[Bill Baker]

Any and all songs by DEVO. I should know as I own most of their albums

[launche]

Any and all songs by DEVO. I should know as I own most of their albums

Sad thing is I didn't know they made more than one album...doh.

[ZLS]

Hello,

    Any song by Kinky Friedman.

    The ultimate Kinky Friedman song being "They Don't Make Jew Like Jesus Anymore"

[Soundbitten]

 MacArthur Park

Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!



There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why


MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh no!! 

[ZLS]

    It would be presumptious to state that MacArthur Park is the worst song ever; even though the has been more than one survey that states exactly that. 
    I will simply state that in the team picture of worst songs, MacArthur park has a seat front row center. 

P.S. Don't forget that it was sung by Aldus Dumbledor. 

[tull skull]

Solitare by ummm, well , uh, Jethro Tull...

brainstorming, habit forming, battle warning weary winesome actor spewing spineless chilling lines
the critics falling over to tell themselves he's boring, and really not an awful lot of fun.
well who the hell can he be if he's never had v.d.? and doesn't even sit on toilet seats
court jesting never resting, he must be very cunning to assume an aire of dignity
and bless us all
with his oratary prowess,
his lame brained antics and his jumping in the air.
but every night his act's the same and so it must be all a game
of chess he's playing
but you see, your wrong Steve.
it's only solitare


ah yea. o.k. kindy goofy.

 sorry but this is all from memory, so there might be many errors, but I probably have not heard this song for 10 years or more but the cadence of the lyrics has lodged the words in my head forever!

[nathanm]

I can't say there's a whole lot of lyrics in my collection that would qualify as "weird", it was tough to come with anything.  Plenty of interesting\cool lyrics, but not necessarily 'weird'.  They Might Be Giants has a pretty good corner on the weird lyric department, although I think that was already mentioned by someone.  (what the heck is going on with "Boat of Car" for instance?)

This one's weird because I don't recall ever hearing a song told from the point of view of an ostrich.  There's even an illustration of an ostrich stomping a guy's head in the booklet.

"Ostrich"
by Grief from And Man Will Become The Hunted

I bury my head in the earth
Not to hide my ugliness
but to shield my eyes from your horrid fucking world
I used to run free
Now you want to eat me
Fuck off you bastards
Why don't you eat yourself
Human flesh, I bet you taste like shit
I'll ram your fucking head into the ground
Trample your body
Until it is broke
Leave you for the insects to devour
I am an ostrich

I remember singing MacArthur Park in choir back in grade school!

[Soundbitten]

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Bob Dylan



Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you must tell me, baby
How your head feels under somethin' like that
Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat

Well, you look so pretty in it
Honey, can I jump on it sometime?
Yes, I just wanna see
If it's really that expensive kind
You know it balances on your head
Just like a mattress balances
On a bottle of wine
Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat

Well, if you wanna see the sun rise
Honey, I know where
We'll go out and see it sometime
We'll both just sit there and stare
Me with my belt
Wrapped around my head
And you just sittin' there
In your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat

Well, I asked the doctor if I could see you
It's bad for your health, he said
Yes, I disobeyed his orders
I came to see you
But I found him there instead
You know, I don't mind him cheatin' on me
But I sure wish he'd take that off his head
Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat

Well, I see you got a new boyfriend
You know, I never seen him before
Well, I saw you
Makin' love with him
You forgot to close the garage door
You might think he loves you for your money
But I know what he really loves you for
It's your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat

[jqp]

MacArthur Park

Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!



There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why


MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh no!! 

To me, MacArthur Park is a particularly haunting song about looking back on life and a string of failed relationships. It is not necessarily pleasant in large doses, but to me it is a success as a song.

By the way I recognize the avatar - love The Specials and have to play it every once in a while.

[rajacat]

Twisted Tunes- What if God Smoked Cannibus( Joan Osbourne parody)