Songs with really weird lyrics

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2005-08-26 08:48pm

I just listened to the song "Chicken Bone" from Cowboy Bebop OST 3 Blue, and I alternated between laughing and thinking "what the fuck?". It has lyrics like this:

Dreamin' dreamin' dreamin' of this chicken bone...
Crazy crazy crazy 'bout the chicken bone...
Happy happy happy with the chicken bone...
From this spot and all my heart is chicken bone...

(Chicken bone...chicken bone...)
(Chicken bone...chicken bone...)
(Chicken bone...chicken bone...) (Heh heh...Destroy!)
(Chicken bone...chicken bone...)

Are there any songs you like with lyrics that are weird as hell?

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2005-08-26 08:51pm

-Blueberry Boat by the Fiery Furnaces
-Anything by The AQUABATS

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2005-08-26 08:59pm

Momus, anything by.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-08-26 09:45pm

Schooly D has weird shit.

*wikidy wik*
finger puppet!
*chick, wiki wik*
Finger puppet!

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-08-26 09:49pm

One word: Beck.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-08-27 04:58am

You've actually managed to hear them?

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2005-08-27 06:51am

Most Beatles tracks are pretty fucked up actually. Though this is mainly due to them spending a lotta time high as motherfuckers. Bill Hicks described them best "The Beatles where so fucking high they even let Ringo sing a couple of tunes. 'We all live on a yellow submarine'? they where so high they had to scrape Ringo off the celing"

J · Post by J » 2005-08-27 02:06pm

Dalton wrote:One word: Beck.

And Radiohead.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-08-27 03:29pm

More than one word : They Might Be Giants

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-08-27 08:20pm

ABC Mouse Parade, by Yoko Kanno.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-08-27 09:25pm

If anyone knows the lyrics to "Louie Louie" I'd be shocked.

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2005-08-27 09:59pm

One google later, and.

Bap!

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-08-27 11:43pm

Oh, and. Yar

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-08-27 11:54pm

Thank you Chardok.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2005-08-28 01:01am

Led Zepellin's Stairway to Heaven makes absolutely no sense to me. Hell, I'm not sure if I believe a Satanic Message is hidden in it backwards because at least it would mean something coherant played in one of the direction.

I mean,

"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
it's just a spring clean for the May Queen.
Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run,
there's still time to change the road you're on."

Maybe I'm just not deep. Or maybe high enough, I guess.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-08-28 01:11am

Ford Prefect wrote:ABC Mouse Parade, by Yoko Kanno.

I am ashamed to say I've never heard that song.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-08-28 01:34am

If anyone knows the lyrics to "Louie Louie" I'd be shocked.

Louie, Louie, oh no, said we gotta go.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, I said a
Louie, Louie, oh baby, said we gotta go.

A fine little girl, she waitin' for me.
Me catch a ship across the sea.
Me sail that ship all alone.
I never think how I'll make it home.

Louie, Louie,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah said we gotta go.
Oh no, said Louie, Louie,
Oh baby, said we gotta go.

Three nights and days I sail the sea.
I think of girl constantly.
On the ship, I dream she there.
I smell the rose in her hair.

Louie, Louie, oh no, said we gotta go.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah I said a
Louie, Louie, oh baby, said we gotta go.

Ok, let's give it to'em, right now!

Me see
Me see Jamaican moon above.
It won't be long me see me love.
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her "I'll never leave you again."

Louie, Louie, oh no, said we gotta go.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah I said a
Louie, Louie, oh baby, said we gotta go

I said we gotta go now

LET'S GO!

That's the Kingsmen's version. There are 1,500 variants but the Kingsmen's one is the famous one.

Interestingly enough, since the Kingsmen sing it so unintelligbly, lots of people thought the lyrics were incredibly filthy, so the FBI (that's right, the fucking Federal Bureau of Investigations) launched an investigation into the song and were unable to determine the lyrics.

Maraxus · Post by **Maraxus** » 2005-08-28 01:43am

Most of the songs written by Syd Barretts time in Pink Floyd have a rather odd prose to them. Just look at Bike.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-08-28 02:04am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Ford Prefect wrote:ABC Mouse Parade, by Yoko Kanno.
I am ashamed to say I've never heard that song.

