# Song Lyrics that just annoy you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905 "2007-04-27T22:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/61 "2007-04-30T15:58:47Z")
My favorite of the Doors is (forget the song) where he’s going on about something, and then lets fly with “I see the bathroom is clear”. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/62 "2007-04-30T16:02:17Z")
[QUOTE=Stratocaster] It’s certainly inconsistent, from one line to the next. [/QUOTE] Hmmm..well I could make the argument (and I’m about to) that the first line is refering the army as a singal entity and the second as a bunch of individuals. A “they” which would call for a plural. So it kind of makes sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/63 "2007-04-30T16:10:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, my blood’s so mad feels like coagulatin’ > I’m sitting here just contemplatin’ > I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation. Dreadful. Just dreadful. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/64 "2007-04-30T16:13:52Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] This is definitely not accurate. The lyrics are entirely written as Carly speaking directly to a person. I suspect that **panache45** considers Carly to be the vain one. 😃 [/QUOTE] Obviously, she’s speaking directly to a person. But then she tells that person that she’s \*\*\*not \*\*\*referring to them after all. There’s no way this makes sense. Sort of like if I came up to you and said, “Hey, you’ve got nice eyes. But how dare you think I mean \*\*\*your \*\*\*eyes!” ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/65 "2007-04-30T16:43:33Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Speaking of the Doors, I never could figure out why Jim sang: “I’m gonna love you till the stars fall from the sky, For you and I.” (Yes I know they’re Robbie’s lyrics. But Jim, of all people, should have known better.) [/QUOTE] Sorry, but that just made me laugh. Morrison _should have known better?_ His lyrics were outrageous suckfests 90% of the time. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/66 "2007-04-30T16:46:07Z")
Jermaine Stewart should have his thumbs removed for writing “_We don’t have to take our clothes off to have a good time_”, which went against every pubescent urge I had in my youth. Deep Blue Something deserved much worse than whatever criticism they received for: \*You say that we’ve got nothing in common No common ground to start from And we’re falling apart … And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany’s? She said, “I think I remember the film, And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.” And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got.”\* Interestingly, someone posted their version of the [top 100 worst lyrics](http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid10015.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/67 "2007-04-30T16:55:54Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] Jermaine Stewart should have his thumbs removed for writing “_We don’t have to take our clothes off to have a good time_”, which went against every pubescent urge I had in my youth. [/QUOTE] It makes sense, assuming the person he was singing to was a girl, since he was very very gay. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/68 "2007-04-30T17:12:08Z")
> [@Wee Bairn](#): > > Also, Marshall Tucker Band “I was born a wrangler and a rambler…” The actual lyric is “I was born a wrangler and a rounder…” No fixing that. The lyric I can’t stand is in “Paint It Black,” by the Stones: “I could not forsee this thing happening to you.” There’s nothing particularly bad about the line, it’s the way it’s delivered: “I-could-not-fore-see-this-thing-hap-pen-ing-to-you-oo.” Just about any lyric by Keith Reid (Procol Harum) sets my teeth on edge. But the winner is this gem (among many that came from the band America): “I understand you’ve been running from the man That goes by the name of the sandman He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye Of a hurricane that’s abandoned” ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/69 "2007-04-30T17:20:48Z")
ELP “From the Beginning”- not BEAN such a fool. I wouldn’t have any problem with what I assume is a common England pronunciation of “been” if not for the fact he used the word been the line before and pronounced it “been” (not been so cruel). Still a great song. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/70 "2007-04-30T17:23:49Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] ELP “From the Beginning”- not BEAN such a fool. I wouldn’t have any problem with what I assume is a common England pronunciation of “been” if not for the fact he used the word been the line before and pronounced it “been” (not been so cruel). Still a great song. [/QUOTE] Huh? How is “bean” pronounced differently from “been”, ever? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/71 "2007-04-30T17:31:01Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Huh? How is “bean” pronounced differently from “been”, ever? 😕 [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly. 😕 I have a feeling “been” may be pronounced “bin” in certain parts of the U.S. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/72 "2007-04-30T17:32:46Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Huh? How is “bean” pronounced differently from “been”, ever? 😕 [/QUOTE] sorry I wan’t clear- the lines and not been so cruel not been such a fool first been pronounced “been” (bin) second one pronounced “bean” same word, two different pronunciations within the span of five seconds. ---
**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 30, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/73 "2007-04-30T17:35:32Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Huh? How is “bean” pronounced differently from “been”, ever? 😕 [/QUOTE] In America we pronounce “been” like “bin.” (Well, I do, anyway.) I don’t think Greg Lake really pronounces it two different ways in the song; it’s just that in one instance it falls on a weak beat (“and NOT been so CRUEL”) and once on a strong beat (“not BEEN such a FOOL”). ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/74 "2007-04-30T18:39:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I have a feeling “been” may be pronounced “bin” in certain parts of the U.S. Am I right? Everywhere in the US (although I suppose somebody will come along and say, no, in Moab, Utah…). If I hear someone pronounce it as “bean,” it’s a solid bet the speaker is not from the States. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/75 "2007-04-30T19:03:34Z")
Paula Cole is the queen of annoying, moronic, nonsensical lyrics: From “I Don’t Want to Wait” _So open up your morning light, And say a little prayer for I You know that if we are to stay alive And see the peace in every eye…_ WTF? and “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” _Where is my Marlboro man Where is his shiny gun Where is my lonely ranger Where have all the cowboys gone Where have all the cowboys gone Where have all the cowboys gone Yippee I, yippee yeah_ ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/76 "2007-04-30T19:43:46Z")
Almost forgot about Rod- “A big bosomed lady with a Dutch accent…” and of course “I’m gonna rock you till your pussy’s sore” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/77 "2007-04-30T19:45:48Z")
And who can forget the timeless lyrics by Edie Brickell: Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box Religion is a smile on a dog I’m not aware of too many things I know what I know if you know what I mean Shove me in the shallow water Before I get too deep What I am is what I am, are you what you are or what What I am is what I am, are you what you are or what "Smile on a dog”? WTF! I want to shove her head into shallow water so she’ll shut up. Or the angst conveyed by The Police: De do do do de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do de da da da Their innocence will pull me through De do do do de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do de da da da They’re meaningless and all that’s true ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/78 "2007-04-30T19:51:48Z")
In some parts of the US, "“Bean” has one syllable while “Been” has two. Well, tangential relevance is relevance after all. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/79 "2007-04-30T19:54:25Z")
* * * ## Let’s get moving into action Let’s get moving into action If you last too slow, no satisfaction There’s something out there, that’s the attraction If you hesitate now, that’s a subtraction So, let’s get moving girl into action The fuck? I hear the song and I’m thinking, “Am I being whooshed?” 😃 -FrL- (Though I confess I’ve been looking for opportunities to say “That’s a subtraction” in the sense in which the phrase is used in this song.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905/80 "2007-04-30T20:06:15Z")
Joan Osbourne’s _If God Was One of Us_: " **What if God was one of us** , Just a slob like one of us … " Um … that would be Christianity, dear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-just-annoy-you/401905.md?page=5)