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The 20 Worst Lyrics Ever: No. 13

"There were plants
And birds
And rocks
And things"

--America's 'Horse With No Name'

Like in New York, nouns are scarce in the desert, and apparently our poor soft rockers simply ran out of them. Too bad they didn't consult Michael Stipe: "There were plants and birds and rocks and prouds."

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dan

great song

May 17 2011 at 8:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alasdair

This is such a beautiful song (one of my favourites) but even i admit this lyric is downright poor.

November 30 2010 at 8:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Number 13

LOL!!! "plants and birds and rocks and prouds"! That just made me laugh out loud!

September 24 2010 at 5:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
swt

This song deserves double credit for another line that informs us "The heat was hot"

June 06 2010 at 11:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jack

Thats not nearly the dumbest line in the song. But I love it.

May 15 2010 at 4:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jorge

if you take a few lines out of a song, they may sound odd, picking this song make me realize who ever came up with this list most likely very limitted when it comes to music.

February 06 2010 at 3:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam

Whoever wrote this list has got no musical taste, poetic understanding and all he or she can do is criticise something they don't understand. Try getting your facts right when you decide that you want to do music journalism. Maybe you can be adventurous for the first time and get a life. Actually I think you should be fired for being a dumbass. No, cancel that...you should just quit so your boss doesn't have to deal with a cretin like you. Don't ever try to write anything else again...you suck, I'm out, piss off...never coming back here

August 24 2009 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jeanelle_79

no comment on that one....

July 31 2009 at 8:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Beautiful_Loser

Okay, so the desert song was about an ocean liner? Or was it about a giant dessert? I'm confused. But the horse did not have a name, that much is true.

July 28 2009 at 12:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Carlee

it sounds like he was writing this song outside and he was bored.

July 04 2009 at 4:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply