Toto - Africa
The chorus
I bless the rains down in Africa
What the hell does that mean?
Actually, Angel of the Morning , my favorite heartbreak song of all time, was written by Chip taylor and first recorded by Merilee Rush.
Frank Zappa. Never heard the song itself, but I remember the reference from The Real Frank Zappa Book.
Two words. “Hey Mickey”
Last year’s hit song Are You Gonna Be My Girl by the Australian band Jet contains the most horrific line I know of:
Four, five, six
C’mon and get your kicks
Lenny Kravitz’s
I wanna see the stars
The Milky Way, and even Mars
from I Want to Fly isn’t far behind.
Yeah, but he’s so fine!
Oooh, what about “Wannabe”, from the Spice Girls? Especially this line:
If you Wannabe my lover
you gotta get with my friends
So basically, if he wants to sleep with you, he has to sleep with your friends first?
Not to mention totally missing the context of the word “wannabe”, which isn’t about wanting something, it’s about wanting to be something you’re not, and trying to do so and failing comically.
I think we should institute a rule that says if you’re going to start a “worst song lyrics” thread, you have to link to all the other “worst song lyrics” threads going back at least six months, because there are at least two dozen songs that get mentioned every time. I see we’ve not yet had the argument over whether Paul said “ever-changing world in which we live in” or “in which we’re livin’;” I think he’s an awful lyricist but couldn’t possibly be that stupid, so I opt for the latter.
I never got those “blank with no name” lyrics. How hard would it have been to name that horse? What about “spot” or “Old Paint” or “lightning.” And why couldn’t U2 have named those streets? I know its supposed to evoke a sense of the mystical but it always struck me as silly.
And while I’m on U2: Bono, when I’m trying to find what I’m looking for, I usually don’t “climb the highest mountains,” or “speak with the tongues of Angels” (a little presumptuous, dontch ya think). Instead I look under my couch. You’d be surprised what turns up there!
Also I like the lyrics to “Back in the USSR.” They’re silly, but fun.
Agreed. They’re a great send-up, and how can you not love somebody “those Ukraine girls really knock me out, and you know that Georgia’s always on my mind?” It’s possibly the only song in English that refers to the OTHER Georgia! 
Badge is one of my favorite songs as well, and I happen to like the lyrics. I’ve heard that the swans line was the work of none other than Ringo Starr, by the way.
We’re trying to.
My personal emetic:
Did what? Raise them? Why do you need anyone else if you do it yourself? And who ever suggested raising kids on Mars?
Regards,
Shodan
Nobody mentioned Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” yet? For shame:
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you’re wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me
WTF?
John Lennon’s song God, from John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band:
I just believe in me
Yoko and me
And that’s reality
Just try and sing that without laughing!
I got the lyrics from a google search. Its been pointed out to me here by
rekkah you’re right. I stand corrected. I still thought it was brain rather than grave though.
5 points. That took longer than I thought it would!
The song is Andy, from One Size Fits All. Actually a terrific album, in spite of the goofy lyrics.
Sorry Biffy… this one was just low-hanging fruit for you.
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da life goes on bra
la-la how the life goes on.
Nope, it is actually “kiss of a rose on the grey.” I thought it was “grave” for the longest time. This isn’t official, but see here.
LL Cool J - Goin back to cali:
I’m going back to Cali, rising, surprising
Advising realizing, she’s sizing me up
Her bikini - small; heels - tall
She said, she liked, the ocean
She showed me a beach, gave me a peachand pulled out the suntan lotion
Now I thought that was fast, but this girl was faster
She’s lookin for a real good time
I said, “Close your eyes, I got a surprise,”
and I ran away with the bottle of wine
Blech
I have to dash and head to a party so forgive me if anyone else has added more lyrics from this song:
I’m a superstitious girl
I’m the worst in the world
Never walk under ladders
I carry a rabbit’s tail
Worst in the world, indeed. Never heard of a ‘lucky rabbit’s tail’. Foot, perhaps? Someone actually argued with me once that this song doesn’t actually suck, it just doesn’t make sense because ‘the writer is a poet’.
Where’s that /barf smiley? I’ll have to settle for :rolleyes: … but it really doesn’t go far enough.
I think this song is ‘the worst in the world’, aside from the previously mentioned ‘Good Morning Starshine’, which should be carved in stone and inserted back into the writer, rectally.
Hey! I think that whole section is pretty funny and tongue-in-cheek.
But anyhow, I see you people take your lyrics way too seriously 
The one that drives me nuts, though, and it may have been mentioned, is the “Proud to Be American” line that goes:
And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
Sounds like freedom’s a consolation prize more than anything else with that line.
Frankly, while we’re at it, Hearts “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You” has always driven me batty:
“So we found this hotel, it was a place I knew well
We made magic that night. Oh, he did everything right
He brought the woman out of me, so many times, easily
And in the morning when he woke all I left him was a note
I told him I am the flower you are the seed
We walked in the garden we planted a tree
Don’t try to find me, please don’t you dare
Just live in my memory, you’ll always be there”
Can we fit any more hackneyed rhymes and cliches into a verse?