# Weird, funny, unexplainable song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469 "2004-01-03T14:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/1 "2004-01-03T14:25:55Z")
Here are some lyrics from one of my favourite groups, **Yes**. Enjoy. Shiny, flying purple wolfhounds show me where you are (from _Yours Is No Disgrace_) A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace (from _Close To The Edge_) In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky and they stand there (from _Roundabout_) Even Siberia goes through the motions. Hold out and hold up; Hold down the window. (from _Siberian Khatru_) All the lyrics written by Jon Anderson. Cut and pasted from [http://www.nfte.org/](http://www.nfte.org/) What are your favourite funny/obscure/weird song lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/2 "2004-01-03T16:09:16Z")
Pearl Jam’s Yellow Ledbetter. For years everyone tried to figure out what Eddie Vedder was saying, and then when we finally knew, it didn’t make any sense. An excerpt: “And they called and I said that I want what I said And then I call out again And the reason oughta leave her calm I know I said ‘I don’t know whether I’m the boxer or the bag’ Ah yeah ehh… Can you see them Out on the porch But they don’t wave” Great song, possibly the band’s best, but completely incomprehensible. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/3 "2004-01-03T19:11:21Z")
Its an obscure song that a friend of mine pulled off [MP3.com](http://MP3.com). If you ever come across it… DON’T LISTEN TO IT. **Hitler F%#ked Your Grandma**. I don’t even think I could post a single line from it on this forum. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/4 "2004-01-03T20:33:47Z")
They Might Be Giants, anyone? Now, allow me to rephrase. They have brilliantly written songs but no matter how obscure, you can really read into them. My favorite of which would be “Fingertips” Allow me to explain: Everything is catching Yes, everything is catching on fire (Everything’s catching on fire) Everything is catching on fire (everything’s catching on fire) Fingertips Fingertips Fingertips I hear the wind blow I hear the wind blow It seems to say, “Hello, Hello, I’m the one who loves you so.” Hey now everybody now Hey now everybody Hey now everybody now Who’s that standing out my window? I found a new friend Underneath my pillow Come on and wreck my car (come on) Come on and wreck my car (come on) Come on and wreck my car (come on) Come on and wreck my car (come on) Aren’t you the guy who hit me in the eye? Aren’t you the guy who hit me in the eye? Please pass the milk, please Please pass the milk, please Please pass the milk, please Leave me alone, leave me alone Who’s knocking on the wall? All alone all alone All by myself What’s that blue thing doing here? Something grabbed ahold of my hand I didn’t know what had my hand But that’s when all my troubles began I don’t understand you (I don’t understand you) I just don’t understand you (I don’t understand you) I don’t understand the things you say I can’t understand a single word I don’t understand you (I don’t understand you) I just don’t understand you (I don’t understand you) I cannot understand you (I don’t understand you) I don’t understand you (I don’t understand you) I heard a sound, I turned around I turned around to find the thing That made the sound Mysterious whisper Mysterious whisper Mysterious whisper Mysterious whisper The day that love came to play I’m having a heart attack I’m having a heart attack I’m having a heart attack I’m having a heart attack Fingertips Fingertips I walk along darkened corridors And I walk along darkened corridors I walk along darkened corridors And I walk along darkened corridors Of course, it could symbolize the life of someone… ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/5 "2004-01-03T21:00:19Z")
Someone left the cake out in the rain I don’t think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I’ll never have that recipe again Oh, no! \*Mac Arthur Park. sung by Richard Harris [of all people] \* ---
**Author:** ![Crimson\_Teardrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@Crimson\_Teardrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crimson_Teardrop)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/6 "2004-01-03T21:07:38Z")
I wanna f\*\*k a dog in the ass…thats song by Blink 182 ---
**Author:** ![Shirty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Shirty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirty)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/7 "2004-01-04T02:27:56Z")
Millencolin- Bullion If I only had the strength to make some muffins Then i swear that i would share them with you now They Might be Giants- Particle man Particle man, Particle man doing the things a particle can what’s he like? it’s not important Particle man Is he a dot or is he a speck? When he’s underwater does he get wet? or does the water get him instead? Nobody knows, Particle man And ofcourse, Ween- Mutilated lips Mutilated lips give a kiss on the wrist of the worm like tips of tentacles expanding in my mind, I’m fine, accepting only fresh brine you can get another drop of this, yeah you wish can anyone beat that? ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/8 "2004-01-04T02:54:59Z")
