# Worst lyric rhymes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 1, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876 "2021-09-01T04:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/101 "2021-09-05T02:24:47Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > And “Like a dog without a bone/an actor out on loan(?)” I always heard it as “an actor out alone”. Edited to amend: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W1iruEJ-gp0/maxresdefault.jpg "Riders On The Storm (live) - The Doors in Concert") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1iruEJ-gp0) Clearly says “actor out alone” ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/102 "2021-09-05T02:43:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > > > How is that forced? “Sweet” and “meat” rhyme. > > > > Cup of meat?? > > It’s a brilliant line, turning a cliche on its head and surprising the listener. One of the many reasons why Dylan’s songwriting is acclaimed. > > Not everything in the world is describing a literal object. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/The_Pope_and_Bovril.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/The_Pope_and_Bovril.jpg) “Since its invention, Bovril has become an icon of British culture.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/103 "2021-09-05T03:31:07Z")
Hey good name for a pub anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/104 "2021-09-05T18:44:58Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > “The pump don’t work ‘cause the vandal stole the handle”. > > Really? It’s been suggested that Dylan borrowed the “sandals/scandals/vandals/handles” rhyme from Robert Browning: _Look, two and two go the priests, then the monks with cowls and sandals,_ _And the penitents dressed in white shirts a-holding the yellow candles;_ _One, he carries a flag up straight, and another a cross with handles._ _And the Duke’s guard brings up the rear, for the better prevention of scandals_ ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/105 "2021-09-06T12:04:18Z")
In “Do You Remember Rock 'n Roll Radio?” the Ramones rhyme “Murray the K.” with “high energy.” In Joey’s mid-Atlantic Queens affectation it comes out as “high enerjay.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gi9a7IdRiBI/maxresdefault.jpg "Ramones - Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio? (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi9a7IdRiBI) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/106 "2021-09-06T14:46:57Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Clearly says “actor out alone” Dang, that was a great cut, thanks for posting. That Rhodes keyboard bass had the bass player totally redundant. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/107 "2021-09-06T18:56:35Z")
I don’t know if this is one of the worst rhymes ever, or one of the best. From “Cry Me A River” by Arthur Hamilton, best known by Julie London. “You told me love was too plebeian Told me you were through with me, and …” ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/108 "2021-09-06T18:58:28Z")
From Hot Love by T-Rex: Well she’s my woman of gold And she’s not very old Well she’s my woman of gold And she’s not very old I don’t mean to be bold, a-but a-may I hold your hand? Well she ain’t no witch and I love the way she twitch Well she ain’t no witch and I love the way she twitch I’m a labourer of love in my Persian gloves Well she’s faster than most and she lives on the coast Well she’s faster than most and she lives on the coast I’m her two-penny prince and I give her hot love Appalling. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/109 "2021-09-06T20:52:47Z")
a) The lyric has always been “Actor out on loan”. b) Your link doesn’t prove anything, it’s a 2012 video of a tribute band. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/110 "2021-09-06T21:37:56Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > a) The lyric has always been “Actor out on loan”. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/111 "2021-09-06T22:02:18Z")
Looks like the [first](https://genius.com/The-doors-riders-on-the-storm-lyrics) [three](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/doors/ridersonthestorm.html) [google hits](https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/the-doors/riders-on-the-storm) show “actor out on loan”. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/112 "2021-09-06T22:36:33Z")
Everyplace I’ve ever seen the lyrics written out, and hearing Jim sing it for 50 years. If I can be proven wrong, fine by me. ETA: For Christ’s sake, I’ve got THE definitive proof sitting in my lap in my Kindle. “The Collected Works Of Jim Morrison” (2021) includes every lyric Jim ever wrote, including his original HANDWRITTEN lyrics for Riders. “Actor out on loan” in his own handwriting. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/113 "2021-09-06T23:55:36Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Everyplace I’ve ever seen the lyrics written out… Irrelevant. The internet is notorious for posting wrong lyrics. > [@](#): > > ETA: For Christ’s sake, I’ve got THE definitive proof sitting in my lap in my Kindle. “The Collected Works Of Jim Morrison” (2021) includes every lyric Jim ever wrote, including his original HANDWRITTEN lyrics for Riders. Fine, I’ll happily concede the point. But what’s with all the “Christ sake” and all caps. It’s not a competition. I just posted what I thought I had heard. Take a breath, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/114 "2021-09-06T23:59:15Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Irrelevant. The internet is notorious for posting wrong lyrics. Curious, then, what kind of a cite you were looking for, short of Jim’s handwritten one. The only thing I can thing of would be album liner notes, which won’t help here. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/115 "2021-09-07T00:06:36Z")
TC stated (apparently definitively) “The lyric has always been “Actor out on loan”, rather than ‘sounds like… to me’. I just wondered what the source was. Are you debating that internet lyrics are unreliable? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/116 "2021-09-07T00:12:16Z")
Sure, internet lyrics can most definitely be unreliable, but after finding another four cites (that I can’t bother to post this time), then after a while one might as well go with the numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/117 "2021-09-07T00:22:09Z")
Not if they are internet lyric sites. They copy and paste (read:steal) from each other. But I’ve admitted I was wrong, I asked for a site and they provided one. Not sure the point of dragging this out. I stand by my contention that linking to a random lyric site isn’t proof. If you disagree, lets agree to disagree. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/118 "2021-09-07T01:09:41Z")
What you all are ignoring is that either way, the lyric sucks. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/119 "2021-09-07T01:55:24Z")
Here’s the vocal isolation: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I0fw4_fFvt8/maxresdefault.jpg "Jim Morrison - Riders on the Storm ( Only Vocals Studio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fw4_fFvt8) It does sound, to me, like “actor out on loan.” Which does make sense, as actors used to be loaned out by studios. “Actor all alone” also makes sense to me, as what good is an actor without an audience? Either way, it is kind of an arbitrary image (or rather the pair is kind of oddball.) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876/120 "2021-09-07T02:37:16Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Either way, it is kind of an arbitrary image (or rather the pair is kind of oddball.) Gots to agree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876.md?page=7)