The 20 Worst Lyrics Ever: No. 20

Where have all the poets gone? To pop music, of course. However, judging from our list, some of these esteemed wordsmiths could use a new thesaurus. We'll take your complaints at the end.

"If I was a sculptor
But then again, no"

--Elton John's 'Your Song'
(lyrics by Bernie Taupin)

Well, then stop bringing it up already! This line has been wasting our time for three decades.

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Will Bat 3-27-2007

The one you missed "I'm gonna smack your ass by a goddamn car crash"

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taylorat 3-27-2007

this is insane people,it just wasteing my own time
commenting on this omg! it makes me so angry;[

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MORSEJ.C.at 6-24-2009

Taylor, Taylor!?!... Angry Taylor!!... Where shall I begin?!?... First and foremost on your list of priorities should, definitely, be learning how to spell!!!... Will you try?!?... Pretty please, Taylor!?!... Secondly, grammar school called, it wants you back for a year or two. If you really believe that you're wasting your own time whining about a subject that's a waste of time, you're insane for feeling the need to even comment about it in the first place!!!...... To all of you smart-asses out there, spare me, and yourselves, from your own pointless opinions and commentaries. I'm filling in those blanks better than any of you could, as I roll this along!... It's bizarre how a nonsensical jumble of so-called words from a complete stranger named Taylor, could squeeze from me this ridiculous rant! Surely, you who are witness to this chaotic rambling realize that I'm wasting your time too?... Right? I'm absolutely aware that this shite is wasting mine. Acceptance will lay down those bricks of denial all day long! I am a professed glutton for punishment, only too willing to embrace and ingest all the b/s I encounter. Now that this has wasted the precious time of a few,(those who actually trudged through this bloody trench of hell), I should actually praise the source... Thank you Taylor! I appreciate the fact that you wasted your time, so I could waste mine, that in turn will eventually lead to a bit more of the populace wasting their valuable time. Wow! Isn't life's wasted time grand?!?!.................. WASTE NOT, WANT NOT!?... WANT WHAT?!... NOT WASTE, NOT WANT!!!!!!!!!

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aubiebelleat 3-27-2007

I LOVE Sting! But I take issue with the grammatical errors in his lyrics. "My feet don't hardly make no sound walking on the moon." "If you love somebody, set THEM free."

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abjuniper7141at 10-18-2008

I never noticed that. Hilarious.

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meltingpickat 2-27-2009

using 'them' to refer to an unspecified person of unknown gender is correct grammar.

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Chuck Botelerat 3-27-2007

The Bellamy Brothers "If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?"...need we say more?

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cardvldg1986at 4-22-2009

made for a pretty good pick-up line in the day but you were probably to young to know it.

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Bob Jacksonat 3-27-2007

And who could EVER forget I Cut Myself on a Piece of Broken Heart.....

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Rich Verdugoat 3-27-2007

I'm quite sure that Sir Elton says," If I were a scluptor, But then agaian, who knows...
Could be wrong.

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rbr617at 7-27-2008

YES, IT'S TRUE, YOU'RE WRONG. SO VERY, VERY, WRONG. YOU CAN'T SPELL FOR SHIT EITHER. TRY USING A SPELL CHECK YOU DUMBASS BEFORE YOU MAKE SUCH TOTALLY STUPID COMMENTS. AT LEAST CHECK A LYRICS WEBSITE YOU LAZY BASTARD. THE ARTICLE HAD THE LYRICS CORRECTLY PRINTED. DON'T BE STUPID, RICH, DON'T BE STUPID.

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smcclure18at 8-14-2008

It is "But then again, No"

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chimayaiat 10-21-2008

Sweet Mother of God, rbr, take a Xanax already or better yet, put that plastic bag back over your head.
Hmm..as a lyricist and a music critic, I think one of my all-time pet peeves is "and there aint no one for to give you no pain" from America's "Horse with no Name."
For some reason, when badly translated Japanese videogames were hitting America in the 90s, "All your base are belong to us" reminded me of the America song. Thanks, Sega! (barf)

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dave99nyat 7-01-2009

First off, they were written by Bernie Taupin, not Elton John.

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

I don't think there's anything wrong with these lyrics. If you can do better, let's hear it.

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