Tophat665

I searched on "Worst Lyrics" and didn't get anything like this.

Pop music is and has always been characterized by a certain level of insipidity, and Rock has it's share too, but some songs really set the bar low.

So what are some of the worst lyrics ever?

Some of my choices:

"...But if this ever changing world in which we live in..." (Sir Paul - Live & Let Die)
"Pink as the sheets that we lay on./Pink is my favorite crayon." (Aerosmith - Pink)
"Here is my heart/ waiting for you./ Here is my soul./ I eat at chez noux." (Yes - Love Will Find a Way)

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mixedmedia

I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
Watch you weave
Then breathe your story lines
And I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
Keep track of the visions in my eyes

While she's deceiving me
It cuts my security
Has she got control of me
I turn to her and say

Don't switch the blade
On the guy in shades, oh-no
Don't masquerade
With the guy in shades, oh-no
I can't believe it
'Cause you got it made
With the guy in shades, oh-no

And I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
Forget my name while you collect your claim
And I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
See the light that's right before my eyes

While she's deceiving me
She cuts my security
Has she got control of me
I turn to her and say

Don't switch the blade
On the guy in shades, oh-no
Don't masquerade
With the guy in shades, oh-no
I can't believe it
Don't be afraid
Of the guy in shades, oh-no
It kinda scared you
'Cause you got it made
With the guy in shades, oh-no

Oh, I say I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I say it to you now
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I cry to you
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night

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Baraka_Guru

mixedmedia, it's bad enough we Canadians have to apologize for Bryan Adams.... now Corey Hart?

*sighs*

clue number one was when you knocked on my door
clue number two was the look that you wore
n' that's when i knew it was a pretty good sign
that something was wrong up on cloud number nine

well it's a long way up and we won't come down tonight
well it may be wrong but baby it sure feels right

and the moon is out and the stars are bright
and whatever comes s'gonna be alright
cause tonight you will be mine - up on cloud number nine
and there ain't no place that i'd rather be
and we can't go back but you're here with me
yeah, the weather is really fine - up on cloud number nine

now he hurt you and you hurt me
and that wasn't the way it was supposed to be
so baby tonight let's leave the world behind
and spend some time up on cloud number nine

well it's a long way up and we won't come down tonight
well it may be wrong but baby it sure feels right

well we won't come down tonight
ya we won't come down tonight
no we won't come down tonight

we can watch the world go by - up on cloud number nine

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"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."

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Cynthetiq

skogafoss hates this

Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply

I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...

always she has to correct the grammar error, each and every time we hear it...

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xepherys

What grammar error?

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Baraka_Guru

Heh... let sleeping dies lie.... not lay.

You lay something; you don't lay down.

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—"Politics and the English Language," George Orwell

"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."

—"Burnt Norton," Four Quartets, T. S. Eliot

mixedmedia

Don't sweat it, Baraka, Canada's hardly got a monopoly on insipid lyrics:

I'm bringing sexy back (yeah)
Them other boys don't know how to act (yeah)
I think you're special what's behind your back (yeah)
So turn around and I'll pick up the slack. (yeah)

Take em' to the bridge

Dirty babe (uh huh)
You see these shackles baby I'm your slave (uh huh)
I'll let you whip me if I misbehave (uh huh)
It's just that no one makes me feel this way (uh huh)

Take 'em to the chorus

Come here girl
Go ahead, be gone with it
Come to the back
Go ahead, be gone with it
VIP
Go ahead, be gone with it
Drinks on me
Go ahead, be gone with it
Let me see what you're twerkin' with
Go ahead, be gone with it
Look at those hips
Go ahead, be gone with it
You make me smile
Go ahead, be gone with it
Go ahead child
Go ahead, be gone with it
And get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it

Get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it
[X6]

Get your sexy on

I'm bringing sexy back (yeah)
Them other fuckers don't know how to act (yeah)
Come let me make up for the things you lack (yeah)
'Cause your burning up I gotta get it fast (yeah)

Take 'em to the bridge

Dirty babe (uh huh)
You see these shackles baby I'm your slave (uh huh)
I'll let you whip me if I misbehave (uh huh)
It's just that no one makes me feel this way (uh huh)

Come here girl
Go ahead, be gone with it
Come to the back
Go ahead, be gone with it
VIP
Go ahead, be gone with it
Drinks on me
Go ahead, be gone with it
Let me see what you're twerkin' with
Go ahead, be gone with it
Look at those hips
Go ahead, be gone with it
You make me smile
Go ahead, be gone with it
Go ahead child
Go ahead, be gone with it
And get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it

Get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it
[X6]

Get your sexy on

You ready? [x3]

I'm bringing sexy back (yeah)
The mothers fuckers watch how I attack (yeah)
If that's your girl better watch your back (yeah)
Cause she'll burn it up for me and that's a fact (yeah)

Take em' to the chorus

Come here girl
Go ahead, be gone with it
Come to the back
Go ahead, be gone with it
VIP
Go ahead, be gone with it
Drinks on me
Go ahead, be gone with it
Let me see what you're twerkin' with
Go ahead, be gone with it
Look at those hips
Go ahead, be gone with it
You make me smile
Go ahead, be gone with it
Go ahead child
Go ahead, be gone with it
And get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it

Get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it
[X6]

Get your sexy on

You ready? [x4]

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Cynthetiq

I was waiting for you to answer that one... most people have no clue that it's grammatically incorrect and it grates her each and every time we hear the song. She can't hear the endearment of the song at all, just the grammatical error.

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ShaniFaye

worst song ever

You can tell the world you never was my girl
You can burn my clothes when I'm gone
Or you can tell your friends just what a fool I've been
And laugh and joke about me on the phone

You can tell my arms to go back onto the phone
You can tell my feet to hit the floor
Or you can tell my lilps to tell my fingertips
They won't be reaching out for you no more

But don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
I just don't think it'd understand
And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
He might blow up and kill this man
Ooo

You can tell your ma I moved to Arkansas
Or you can tell your dog to bite my leg
Or tell your brother Cliff who's fist can tell my lips
He never really liked me anyway

Oh tell your Aunt Louise, tell anything you please
Myself already knows that I'm okay
Oh you can tell my eyes to watch out for my mind
It might be walking out on me today

But don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
I just don't think it'd understand
And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
He might blow up and kill this man
Ooo

But don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
I just don't think it'd understand
And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
He might blow up and kill this man
Ooo

Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
He might blow up and kill this man
Ooo

Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
He might blow up and kill this man
Ooo

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"now I lay me down to sleep."

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Manic_Skafe

It's almost embarrassing how every freestyle song ever created is fit for this thread.

Corina - Temptation

We've been together so long
I never meant to do you wrong
But I've found someone new
Theirs nothing you can say or do
To try and change my mind
Would be a waste of time
Lets go our seperate ways
Theirs nothing more to say
Just try to ease your mind
'Cause I don't mean to hurt you
It's just he's knows to treat me like a special lady
It's time you look away
He's knows just how to touch me
Maybe someday you'll understand

Chorus:
Temptation is a part of life
It doesn't matter if its wrong or right
Temptation is a part of life
It doesn't matter if its wrong or right
It makes you do what you love

He's knows I can't resist
Ooh, his perfect lips
When he looks in my eyes
I feel like I've been hypnotized
I've wanted him for so long
What I felt was oh so strong
...

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Strange Famous

The worst

Cheeky girls .

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

never ever ask
where do you go

never ever ask
what do you do

never ever ask
whats in your mind

never ever ask
if you'l be mine

don't ask why
don't be shy
touch my bum
this is life

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boys
you are the cheeky boys

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boy's
you are the cheeky boy's

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boy's
you are the cheeky boy's

mmm cheeky cheeky

che che che che che

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

(oo) boy's cheeky girls
(oo) girl's cheeky boys

never ever ask
where do you go

never ever ask
what do you do

never ever ask
whats in your mind

never ever ask
if you'l be mine

don't ask why
don't be shy
touch my bum
this is life

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boys
you are the cheeky boys

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boy's
you are the cheeky boy's

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boy's
you are the cheeky boy'

come and join the cheeky club
this is what you want
come and sing the cheeky song
our cheeky cheeky song ( oo )

come and join the cheeky club
this is what you want
come and sing the cheeky song
our cheeky cheeky song ( oo )


don't ask why
don't be shy
touch my bum
this is life

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boys
you are the cheeky boys

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boy's
you are the cheeky boy's

we are the cheeky girls
we are the cheeky girls

you are the cheeky boy's
you are the cheeky boy's

cheeky cheeky

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"And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff--I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy." (Holden Caulfield)

Byrnison

"Only time will tell if we stand the test of time"

Sammy Hagar while part of Van Halen, the name of the song escapes me but that insipid line lives with me forever

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mixedmedia

Yes. I think these might just be the worst lyrics in history.

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ratbastid

The single worst pop lyric of all time comes from the backing vocals of Michael Jackson's "Bad"

They go:

Bad, Bad.
Really, really bad.
Bad, bad.
Really, really bad.

