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”.
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.
Dreadful. Just dreadful.
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!”
Sorry, but that just made me laugh. Morrison should have known better? His lyrics were outrageous suckfests 90% of the time.
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
It makes sense, assuming the person he was singing to was a girl, since he was very very gay.
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”
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.
Huh? How is “bean” pronounced differently from “been”, ever? 
My thoughts exactly.
I have a feeling “been” may be pronounced “bin” in certain parts of the U.S. Am I right?
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.
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”).
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.
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
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:
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
In some parts of the US, "“Bean” has one syllable while “Been” has two.
Well, tangential relevance is relevance after all.
-FrL-
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.)
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.