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''So shake your head
''So shake your head, sucker }}
* [[Dream Theater]] did this a lot in their early work, most notably [https://web.archive.org/web/20130627024235/http://www.sing365.com/music/
{{quote|''Nervous flashlights scan my dreams
''Liquid shadows silence their screams
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''Feels like nothing, kills like something, gonna take my life away!
''Feel somebody peel some Coke but (five syllables of gibberish)! }}
* Many of the songs on Panic at the Disco's newest{{when}} album ''Pretty.Odd.'' are examples of this trope, most notably perhaps "Mad as Rabbits" which opens with the following verse:
{{quote|''Come save me from walking off a windowsill
''Or I'll sleep in the rain
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''I'm looking California
''And feeling Minnesota }}
* The "Willow Farm" portion of the [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] song "[[
{{quote|''There's [[Winston Churchill]] [[Crossdresser|dressed in drag]],
''he used to be a British flag, plastic bag, what a drag.
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''Leaves me with the feelin' that I fear the most
''Feel it come to life when I see your ghost }}
* A recent{{when}} example is [[Bowling for Soup]]'s "I Gotchoo", especially obvious since their lyrics are generally witty, not that it detracts from the song.
{{quote|''Waves hit rocks and folks get wet,
''I was gonna say somethin' but now I forget,
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''One is to love your neighbor 'til...
''His wife gets home.'' }}
** Christ, it's hard to describe just how weird that song is. For reference, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130930075941/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Soft-Parade-lyrics-The-Doors/F6CB7BED4BCF951C4825689700347737 these are the lyrics]. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
* Interpol loves this trope, e.g.:
** ''Slow hands'': "We spies, intimate slow hands, killer for hire, you know not yourself, we spies, intimate slow hands, you let the face slap around yourself;"
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''And if you lie down by the roadside,
''leave some kind of sign by the roadside. }}
* Mocked in [[Modern Man]]'s Bob Dylan parody "Very Little Like a Train", where the chorus actually says multiple times, "Well, I don't know what I mean, babe, but I mean it a lot."
{{quote|''Plastic prophets in a box
''Were playing with a pink rag fox
''While spreading cheese and golden lox
''On bagels made of dreams.
''While out on highway sixty-one
''The Joker did what must be done
''And left it lying in the sun
''Exactly like it seems.''}}
=== Classical ===
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''The fridge is my best friend
''(I am [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|a brony!]]) }}
=== Other ===
* Tom "T-Bone" Stankus's immortal 1979 recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkvQ-NdMPBM "Existential Blues"] eagerly dives into Word Salad Lyrics for the [[Mind Screw|sheer weirdness of it]]:
{{quote|''The elusive butterfly has just tip-toed past my door
''My buddy likes the Yankees; she says "Hey, T-Bone, what's the score?"
''And I say, "Well, Reggie got 1 in 1 in 3, and [[Chicago (band)|25 is 6 to 4]]."
''Is the left-wing really pinko? Colonel Sanders, what a bore!
''You ask so many questions, what answers should I choose?
''Is this schizoid paranoia, or just existential blues?
''The amenities of life have been chasing my soul
''And my mind is transcendental, and I'm losing all control
''And I'm sinking in the quagmire of illusions and Thoreau
''I cry out, "My name is T-Bone!" as a hound dog digs a hole
''You ask so many questions, what answers should I choose?
''Is this Plato's heebie-jeebies, or just existential blues?}}
== Non-music examples ==
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=== Web Original ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110424025656/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2059182,00.html TIME.com's list of "Top 10 Songs with Silly Lyrics"], many of which have already been mentioned on this page.
* The [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama "Llama Song"] - the only common thread is the titular concept of llamas:
{{quote|''Llama llama
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''I'm grabbing a routine vaccination
''With chicken and sweet carp on the side }}
* [[Songs to Wear Pants To]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514114041/http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/i-empty-my-baby/ "I Empty My Baby"]: A fan sent Andrew some already pretty silly lyrics for him to use in a song, and added that the lines didn't necessarily have to be in the same order. Andrew took the [[Literal Genie]] approach, and changed the order of every single word. Thus:
{{quote|''I empty my baby out my pockets to make me feel just right
''I sweat dry anti-fungal cream every day and every night
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