# Worst rock&roll lyrics? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918 "2004-04-19T23:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/141 "2004-04-23T04:52:49Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [And a real estate agent named Paul who always claimed to be writing the Great American Novel](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4776383&postcount=49). Do try to keep up. Do us all a favor, and check your Cheerios next time to see if someone’s pissed in them before taking a bite. If you look back at my post, I never mentioned Paul, as that story had been explained. However, I was citing additional information about the “Navy/Davey” rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/142 "2004-04-23T12:40:44Z")
More umlaut abuse… On the way to work, I’m treated to **Blue Oyster Cult** ’s “ **Burnin’ for You** ”. Wanted to cite it, but I just can’t choose, so [see for yourself](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/blue_oyster_cult/burnin_for_you.html) the song in all its glory. Was there ever a worse potpourri of cliches and nonsense? I’m dizzy! Somebody get me a ladder! Btw, I thought the line was “time to play b-sides”. And does anybody know if “freezing their eyes” is correct? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/143 "2004-04-23T15:17:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I was citing additional information about the “Navy/Davey” rhyme. What part of “The characters in the song are based on real people Joel encountered working at The Executive Room” didn’t cover Davey? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/144 "2004-04-23T17:23:13Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > What part of “The characters in the song are based on real people Joel encountered working at The Executive Room” didn’t cover Davey? You know, it’s always been my assertion that comic book heroes are given sidekicks so that they can explain plot developments to the slower readers. I was merely providing additionaly anecdotal evidence in regards to the “Davey/Navy” thing. This seems to have eluded you. I would suggest that, in the future, YOU try to keep up. Or ask your resident superhero to explain things to you. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/145 "2004-04-23T19:15:21Z")
Ok, fellas, take it outside or you’re gonna get time out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/146 "2004-04-24T00:35:41Z")
i think i just won… “i would have liked to have known you, but i was just a kid; your candle burned out…” etc. hh ---
**Author:** ![BlackNGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BlackNGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackNGold)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/147 "2004-04-24T14:57:38Z")
I nominate the eponymous song by _Motorhead_ (man, what is it with umlauts and bad lyrics?) _Fourth day, five day marathon_ _We’re moving like a parallelogram_ OK, I kind of get it in the context of the song, but still shockingly bad. Wait a minute … Oh My God!!! \*_That’s supposed to @#%^^ RHYME!!!_ I can take tortured metaphors and forced rhymes, but how in the name of all that’s holy do you squeeze **both** into ten words? ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/148 "2004-04-24T18:22:42Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > See post #109. > > But for my money, deep-fried chicken the worst line in that tune has got to be: > > _I’ve seen a million faces > And I’ve rocked them all_ > > Someone get me a ladder! I always thought the worst line in that song was: _I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back_ ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/149 "2004-10-30T02:59:03Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > For all of their musical genius, you have to admit that > > “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah” > > is not the most insightful lyric. What do you mean?? That is the meaning of life! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/150 "2004-10-30T03:03:43Z")
> [@capacitor](#): > > What do you mean?? That is the meaning of life! There’s a story that says Paul’s father wanted him to change it to, “She loves you, yes, yes, yes”, so it would sound all proper like. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/151 "2004-10-30T03:17:28Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Well I’ll toss in a few bad lyrical bits - > > “Tears are runnin’ down your breast, > And your friends baby, they treat you like a guest.” > -Jefferson Airplane Grace was saying that your ‘friends’ sometimes may not be there to give you the moral support, nor the intimacy, when you need it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/152 "2004-10-30T04:45:52Z")
You know that I would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl we couldn’t get much higher Come on baby, light my fire The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now, we can only lose And our love becomes a funeral pyre Come on baby, light my fire * * * if you want to turn me onto anything you really want to turn me onto your love sweet love if the night-time is the right time anytime of yours is my time we can find time for love sweet love * * * na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/153 "2004-10-30T05:12:57Z")
**The Silmarils**. “ **Don’t Call Me Run Fast** ”. Granted, these guys aren’t English… but why try if you can’t speak it? Examples: “Don’t call me just say, you wanna suck me away” “Don’t call me run fast…Just call me… MR BROOKLYN”. This guy from the suburbs south of Paris want us to call him “MR BROOKLYN”. Okayyyy. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/154 "2004-10-30T14:08:24Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Maybe not the worst, but the stupidest: > > The Turtles - Happy Together > Me and you and you and me > No matter how they toss the dice > It had to be > **The only one for me is you > And you for me** > So happy together > So happy together > How is the weather > So happy together > "How is the weather?? WTF!? The bolded line is the one that gets me–I know it’s supposed to say that they’re each other’s one and only, but what it ends up saying is “You’re the only one for me” TWICE. It SHOULD say, "the only one for me is you, and (for) you is me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/155 "2004-10-30T14:18:31Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > …na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. I’ll see your “Hey Jude” and raise you, “Na na na na Na na na na Hey hey goodbye…” ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/156 "2004-10-30T15:16:51Z")
> [@doomraisin](#): > > Here are a couple that have always bugged me because of really bad grammar. Here’s Sir Paul from “Live and Let Die:” > > _But if this ever-changing world in which we live in…_ > > Preposition problems there, Mr. McCartney? I’ve seen a couple people mention this here, so I’d just like to point out that in the context of this line is as follows: “But if this ever-changing world in which we live in makes you give in your heart, say live and let die.” Changing ‘if’ to ‘in’ wouldn’t make any sense at all. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/157 "2004-10-30T16:02:37Z")
Oh, this thread was lots of fun. The top of my list (yes, I was keeping a list until this thread made it unmanageable) is Lita Ford’s _Kiss Me Deadly_: > [@](#): > > I went to a party last Saturday night > I didn’t get laid, I got in a fight, > Uh, huh > It ain’t no big thing Ugh. The rhyme, the content, using “Uh, huh” as a line, all of it. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/158 "2004-10-30T16:46:06Z")
I think Prince learned a new word one day, wrote a song about it, and sold it to the Bangles: It’s just another manic Monday I wish it were Sunday Cuz that’s my fun day My ‘I don’t have to run day’ Gaaahhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![Ten\_21\_14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ten\_21\_14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ten_21_14)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/159 "2004-10-30T16:57:23Z")
Straight from the '80s (The FIXX): “\*The deception with tact, just what are you trying to say? You’ve got a blank face, which irritates Communicate, pull out your party piece you see dimensions in two State your case with black or white But when one little cross leads to shots, grit your teeth You run for cover so discreet, why don’t they… \*” Pull out your party piece? YOUR PARTY PIECE?!?! If it wasn’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ::wildly runs away covering ears:: ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Uncle\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/160 "2004-10-31T01:56:44Z")
> [@](#): > > na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. > na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. > na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. > na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. > na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. > na na na na na na na na na na na Hey Jude. And then there’s She came in through the bathroom window protected by her silver spoon and now she sucks her thumb and wonders by the banks of her own lagoon Goofy lyrics? you bet. Some of the absolute best rock and roll ever? No question. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918.md?page=9)