YaWhateva

Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (i hate them so much and the lyrics to this song are just terrible)

hold on so nervously
To me and my drink
I wish it was cooling me
But so far, has not been good
It’s been shitty
And I feel awkward, as I should
This club has got to be
The most pretentious thing
Since I thought you and me
Well I am imagining
A dark lit place
Or your place or my place

Well I’m not paralyzed
But, I seem to be struck by you
I want to make you move
Because you’re standing still
If your body matches
What your eyes can do
You’ll probably move right through
Me on my way to you

I hold out for one more drink
Before I think
I’m looking too desperately
But so far has not been fun
I should just stay home
If one thing really means one
This club will hopefully
Be closed in three weeks
That would be cool with me
Well I’m still imagining
A dark lit place
Or your place or my place

I’m not paralyzed
But, I seem to be struck by you
I want to make you move
Because you’re standing still
If your body matches
What your eyes can do
You’ll probably move right through
Me on my way to you

We’ll I’m not paralyzed
But, I seem to be struck by you
I want to make you move
Because you’re standing still
If your body matches
What your eyes can do
You’ll probably move right through
Me on my way to you

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roachboy

for some reason, i have remember this particularly miserable lyrical excursion inflicted on us by emerson lake and palmer since high school.

it contains the worst couplet ever penned, which is in bold:

Still....You Turn Me On

Do you want to be an angel,
Do you want to be a star,
Do you want to play some magic on my guitar?
Do you want to be a poet,
Do you want to be my string?
You could be anything.
Do you want to be the lover of another
Undercover? You could even be the man on the moon.

Do you want to be the player,
Do you want to be the string?
Let me just tell you something,
It just don't mean a thing.
You see it really doesn't matter
when you're buried in disguise
by the dark glass on your eyes,
though your flesh has crystalised;
Still .... you turn me on.

Do you want to be the pillow where I lay my head,
Do you want to be the feathers lying in my bed?
Do you want to be a colour cover magazine;
create a scene.
Every day a little sadder,
A little madder,
Someone get me a ladder.

Do you want to be the singer,
Do you want to be the song?
Let me tell you something
you just couldn't be more wrong.
You see I really have to tell you
that it all gets so intense.
>From my experience
It just doesn't seem to make sense,
Still .... you turn me on

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twistedmosaic

Are we talking worst like lamest or grossest?

Mindless Self Indulgence: Panty Shot

Five year old pantyshot
oh,I can see between her legs
Five year old pantyshot
Oh Yeah Yeah Yeah
Five year old mother fuckin

pantyshot
Can't complain
I didn't even touch her so I can't be blamed
5 year old pantyshot in my brain
My life has meaning when she spreads her legs

5 year old pantyshot
oh,I can see between her legs
5 year old pantyshot oh
cock, bomb shock,you muthafuckas missed a spot
mother fuckin

pantyshot
I can't complain
I didn't even touch her so I can't be blamed
Five year old pantyshot hit my brain
My life has meaning when she spreads her legs

Five year old panty shot
shot
shot
shot

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Tophat665

"I've been watching you for hours/ it's been years since we were born..."
Counting Crows - Murder of One

Why can't this be love.

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uncle phil

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's busy"
"Too busy to come to the phone"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's tryin'"
"To start a new life of her own"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's happy"
"So why don't you leave her alone?"

CHORUS
And the operator says "40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Ple-ease Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's packin'"
"She's gonna be leavin' today"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's marryin' "
"A fella down Galveston way"
Sylvia's mother says "Please don't say nothin'"
"To make her start cryin' and stay"

CHORUS

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's hurryin' "
"She's catchin' the nine o'clock train"
Sylvia's mother says "Take your umbrella"
"cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain"
And Sylvia's mother says "thank you for callin'"
"And, sir, won't you call back again?"

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Bacchanal

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Beard Lust

Look at my facial hair
Oh man hot damn it's everywhere
Where'd you get that beard?
I grew it
How you keep it so clean?
I shampoo it
YEAH
I really wish I could grow a mustache
Why don't ya?
Well frankly I don't have the cash
You gotta take care of your facial hair
Otherwise it gets scruffy and bare

The elements of style
For the beard (something)
The essential manual
For owners of beards

Trim it
Cut it
Comb it
Style it
Clean it and scent with violet
Love it but don't get violent
Rub it but not in public
Eat with it but don't get messy
The only rule is keep it classy

........

If you want to hear this bit of awesomeness, go to their myspace. I downloaded it for someone at work, but just had to listen to it beforehand. Super-duper is all I can say about it.

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fresnelly

Weezer's El Scorcho is a fun, catchy pop tune but the lyrics are pretty clunky:

I went to the Green Day concert.
You said you never heard of them (How cool is that?)
so I went in to your room, and read your dia-ree-hee...

The Five Man Electrical Band's song Signs is just about a perfect song: It's catchy and the upbeat tone matches its earnest message well. It's also structured quite neatly in its rhyming and phrasing. Because of this, the one line that fails to rhyme and fit the phrasing sticks out like a sore thumb:

And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner

You just know they agonized over a way use "sin" instead of "sinner" but couldn't quite get it. I shake my head every time I hear it.

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