Things stupid songs have taught you

Never trust your soul to a backwoods country lawyer
(esp. if the Judge in the town’s got bloodstains on his hands)

Avoid oak trees with yellow ribbons

You never said anything except “Hi” to Big John

In a pinch, an alligator can be used as a makeshift cannon

Two out of three ain’t bad.

One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.
Two can be as bad as one (It’s the loneliest number since the number one).
Also:
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. (I did the math and it’s true.)

I don’t know if it’s a stupid song, but it is the only reason I actually have the number minutes in a year memorized. That’s all that comes to mind.

There is no parking on the dance floor.

Combustion is impossible in three instances:

  1. Without a spark
  2. Sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
  3. Worrying about your little world falling apart

I learned that Tom Baker let the dogs out.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes?

I learned that every time Hootie looks at me, he goes blind.

He never mentions regaining his eyesight, though.

That thread kills me (Lee).

I learned that the person purchasing Love Potion #9 shouldn’t drink it themselves, because all it does is severely lower ones inhibitions.

If her daddy’s rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy’s poor just do what you feel

I learned there was a such a thing as thyme sweetened honey… but that was from a great song… so nevermind

But he only references like 6 of em…wonder if he will ever finish that song. :dubious:

I consist of stardust and billion year old carbon
Happiness runs in a circular motion.
Everyone’s dancing the Loco-Motion.
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice, of course), but that’s not the name of the restaurant, it’s just the name of the song.
The Sun will rise tomorrow.
I have a Cadillac and Jody’s driving it while I’m gone. He’s also filling in for me at my job and keeping my girl from feeling too lonely without me.
Always drink upstream from the herd
Never look straight up at a bird
If you get bucked off, get back on,
And never squat with your spurs on.
Coca-Cola is the real thing.
Nobody knows you when you’re down and out.
The moon is a harsh mistress.

CCR told me there’s a bathroom on the right, which was helpful information. But ZZTop really surprised me when they told me that Jesus had left Chicago and was bound for New Orleans.

Frank Zappa that wise outdoorsman taught me to watch out where the huskies go and don’t you eat that yellow snow.

If the Army and the Navy ever gaze on Heaven’s scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.

A kiss is just a kiss.

We’ll meet again (don’t know where, don’t know when).

It all started with a big bang.

According to several songs, if you’re a woman and you’ve been stepping out on your man behind his back, NEVER take a walk with your man down by a river.

I learned what to do with a drunken sailor.

If you’re ever fixing yourself a cup of tea by a pond in Australia, never let any livestock sniff around your backpack.

I’ve learned there’s a lineman in Wichita who apparently never gets time off.

You should try it out on your dog first.

I was made to give in and cry by our ever-changing world in which we live in; it taught me to say, well, you know… .

5 to be exact:
Slip out the back
Make a new plan
No need to be coy
Hop off the bus
Drop off the key.

Come to think of it, there’s only 4. No need to be coy isn’t really a way to leave. Actually, make a new plan is questionable too, but I guess we can let it go.

Clearly the song was intended to be first in an instructional series, but Simon never finished.