Funniest Lyrics, Weird Al Yankovic
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Why'd ya have to go and make me so constipated?
'Cause right now I'd do anything to just get my bowels evacuated!
In the bathroom, I sit, and I wait, and I sweat, and I clench, and I'll feel the pain!
Oh, Should I take Laxatives, or have my colon irrigated?
No, no, no.
Yeah, the day after I was done with the flu in May, I heard this song while going home with the cd, Poodle hat! I was sick for 3 more days.
Submitted by: JoyJoy
I ran out into the street with these flesh-eating weasels all over my face
Wavin' my arms around and just runnin runnin runnin
That line reminds me of something a friend of mine would do ... stupid yet funny, just to get laughs. Plus, Weird Al is about the only singer on the face of the planet to get away with lyrics like these.
Submitted by: Elfie
I've been milking and plowing so long,
that even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone.
If by 'thinks that Al's mind is gone' he means Ezekiel thinks that he's a 'wacko' then I think that's a pretty accurate description of the person in question.
Submitted by: Celeste
Ridin' in the bus down the boulevard, and the place was pretty packed.
Couldn't find a seat, so I had to stand with the perverts in the back.
(later)
We're already packed in like sardines, but we're stopping to pick up more.
Another one rides the bus (x2)
And another comes on, and another comes on,
Another one rides the bus.
Hey! He's gonna sit by you!
Another one rides the bus.
First he indicates that the bus had no seats available, yet when he gets to the chorus (refrain) he implies that the newcomers suddenly have seats to choose from? This is inconsistent. Sure, the bus can receive newcomers, even if it's packed, but where will they sit in such a situation?
Submitted by: Quyjibo
The only caveat was one of her earlobes was just a little tiny bit too big
What a trivial thing to ditch someone over!
Submitted by: Harrp
You'd better squeeze all the Charmin you can
when Mr. Whipple's not around.
This is because Mr. Whipple, the spokesman for Charmin's advertising campaign, always told people, "Don't squeeze the Charmin!"
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Don't take away money from artists just like me
How else can I afford another solid-gold Humvee
And diamond-studded swimming pools
These things don't grow on trees
These lyrics are funny because just as the singer sings "These things don't grow on trees", in the video, a car drops down from a tree.
Submitted by: Harrp
How come you're always such a fussy young man?
Don't want no Captain Crunch, Don't want no Raisin Bran.
Well don't you know that other kids are starving in Japan,
So eat it, just eat it.
The third line is amusing because Japan is such a rich country, even at the time this song parody was made.
Submitted by: Ryan Harder
Junk keeps arriving in the mail
from that worldwide garage sale.
Gee...I never thought of eBay like that before.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
I was driving on the freeway in the fast lane
With a rabid wolverine in my underwear
When suddenly a guy behind me in the back seat
Popped right up and cupped his hands across my eyes...
From the very beginning this song is hilarious just for its sheer randomness, but I kind of think it makes a point too - about the way everyone's always telling you that 'Everything you know is wrong'...!
Submitted by: Adam Wainleft
I've got more chins than Chinatown
Of course...since "Chinatown" contains only one instance of the word "Chin". But wait...would that mean Al has more than one chin? I thought that every human being had exactly one such part on their body???
Submitted by: Bill
My brothers and sisters all hated me 'cause I was an only child.
That's Al, folks.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Gump was a big celebrity
He told JFK that he really had to pee.
He never feels too dumb because,
his mom always told him 'stupid is as stupid does.'
I can't imagine anybody telling the president of the United States of America about needing to pee. Like, it's really nobody else's business (no pun intended).
Submitted by: Celeste
He told JFK that he really had to pee
During this line on the music video, there's a scene that is literally described by this lyric. How apropos! That's why I think it's funny!
Submitted by: DJ Kaito
He's Gump, he's Gump, he's kind of square.
He's Gump, he's Gump, he's Gump, What's with that hair?
When I heard this I broke down laughing. It was really funny.
