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    The 20 Worst Lyrics Ever: No. 5

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    "But if this ever-changing

    world in which we live in ..."


    --Paul McCartney and Wings' 'Live and Let Die'


    Dangerous combination: Sir Paul having so much money and prepositional phrases being so cheap. Any junior-high English teacher would take points off for everything after "world."




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    Editor's Note: Oops, we originally had "in" instead of "if." (Thanks for correcting us, commenters!) But the rest of it -- "in which we live in" vs. "in which we're livin'" -- is still debatable. Either way, everything after "world" is unneccessary, and that was our point. Macca fans, don't despair, we love him too -- read our I Freakin' Love This Song about 'Heart of the Country.'
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    Timat 1-30-2008

    This is one of my favorite alltime songs and is probably one of Paul's best works.including his Beatles work.

    Put it on a different list

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    Gregat 2-06-2010

    AOL are idiots. That song is one of Rock's most legendary songs

    Here's one for you AOL:
    I looked in the toilet and realize AOL came out of my BUTT, AOL CAME out of my BUTT. Felt an awful sensation in my Gutt then AOL came out of my BUTT!!!

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    Briat 2-10-2008

    They seriously put this song on the list? This song is awesome! And which song completely abides to all the grammar rules and the world? Name me one song that doesn't have "is" where it should say "are," and I'll shut up.

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    hotdogpoppaat 2-13-2008

    Hey , TOOL! If you're gonna trash lyrics... I mean GREAT!, Go for it! But at least get it right. You screwed up about four of them so far! My GOD what happened to the English language??????? Go back to junior high and try NOT getting baked before class!!!

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    hotdogpoppaat 2-13-2008

    Hey... Who's your editor... I want your job!

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    Nicholas Robinsonat 2-29-2008

    Very funny. Great list! Well said, all of them. But jeez, go back to the 20s (or other early eras) and listen to the crap they were shooting out then . . .

    "It's only a Paper Moon? Out of a frigging cardboard sky?" Dude, what are you smoking?
    "Haji baba?"

    Trust me, this century's songsmiths have nothing on the last's.

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    Lydiaat 3-10-2008

    this is a fine song, nothing is ever wrong with sir pauls songs not then not now not ever!

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    billat 3-11-2008

    So close! He almost avoided a dangling participle in the sentence in which he was writing in.

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    billat 3-11-2008

    So close! He almost avoided a dangling participle in the sentence in which he was writing in.

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    Across The Universe195at 4-13-2008

    he can't help it. he's British and the main difference between British English and American English is that British people lengthen their sentences and have awesome accents. Americans shorten their sentences and have cool accents. Duh!! i thought everyone knew that.

    Still, don't knock The Walrus. 60-something and still rockin'!!!!

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    lauraat 4-21-2008

    Everything after "world" isn't unnecessary. Prepositions, when used correctly, are fine. It's the last "in," not the first one, that is inappropriate, because it's superfluous and dangling.
    Correct: "in which we live"
    Incorrect: "which we live in"
    Although specifying this world as the one in which we live isn't entirely necessary considering the lack of other inhabited planets in our immediate vicinity, McCartney is grammatically correct until the last word of the lyric.

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    davidat 5-13-2008

    this is a great song, but he should have written, "if this ever-changing world in which we're living..."

    it actually makes sense that way, so I pretend.

    Who ever wished that Paul would remake some Beatles songs all in piano? Me.

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    Juliaat 5-27-2008

    Ok who writes these things? Were you just running out of songs? This is not even remotely stupid. Think about it.

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    starabovemybedat 6-25-2008

    wtf is wrong with this song?!?! you people make no sense, there is no reason for this to be on the list.

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    lazybone820at 6-25-2008

    Ok, I agree with every thing except for Paul McCartney's lyric in Live and Let Die. All he is saying the the time (not literally the planet Earth)and the people, basically the culture, is changing. I don't see anything wrong with the lyric. It's not completely necessary, but it still is fine. I mean compared to these other lyrics, this is nothing.

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    ARJUN RULEZ!at 6-28-2008

    this song was sang by Guns 'n' Roses...........

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    Sakura Midvalleyat 8-04-2008

    Guns 'n' Roses did a remake

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    RetroManat 6-30-2008

    One of the most epic song lyrics

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    Meeshat 8-03-2008

    great song by a great artist. This lyric makes sense if you listen to it.

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    jetblack819at 8-06-2008

    Wow...if you can't even get the lyrics right, you don't even deserve to decide the worst lyrics. Sir Paul is one of the greatest songs writers ever, you can't even argue that. Seriously, this site should be shut down if you really believe that is a bad lyric, even though it's not even the RIGHT lyric!

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