I don't blame you at all. Though it really is good to listen to, we (my friend and I) have no bloody idea when it was written, who sings it or for what purpose it was made. The only thing we know is that Yoko Kanno wrote it.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2005-08-28 05:50am

Can't have a thread about weird lyrics, with out some Weird Al.

"Bob"

I, man, am regal - a German am I
Never odd or even
If I had a hi-fi
Madam, I'm Adam
Too hot to hoot
No lemons, no melon
Too bad I hid a boot
Lisa Bonet ate no basil
Warsaw was raw
Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Rise to vote, sir
Do geese see God?
"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod
Rats live on no evil star
Won't lovers revolt now?
Race fast, safe car
Pa's a sap
Ma is as selfless as I am
May a moody baby doom a yam?

Ah, Satan sees Natasha
No devil lived on
Lonely Tylenol
Not a banana baton
No "x" in "Nixon"
O, stone, be not so
O Geronimo, no minor ego
"Naomi," I moan
"A Toyota's a Toyota"
A dog, a panic in a pagoda

Oh no! Don Ho!
Nurse, I spy gypsies - run!
Senile felines
Now I see bees I won
UFO tofu
We panic in a pew
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2005-08-28 03:10pm

MRDOD wrote:Led Zepellin's Stairway to Heaven makes absolutely no sense to me. Hell, I'm not sure if I believe a Satanic Message is hidden in it backwards because at least it would mean something coherant played in one of the direction.

I mean,

"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
it's just a spring clean for the May Queen.
Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run,
there's still time to change the road you're on."

Maybe I'm just not deep. Or maybe high enough, I guess.

I've taken a recording of that song and reversed the relevant part, and I can confirm that you can indeed hear a distorted Satanic message if you know what to listen for. I don't know if this was intentional or not, but it's pretty cool.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2005-08-28 03:44pm

The Judas Priest song All Guns Blazing comes to mind:

Judas Priest wrote: Twisting the strangle grip
Won't give no mercy
Feeling those tendons rip
Torn up and mean

Blastmaster racks the ground
Bent on survival
Full throttle hammers down
A deadly scream

All Guns, All Guns Blazing

Forced into overdrive
Drawn out of anger
All talons poison dipped
Impaling spike

Heart pounding fever pitch
Blood pumping fury
Two fisted dynamo
Eager to strike

All Guns, All Guns Blazing

Cross cutting thundercharge
Blade of destruction
Flame throwing hurricane
Destroys the cage

Bone crushing alien
God of salvation
Sad wings that heaven sent
Wipes out in rage

All Guns, All Guns Blazing

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2005-08-28 04:35pm

Herman's Hermits wrote:I'm Henry the Eighth I am.
Henry the Eighth I am, I am.
I got married to the widow next door.
She's been married seven times before.
And every one was an Henry. (Henry!)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam. (No Sam!)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry.
Henry the Eighth I am!

Second verse, same as the first.

Thag · Post by **Thag** » 2005-08-28 07:09pm

Anybody remember the song, "They're coming to take me away, haa haa!"? I can't remember who wrote it, but I've got another one of his somewhere called "The place where the nuts hunt the squirrels". I'd have to dig around to get the lyrics, though.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-08-28 07:38pm

Thag wrote:Anybody remember the song, "They're coming to take me away, haa haa!"? I can't remember who wrote it, but I've got another one of his somewhere called "The place where the nuts hunt the squirrels". I'd have to dig around to get the lyrics, though.

They're Coming To Take Me Away
Napoleon XIV

Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go beserk

Well you left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind

And they're coming to take me away ha-haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa

You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I said
That losing you would make me flip my lid

Right? You know you laughed
I heard you laugh. You laughed
You laughed and laughed and then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad

And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa

I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish, loving deeds
Ha! Well you just wait
They'll find you yet and when they do
They'll put you in the A.S.P.C.A.
You mangy mutt

And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ha haaa ho ho hee hee
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats

And they're coming to take me away
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa!

Sure I remember it, but it's not all that weird. Makes perfect sense to me, anyway.