Ray Davies even…
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Love it - always makes me smile. Another one hit wonder with more tasteless lyrics (IMO) was Keith West - Excerpt from a Teenage Opera. The squeaky kids near the end make me cringe……Maybe we need a thread for funny lyrics (no point doing one for cr*p lyrics as the list would go on forever…….Ray Stevens, notably for The Streak
Once again, your action news reporter in the booth at the gym
Covering the disturbance at the basketball playoffs
Pardon me sir, did you see what happened?
Yeh, I did...half-time, I was just going down there
To get Ethel a snow cone
Here he come right our of the cheap seats
Dribblin'...right down the middle of the court
Didn't have on nothin' but his PF's
Made a hook shot and got out thru the concession stand
I hollered up at Ethel, I said don't look Ethel
It was too late...She'd already got a free shot
Grandstanded...Right there in front of the home team
Two omissions (I think) so far... Peter Gabriel and Neil Tennant. The latter writes some poppy pap, but when he puts his mind to it... Being Boring is a lyrical masterpiece... no I'm not joking.