> [@](#): > > 'Cause you know what they say about honey bears > When you shave off all their baby hairs > You have a hairy minded pink bare bear From **Lou Reed** ’s “Andy’s Chest.” In fact, I think that entire song qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/9 "2004-01-04T02:56:05Z")
a snippet from Weezer’s Dope Nose, off of Maladroit: For the times that you wanna go and Bust rhymes real slow I’ll appear, slap you on the face and Enjoy the show Cheese smells so good On a burnt piece of lamb Um. Okay. From a band that used to be so lyrically strong, that album disappointed me a tad. At least the instrumental side of it rocked. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/10 "2004-01-04T03:36:23Z")
“Titanic, fare thee well/ My eyes are tuning pink.” -Beck, Lord Only Knows ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/11 "2004-01-04T04:22:18Z")
**Ronnie James Dio** has come up with some doozies in his day. Love the guy but… _“Ride the tiger; You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean; Oh don’t you see what I mean”_ (Holy Diver) Oh, no. I don’t see what you mean. _“You can hide in the sun till you see the light”_ (Holy Diver) I understand “see the light” but why the sun, cause it’s so bright? It sounds kinda cool? _“If your circle stays unbroken; Then you’re a lucky man; Cause it never, never, never has for me.”_ (Invisible) What circle - circle of friends, circle of life ? _“We bring you beautiful; We teach you sin; We can give you a piece of the universe; Or we will disappear, Never to return again. And all the fools sailed away”_ (All the Fools Sailed Away) One of my favorite songs. But who are the fools ? Is he being sarcastic ? They reject us because we use free thought ? Why do we teach sin ? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/12 "2004-01-04T04:34:38Z")
From the 1960’s - 2 songs which never made any sense to me: **The Weight The Mighty Quinn** In the song “The Weight” they mention **Miss Moses** which I think is a reference to Harriet Tubman. The chorus goes “Taka a load off Annie Take a load for free Take a load off Annie and… you put the load right on me” profound LOL * * * incidentally, the SDMB frowns on posting _entire lyrics_ to songs. (copyright laws, that sort of thing). I noticed that some of you are new to The Board and might not be aware of this. Just thought I’d let you know. (Oh and I did _not_ report any of you to a moderator.) * * * ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/13 "2004-01-04T04:59:35Z")
The chorus from “Pork Soda” by Primus: _Grab yourself a can of pork soda You’ll be feeling just fine Ain’t nothin’ quite like sittin’ ‘round the house Swillin’ down them Kansas wine_ I don’t get it at all, though “Pork Soda” is some rather vile imagery. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/14 "2004-01-04T05:16:48Z")
It’s got to be “cans of swine”. And yes, it’s some vile imagery. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/15 "2004-01-04T05:37:05Z")
**ZebraShaSha** , if you watch your CD player during _Fingertips_, you’ll see that each section of the song has a differnt track number. I remember hearing that They recorded it that way so that if you played that disc with the shuffle feature turned on, the various parts of _Fingertips_ would be mixed in amongst the other songs. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/16 "2004-01-04T05:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Tooth \* > \*\*It’s got to be “cans of swine”. And yes, it’s some vile imagery. \*\* You’re right, I muddled that a bit. The chorus is “cans of swine” and later there is an “I like Kansas wine” lyric. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/17 "2004-01-04T19:19:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Take a load off Annie My memory could be failing me, but I thought the line was “Take a load off _and he_ put the load on me.” No cite, just how I remember it . it makes more sense , I think 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/18 "2004-01-04T20:13:41Z")
Arc of a diver effortlessly my mind is sky when i wake up we’ll hold today for ransome til the quartz clock stops, until yesterday Lyrics by Viv Stanshall, who committed himself voluntarily at one point and who eventually committed suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Mearl\_Dox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Mearl\_Dox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mearl_Dox)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/19 "2004-01-04T20:30:27Z")
A little older from They Might Be Giants, from the song Cowtown: “The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned The ardor of arboreality is an adventure we have spurned, have spurned A new leaf overturned.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr.Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Roboto)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469/20 "2004-01-04T23:28:36Z")
LOVE…Arthur Lee “ooh Bip Bip,ooh Bip Bip,Yeaaahhhh” 7 & 7 is ``` "I go Slip,Slip, You go Slip,Slip, Away" Message To Pretty ``` Gum…Richard Harris did not Sing, “MaCarthur Park” He Performed it ! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-funny-unexplainable-song-lyrics/222469.md?page=2)