04-10T20:54:12Z")
> **[Website](https://rayscott.com/video/9b8ea483a0/between-us-from-the-wrong-songs-album)** ---
**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/4 "2025-04-10T20:55:17Z")
RATS!! (Rats live on no evil star) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/5 "2025-04-10T20:55:57Z")
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=702769090/size=large/tracklist=false/artwork=small/ ---
**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 10, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/6 "2025-04-10T21:16:17Z")
> [@GailForce](#): > > RATS!! > > (Rats live on no evil star) This, of course, made me think of [Bob](https://youtu.be/JUQDzj6R3p4?si=RODE3t7lwiMJi1VN), a fantastic song by the man in my profile picture. It’s a short song, too, as it clocks in at just under 2 1/2 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/7 "2025-04-10T22:02:03Z")
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/8 "2025-04-10T22:37:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > 2 1/2 Itself a palindrome. If you ignore punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874/9 "2025-04-10T23:43:39Z")
Better a penis between us than a fungus among us.