Really Bad Song Lyrics

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Worst Lyrics Ever

Some song lyrics touch your heart. Others tell a story or mourn a lost love.

Then there are these lyrics...

Read on for some the the worst lyrics ever, then share your favorite bad lyrics in the guestbook at the bottom of the page.

Battle of the Boy Bands

Which is worse, the lyrics or the synchronized dance moves?

  • "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by Backstreet Boys
    Am I original?
    Yeah
    Am I the only one?
    Yeah
    Am I sexual?
    Yeah

    Am I repulsive?
    Yeah


  • "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids on the Block
    Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance.
    Just get on the floor and do the New Kids dance.
    Don't worry 'bout nothing 'cause it won't take long.
    We're gonna put you in a trance with a funky song,
    'Cause you gotta be
    Hangin' tough, hangin' tough, hangin' tough.
    We're rough.

    No, you're not.


  • "Pop" by *NSYNC
    Sick and tired of hearing
    All these people talk about
    What's the deal with this pop life
    And when is it gonna fade out
    The thing you got to realize
    What we doing is not a trend
    We got the gift of melody
    We gonna bring it till the end

    Or at least until JT kicks us to the curb.


  • "Popcorn Love" by New Edition
    Ah... "P" is for her personality
    I said the "O" is for originality
    And the other "P" is for the perfect love she gives to me
    The "C" is just 'cause she loves me
    And the "O" means she's the only love I got
    And the "R" and the "N", our love will never end

    Pop-corny


  • "Sure" by Take That
    Holdin', squeezin', touchin', teasin',
    Wantin', wishin', waitin', thinkin',
    Of you love, yeah yeah
    Blindin', groovin', feel it, move it,
    Findin', breathin', bracin', breedin',
    With you girl

    Retchin', runnin', gettin' a restrainin' order


  • "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd
    'Cause you and I both know tricks are for kids
    So get the Don Perignon outta the fridge
    I wanna do the first thing that comes to mind
    'Cause on a scale of one to ten
    No question you're a dime
    I'm attracted to ya 'cause you give me love
    And sweetheart, Color Me Badd
    Is gonna sex you up
  • You can spell it any way you want. You're still dorkks.

"(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka with Odia Coates

Written by Paul Anka

Yuck.

Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' how much you love me
Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' what you're thinkin' of me
I can see it, face is glowin'
I can see in your eyes, I'm happy you know it

That you're havin' my baby
You're the woman I love and I love what it's doin' to ya
Havin' my baby
You're a woman in love and I love what's goin' through ya

The need inside you, I see it showin'
Whoa, the seed inside ya, baby, do you feel it growin'?

Are you happy you know it? That you're

Havin' my baby

I'm a woman in love and I love what it's doin' to me
Havin' my baby
I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' through me

Didn't have to keep it
Wouldn't put ya through it
You could have swept it from your life
But you wouldn't do it, no, you wouldn't do it


And you're havin' my baby

I'm a woman in love and I love what it's doin' to me
Havin' my baby
I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' through me

Havin' my baby (havin' my baby)
What a lovely way of sayin' how much you love me

Havin' my baby (havin' my baby)
I'm a woman in love and I love what's goin' through me

"(You're) Having My Baby"

Performed by Paul Anka

These lyrics are even more absurd when paired with images of pregnant animals.
You're Having My Baby
by njc10011 | video info

111 ratings | 195,409 views
curated content from YouTube

Dubious Great Lakes Geography by Gordon Lightfoot

from "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald MP3 by Gordon LightfootLake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams,
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her.


(Don't get me wrong. I like Gord as much as the next girl.)

Misheard Lyrics

"Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam

This is a great song with completely unintelligible lyrics. And this video is hilarious.
MISHEARD LYRICS - Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
by misheardlyricsguy | video info

14,975 ratings | 5,915,215 views
curated content from YouTube

"Fly Away" by Lenny Kravitz

Written by Lenny Kravitz

Dr. Seuss has nothing on this guy.

I wish that I could fly
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly

I'd fly above the trees
Over the seas
In all degrees
To anywhere I please

Oh I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah

Oh I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah

Let's go and see the stars
The milky way or even Mars
Where it could just be ours

Let's fade into the sun
Let your spirit fly
Where we are one
Just for a little fun
Oh oh oh yeah !

[repeat 437 times]
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah

Honorable Mentions

Maybe not the worst, but really not good

These songs have at least a line or two that deserves recognition.



  • "I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond
    "I am," I said
    To no one there,
    And no one heard at all,
    Not even the chair.

    "I hear you, Neil," replied the coffee table.



  • "25 Or 6 To 4" by Chicago
    Staring blindly into space
    Getting up to splash my face
    Wanting just to stay awake
    Wondering how much I can take
    Should I try to do some more
    25 or 6 to 4

    25, definitely. Thanks for asking.



  • "I Write The Songs" by Barry Manilow
    I've been alive forever,
    And I wrote the very first song.
    I put the words and the melodies together.
    I am music, and I write the songs.

    Barry, this song was written by Bruce Johnston, and you know it.



  • "We Built This City" by Starship
    Marconi plays the mamba
    Listen to the radio
    Don't you remember
    We built this city
    We built this city on rock and roll

    And then we polluted it with this crap.



  • "Mmmbop" by Hanson
    Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
    You can plant any one of those
    Keep planting to find out which one grows
    It's a secret no one knows

    Plant them all. In my ears. Please.



  • "Still Fighting It" by Ben Folds
    Good morning, son.
    I am a bird
    Wearing a brown polyester shirt.
    You want a Coke?
    Maybe some fries?
    The roast beef combo's only $9.95.

    Um, ok...

"Supersonic" by Oasis

Written by Noel Gallagher

The most difficult thing about making a worst lyrics list is trying to pick only one Oasis song. The Alka Seltzer line makes this one the winner.

I need to be myself
I can't be no one else
I'm feeling supersonic
Give me gin and tonic
You can have it all but how much do you want it?
You make me laugh
Give me your autograph
Can I ride with you in your B.M.W ?
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine

You need to find out
'Cos no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about
You need to find a way for what you want to say
But before tomorrow

'Cos my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
No body can see him
No body can ever hear him call

You need to be yourself
You can't be no one else
I know a girl called Elsa
She's into Alka Seltzer

She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train
She made me laugh
I got her autograph
She done it with a doctor on a helicopter
She's sniffin in her tissue
Sellin' the Big Issue

She needs to find out
'Cos no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about
She needs to find a way for what she wants to say
But before tomorrow

'Cos my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
No body can see him
No body can ever hear him call

More Misheard Lyrics

Pearl Jam Black - Misheard Lyrics
by SuperRadJackass | video info

1,703 ratings | 569,848 views
curated content from YouTube

"MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer

Written by Jimmy Webb

This song was originally a hit for Richard Harris in 1968. The lyrics weren't any better when Donna Summer covered it with huge success ten years later.

Spring was never waiting for us dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

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, nooooo

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground beneath your knees
The birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing chinese 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, nooooo

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left my cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to make it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

"MacArthur Park"

Performed live in Holland

Donna! Your suit's on fire!!!
Donna Summer Mac Athur Park
by benotski007 | video info

2,545 ratings | 1,409,629 views
curated content from YouTube

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