Submitted by: Celeste
And then there was this guy who
made his wife so mad that one night
she cut off his wiener
and when he finally came through,
he found that Mr. happy was missing.
He couldn't quite explain it
it had always just been there
I laughed the first time I heard this but then the novelty sort of wore off.
Submitted by: Celeste
Once, there was this kid who
Took a trip to Singapore and brought along his spray paint
And when he finally came back
He had cane marks all over his bottom
He said that it was from when
The warden whacked it so hard
Kinda like, 'I went to Singapore and used spray paint, and boy, was my butt whipped.'
Submitted by: DJ Kaito
Can't stand 'Twin Peaks'
Wish they'd lynch those doughnut-eating freaks.
The use of the word 'lynch' is funny because 'Twin Peaks' was created by David Lynch. Get it?
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Cosby Show and Roseanne
Think I've taken bout as much as I can
Not only were The Cosby Show and Roseanne both Carsey-Werner Shows (in edition to Denise and Darlene both appearing in that movie High Fidelity! - what are the odds of that???), they used to rival in the ratings when Roseanne first aired (the Connors are essentially the anti-Huxtables). Now I wonder, was the character of Olivia introduced to the show JUST to boost the ratings and outdo Roseanne? It's a possibility. On the other hand, there is a TV Guide cover with Roseanne and Bill Cosby posing together, which (unless it's a doctored photo) is kinda cute. And sadly, the year that Off The Deep End came out (1992) was the same year The Cosby Show shut down production. Sad, sad, sad...
Submitted by: Ed
Say, do you remember when I broke in larry's house
late at night and tied his mouth with a rag?
then, I dragged him by his ankles to the middle of a forest
and stuffed him in a big plastic bag.
After an entire song lamenting the death of a local prankster, Al reveals he's the one who killed him.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
One that won't smell too foul
"Foul" (nasty) is a homophone "fowl" (a classification of birds, which includes ducks).
Submitted by: Harrp
I want a new duck
One that won't try to bite
Ducks don't have teeth... (but what do they bite with?)
Submitted by: Harrp
Show me how to get down
How to get down, baby!
Get it?
There's a pun on the word "down" here. Said word refers to feathers, not the opposite of up.
Submitted by: Harrp
You don't have an ounce of class.
You're just one big pain in the neck.
Quick, what rhymes with 'class' and can replace 'neck' in this instance?
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Hey, fella. I bet you're still livin' in your parents' cellar
downloading pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar
and posting 'Me too!' like some brain-dead aoler.
I should do the world a favor and cap you like Ol' Yeller.
You're just about as useless as jpegs to Helen Keller.
Nice.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Guy: Baby, I've been sleeping with your sister.
Woman: Which one?
Guy: All of them!
Woman: Well I've been sleeping with your best friend, Jake.
Guy: So have I. And I've been sleeping with your dog.
Woman: Woofy, you b**ch! Well, I've been sleeping with your pet goat.
Guy: That goat doesn't love you!
This is the voiceover of a Springer-show debate that is heard during the instrumental break. Weird Al sure knows how to creatively incorporate this stuff, doesn't he?
Submitted by: Alex
A huge tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer.
Well, I suppose that proves they're really not all bad.
The "they" pronoun (in "they're") is an ambiguous reference; it could refer either to dinosaurs or lawyers. Al apparently meant for it to be ambiguous, and let the listener decide.
Submitted by: Joe
30 years in the same location, I have stayed.
Ironic, considering he was less than 30 years old (i.e., still in his mid-20s) when he wrote and recorded this parody in 1984. He didn't turn 30 until 1989.
Submitted by: Liza Lott
'Cause I'd rather get a hundred thousand paper cuts on my face
Than spend one more minute... with you
I'm failing to see how this is possible.
Submitted by: Harrp
'Cause I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love,
and I have to use the self-service pumps
A hint of innuendo from the Weird One. Once you hear this line, you will laugh too; laugh long, and hard.
Submitted by: Michael
I'd rather dive into a swimming pool full of double-edged razor blades
than spend one more minute...with you.
