# “Throwaway” Lines in Songs That Make You Say WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 5, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823 "2020-11-05T10:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/21 "2020-11-05T19:06:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Somebody get me a ladder Hard to get much more _WTF_ than this right here. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/22 "2020-11-05T19:22:03Z")
_In the desert, you can remember your name_ _'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain_ Idiotic line from an idiotic song. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/23 "2020-11-05T19:49:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > “Raindrops are falling on my head > **And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed** > **Nothing seems to fit** ” > > It’s a weird image to suddenly pop up, isn’t it? Procrustes knew what to do in a case like that. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/24 "2020-11-05T19:51:05Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > > _Elenore, gee, I think you’re swell_ > > _And you really do me well_ > > _ **You’re my pride and joy, et cetera** _ > > A friend just named her daughter Eleanor, so we’ve been singing this to her a lot. The other day I asked the baby if she knew how special she was: “You’re named after the only song I know of with spelled-out punctuation in it!” You didn’t know about “Westerrn Union”? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6T4QavHx8kg/hqdefault.jpg "Five Americans - Western Union") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T4QavHx8kg) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/25 "2020-11-05T19:56:04Z")
What about, “[I Love You Period](https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2428014/Dan+Baird/I+Love+You+Period)”? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/26 "2020-11-05T21:04:07Z")
_Slowly walking down the hall_ _Faster than a cannonball_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tI-5uv4wryI/maxresdefault.jpg "Oasis - Champagne Supernova (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryI) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/27 "2020-11-05T21:06:45Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > _In the desert, you can remember your name_ > _'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain_ > > Idiotic line from an idiotic song. Two more idiotic lines from that song: _There were plants and birds and rocks and things_ _The heat was hot and the ground was dry_ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/28 "2020-11-05T21:17:59Z")
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/29 "2020-11-05T21:19:51Z")
Boy. It’s as if some of you have never been _really, really high_ before 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bmoak1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@bmoak1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak1)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/30 "2020-11-05T22:22:23Z")
…And all the colored girls sing… ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/31 "2020-11-05T22:52:49Z")
Steve Miller’s version is not the original of that song. I forget who did it first and I don’t feel like looking it up. Some doo-wop type group I think. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/32 "2020-11-05T22:53:40Z")
So are you telling me that Steve Miller got whooshed by a nonsensical line too? Tripler I recognize the woosh, and double-down on how much I hate that song. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/33 "2020-11-05T22:55:48Z")
Oh I hate it too. Everyone hates it. Steve Miller is not what you would call a “major talent.” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/34 "2020-11-05T22:58:23Z")
[Led Zeppelin’s Dancing Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qztKD75J2BM) has the baffling: “You told your mamma I’d get you home But you didn’t say I had no car I saw a lion he was standing alone With a tadpole in a jar” ---
**Author:** ![Caprismall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Caprismall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprismall)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/35 "2020-11-05T23:22:31Z")
Michael Jackson’s Startin Something has some extremely odd lines: You’re a vegetable, you’re a vegetable Still they hate you, you’re a vegetable You’re just a buffet, you’re a vegetable They eat off of you, you’re a vegetable ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/36 "2020-11-05T23:32:19Z")
_I’ve been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota_ _Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota_ _Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma_ _Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma_ _Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo_ _Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I’m a killer_ I’m a killer? _Cause the free wind is blowin’ through_ _Your hair_ _And the days surround you daylight_ _There_ _Seasons crying no despair_ _Alligator lizards in the air_ Flying lizards? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/37 "2020-11-05T23:41:15Z")
Beyond the basement There lives a girl there She’s got a face and a lot of hair ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/38 "2020-11-05T23:50:32Z")
Does improv count? _The End_ from The Doors Live at Hollywood Bowl “Have you seen the accident outside. Seven people took a ride. Six bachelors and their bride. Seven people took a ride.” [youtube.com/watch?v=syrUn37oLsM&list=PLCc1CdM5OcYzzvIoGfjsQzQNaH4-vM51V&index=20](https://youtube.com/watch?v=syrUn37oLsM&list=PLCc1CdM5OcYzzvIoGfjsQzQNaH4-vM51V&index=20) ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/39 "2020-11-06T00:24:40Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Rick Springfield. “Jessie’s Girl:” > > “You know, I feel so dirty when they start talking cute > I wanna tell her that I love her > But the point is probably moot.” > > Really. Really ? > > You didn’t have a white board to just spitball for a while ? Were you so pressed for time that you left it at that, or did you somehow convince yourselves that you _totally_ nailed it ? > > Blecch. I’m OK with this one. If the object of the narrator’s affections is devoted to Jessie, then whether the narrator loves her or not, it won’t matter. The point is indeed moot. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823/40 "2020-11-06T00:29:02Z")
Ventura Highway: “Seasons crying no despair/Alligator lizards in the air.” Sandman: [Cause I understand you’ve been running from the man](https://genius.com/America-sandman-lyrics#note-1544241) [That goes by the name of the Sandman](https://genius.com/America-sandman-lyrics#note-1544283) [He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye](https://genius.com/America-sandman-lyrics#note-2913947) [Of a hurricane that’s abandoned](https://genius.com/America-sandman-lyrics#note-1544251) What? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwaway-lines-in-songs-that-make-you-say-wtf/924823.md?page=3)