# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/161 "2004-10-31T01:59:40Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > “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. It does if you think he’s saying “we’re livin’,” not “we live in.” ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/162 "2004-10-31T04:10:14Z")
Having been an eye witness to all the 60s, 70s, and 80s (I haven’t been paying attention the last 20 or so) I want to nominate an entire song. While the lyrics are dopey beyond belief the song is one of my very favorites of the 70s and, IMHO, one of the best ever. Led Zepplen’s “Trampled Underfoot.” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/163 "2004-10-31T09:11:56Z")
Wot, no T. Rex? Fantastic songs, appalling lyrics: You’re like a car You’re pleasing to behold I’d like to call you “Jagu-ar” If I may be so bold. Well, you won’t be beating her off with a stick. You’re a hubcap diamond star halo Is that good or bad? Did you ever see a woman Coming out of New York City With a frog in her hand? No. And neither did you. ---
**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 31, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/164 "2004-10-31T12:37:56Z")
> [@Middlecase](#): > > You’re a hubcap diamond star halo > > Is that good or bad? Actually, it’s “You’ve got a hubcap diamond star halo” Great song, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/165 "2004-10-31T14:48:40Z")
I have to add this one about _Right Here Waiting_ by Richard Marx. I do like the song (OK, I’m a sap), but there’s one phrase that drives me nutso, because it is SO grammatically incorrect that it makes my ears cramp. _Whatever it takes, or how my heart breaks._ Even if my heart breaks, no matter how my heart breaks, anything like that would make some sense, but the way it’s written is just **WRONG**!!! Oh, and there’s this Reba McIntyre song that says: _Sometimes wonderful can fall apart sometimes._ I guess the second “sometimes” was in case you didn’t hear the first one. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/166 "2004-10-31T16:36:08Z")
I’m so glad this thread was resurrected! Allow me to add a favorite of mine: **Hootie and the Blowfish** _Every time I look at you, I go blind._ So, how many times _could_ you actually look at her, Hootie? Unless elsewhere in the song he mentions regaining his sight, which I doubt. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/167 "2004-10-31T17:24:01Z")
From **The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald** _As the big ships go, it was bigger than most_ ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/168 "2004-10-31T20:07:58Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > I’m so glad this thread was resurrected! Allow me to add a favorite of mine: > **Hootie and the Blowfish** > _Every time I look at you, I go blind._ > > So, how many times _could_ you actually look at her, Hootie? Unless elsewhere in the song he mentions regaining his sight, which I doubt. Sadly, for all of Hootie and the Blowfish’s sins, that one isn’t their fault. The song was originally done by the Canadian band 54-40 in the 80s, then Hootie did a cover that sounds _exactly_ the same as the original. As for bad lyrics, I’m sure I’ll think of some good (bad?) examples the instant I hit submit. ---
**Author:** ![theoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@theoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theoldman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/169 "2004-11-01T00:31:19Z")
I think the worst lyric hands down is Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses : ‘With an ironclad fist I wake up and French kiss the morning…’ ? -om ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/170 "2004-11-01T01:15:10Z")
It’s a stretch calling it “rock and roll” but Neil Diamond has the worst line in popular music with “and no one heard at all, not even the chair.” A close second is Bob Seager’s “Until you’ve been beside a man, you don’t know who he knows.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/171 "2004-11-01T02:32:45Z")
A couple of pages ago “Kung Fu Fighting” was mentioned. Now I happen to enjoy the song, it’s fun, especially when the Geico Gecko sings it, but if you want to point out the really bad lyrics then try; _They were funky China men from funky Chinatown They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down_ One of my most cringeworthy lyrics is another song from **Train**. I have managed to block out the title and the rest of the lyrics so all I can quote is “she wears high heels when she exercises”. Not only is it bad but just the idea of exercising in high heels makes my ankles hurt. From what I recall the entire song is pretty bad but like I said I have managed to forget the rest so I am not going to go looking for more examples. Sometimes having a memory like a steel colander can be a blessing. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/172 "2004-11-01T09:57:25Z")
The Rolling Stone’s Honky Tonk Women: She blew my nose and then she blew my mind Yes, I know it’s a coded drug reference. It’s also a bloody stupid lyric. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/173 "2004-11-01T19:04:40Z")
“well you’re built like a car, ya got a hubcap-diamond star halo” “get it on, bang a gong, get it on”… For some reason that wacky song sticks in my ear-I have no Idea what he is talking about! ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/174 "2004-11-01T19:45:44Z")
Well, if we’re inflicting bad song lyrics on each other, here’s a doozy: Cheeseburger in paradise (paradise) Medium rare with mustard ’be nice (paradise) Heaven on earth with an onion slice (paradise) I’m just a cheeseburger in paradise Stick a coconut in it, Jimmy Buffett. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/175 "2004-11-01T20:39:39Z")
From **Your Song** : “Well a few of the verses well they’ve got me quite cross But the sun’s been quite kind while I wrote this song” Quite. And how can you forget the color of the person’s eyes? From **Paint It Black** : “I could not fore see this thing hap pe ning to you.” Then there’s **My Ding-a-ling**. Less said the better, I think. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/176 "2004-11-01T22:40:32Z")
And while I’m killing this thread, “Sloopy I don’t care what your daddy do, Cause you know Sloopy girl I’m in love with you.” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/177 "2004-11-01T22:58:20Z")
I admit I read through this thread kind of quickly, but I didn’t see what to me is the most obvious one of all: “I am, I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair.” –Neil Diamond And how about this one: “I’ve been undressed by kings And I’ve seen some things That a woman ain’t s’posed to see. I’ve been to paradise But I’ve never been to me.” Um…yeah. Whatever. Please forgive if I’ve overlooked these “gems” posted previously in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/178 "2004-11-02T01:15:59Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > I admit I read through this thread kind of quickly, but I didn’t see what to me is the most obvious one of all: > > “I am, I said > To no one there > And no one heard at all > Not even the chair.” > –Neil Diamond Beat ya to it. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/179 "2004-11-02T11:09:17Z")
KISS, Love Gun Nowhere to hide, baby, nowhere to run You pulled the trigger of my love gun That is wrong on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918/180 "2004-11-02T11:16:04Z")
> [@Middlecase](#): > > KISS, Love Gun > > Nowhere to hide, baby, nowhere to run > You pulled the trigger of my love gun > > That is wrong on so many levels. It also seems to be ripped off from an Albert King song called The Hunter. “Ain’t no need to hide, ain’t no use to run. Cause I’ve got you in the sights of my love gun.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918.md?page=8)