What comes to mind: Cannonballlllll!
Submitted by: Celeste
They'll suck your brain out through a straw
You just can't trust those guys
Yeah... It's kind of hard to trust people, er, aliens that do that.
Submitted by: Your Worst Nightmare
And I don't know what I'm singing!
Only Weird Al can make a full song about not knowing what he's singing about.
Submitted by: Thomas
It's so hard to baf aoo abouf
With all this marbles in mouth
I've seen part of the music video and when he says this marbles start spewing from his mouth. It comes across as funny to me.
Submitted by: Whatever you wanna call me
And the Jedi whom we loved the most
Met up with Darth Maul and he was toast
That's... kind of a weird way of putting it.
Submitted by: Harrp
But their response, it didn't thrill us
They locked the door and tried to kill us
DUH! Understatements at their best!
Submitted by: Harlow Goobley
Do you see him hitting on the queen
When he's only nine and she's fourteen?
Trademark Weird Al humor.
Submitted by: Harrp
My, my, this here Anakin guy,
maybe Vader someday later,
now he's just a small fry.
He left his home,
and kissed his mommy goodbye
singing 'soon I'm gonna be a Jedi...
soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.'
I think this lyric pretty much speaks for itself.
Submitted by: Celeste
This song's just six words long!
It kinda sounds like he's saying "this song is...", which would make it seven words. But he's using the contraction, "song's", and due to the way the music is written, he can't really help that.
Submitted by: Quyjibo
Now, we're at the pay window,
or whatever you call it.
Stick my hand in my pocket.
I can't believe there's no wallet.
That's gotta bite. Why didn't he check to see that his wallet was with him (in his pocket) before he left the house?
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
(Look out!) It's gonna melt your face right off your skull
(Look out!) And make your iPod only play Jethro Tull
(Look out!) And tell you knock-knock jokes while you're trying to sleep
(Look out!) And make you physically atracted to sheep
(Look out!) Steal your identity and your credit cards
(Look out!) Buy you a warehouse full of pink leotards
(Look out!) Then cause a major rift in time amd space
And leave a bunch of Twinkie wrappers all over the place
Who would've thought that a computer virus could DO all these things? Yeesh...
Submitted by: Harrp
Say, has anyone ever told you you've got Yugoslavian hands?
No, of course not, that would be stupid.
Worst...pickup...line...ever.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Why we do it, who can say
Exactly.
Submitted by: Harrp
Do you think you could chip in for gas?
This entire song screams "cheap" rather loudly.
Submitted by: Harrp
Oh, the other day, my boss said we were running low on toner
And he told me I should buy another case
Well, I told him I was busy, but he still just kept on asking
So, I turned around and stabbed him in the face (right in the face)
Seems like he was just tired of being nagged, and found a not-so-nice way to eliminate the situation...
Submitted by: Dutch_Justine
But I know that I'll be coming back someday
I'll be playing this part till I'm old and gray
The long-term contract I had to sign
says I'll be making these movies till the end of time
Weird Al couldn't have seen 30 years into the future, could he? COULD HE? (For those of you who didn't know already, the song is being sung from Luke's point of view.)
Submitted by: Harrp
I admit I lost some self-esteem,
that time that you made it with, the whole hockey team,
Oh honey why did you laugh
That time that you pushed me down the elevator shaft
She doesn't love you anymore, Al. What part of that don't you understand? If she's pushing you down the elevator shaft then there must be a reason for it.
Submitted by: Celeste
Oh, if you don't mind me asking, what's this poisonous cobra
Doing in my underwear drawer?
These ones speak for themselves, really.
Submitted by: Harrp
You slammed my face on the Barbecue grill,
now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
You set my house on fire, you pulled my chest hairs with an old pair of pliers.
Oh honey why did you disconnect the breaks on my car
That kind of thing is hard to ignore,
honey something tells me you don't love me anymore.
This song is particularly funny because in the video he's completely oblivious to what's going on behind him.
Submitted by: Celeste
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