This morning I had the misfortune of being stuck in traffic, well stuck longer than usual. I had my two best friends in the car and we got talking about songs with stupid lyrics. I was always fond of that song ‘life’ by Des’ree. I was just wondering what songs my fellow dopers could come up with in the stupid lyircs front!? 
I’ve always thought that “Green Eyed Lady” by Sugarloaf was a real bunch of horseshit, as far as lyrics go.
I imagine it that the band got really high and started grooving, and came up with this really sweet bass hook and did some cool organ work. Then someone said “That’s awesome man, let’s record it. But it needs some words!” and someone else said “I’ve got this awesome poem I wrote last week when I was totally spaced on LSD. We should use that!”
And thus “Green Eyed Lady” was written.
Sorry I forgot to mention Richard Harris’ - ‘MacArthur Park’. Oh my…
Somebody beat me in moving this thread to Cafe Society, but before it goes any further I want to remind everybody that our policy is to allow posting of no more than one verse of the song in question. After that, please link to a page with the lyrics.
Threads about songs and lyrics go in Cafe Society, so I’ll move this one there.
Also, due to copyright concerns, please remember to only post a small number of lyrics (usually five lines, max) and then link to the rest.
I actually kinda know the guy who writes this blog (WARNING: Title and content probably NSFW, cursing) and while I haven’t heard all the songs, he’s dead on about Lullaby by Shawn Mullins.
Nearly anything written by Jim Steinman & recorded by Meatloaf:
For Crying Out Loud
Oh I know you belong, inside my achin’ heart
And can’t you see my faded levis burstin’ apart
And don’t you hear me cryin’, oh babe, don’t go
And don’t you hear me screamin’ - How was I to know?
Took the Words Right Out of my Mouth
And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh – it must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
And I swear it’s true
I was just about to say I love you
Surf’s Up
We’re on the edge of forever and we’re never gonna fail
How hard, how hard, how hard do I gotta try (I want all of your love)
Surf’s up (I need it so bad), surf’s up (I need it so bad)
Surf’s up and so am I (I gotta give you some love)
Surf’s up and so am I
I’ve heard it said that Steinman writes “Wagnerian Rock and Roll”. Tru dat but his lyrics sometimes really stink.
Ha! I simul-mod!
Pretty much ANY song by America has stupid lyrics, but especially “Tin Man:”
“But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn’t, didn’t already have
And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad”
WTF?? 
Good call! I was actually thinking of another one by America when I read your post.
From Horse With No Name:
“Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love.”
Huhhh??
I don’t want clever, conversation,
I never want to work that hard,
I just want someone, that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.
huh?
MiM
I was coming in to post:
“In the desert, you can remember your name
For there ain’t no one for to give you no pain.”
Lorenz Hart is a fine lyricist generally, but he really messed up with “Babes in Arms”:
“They call us babes in arms
but we are babes in armor.
They laugh at babes in arms
but we’ll be laughing far more.”
“Armor” rhyming with “far more”? That’s probably the most strained rhyme I’ve ever heard (not counting those strained for comic effect).
My Humps by the Black Eyed Peas.
That’s a special kind of stupid right there.
I love the Violent Femmes, but WTF was Gordon Gano thinking when he penned:
*Words to memorize
Words hypnotize
Words make my mouth exercise
Words all fail the magic prize
Nothin’ I can say when
I’m in your thighs *
Not a lot of thought past the first three verses.
SSG Schwartz
It was huge in the 90’s and I hated it yet couldn’t help but sing along to it: Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison.
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like ever cowboy sings a sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Hnarg.
I’ve often seen this lyric represented as one that makes no sense, but it makes sense to me. For me, it just seems like he’s saying that he doesn’t need constant “witty” chatter and talk of “important things” to be impressed by, just someone that “gets” him.
Then again, he might have just been drunk.
I really like Siouxsie and the Banshees, but about half their songs sound like stream of consciousness ramblings or really good hallucinogenics.
If you look up “rambling”, “stupid”, or “smoked a big fattie and made it up as they went along” in the dictionary, you will find:
I mean, it just doesn’t get any worse than that!
Not to mention “There were plants and rocks and things” (you couldn’t come up with a third item for your list?) and “The heat was hot” (as opposed to those cold heats, I presume)