Les Jones

Funny Ha-Ha > Song Lyrics

I just learned a new Google hack: to find the lyrics to a song, go to Google and search for the song name and the word "lyrics."

I tried it, and discovered that Bob Dylan's web site apparently has all of his lyrics online, plus streaming audio versions of the recording. Try the lyrics for "4th Time Around." Even if you're not a Dylan fan, you may recognize the tune from the movie "Vanilla Sky."

Thanks to this hack, I finally know the lyrics to the Clash song "White Man in Hammersmith Palais." Johnny Knoxville has said that when he started the TV Show "Jackass" he just wanted to make a show as cool as that song. Now I need to look up some REM lyrics.

Mis-heard Lyrics

I mentioned a while ago that I had mis-heard the lyrics to Paul Simon's "Graceland" for about, oh, 15 years. The line that I thought said "the way she brushed her hair and farted" is actually "the way she brushed her hair from her forehead." I also that thought the lyrics to "Myth of Fingerprints" were "Elvis is the watermelon" when they're really "Ever since the watermelon."

Well, I've been vindicated. Lots of people have mis-heard the lyrics the same way I did. See, for instance, AmIRight.com or KissThisGuy.com. So, it turns out that I'm NOT the world's biggest idiot and that, in fact, it was a tie. So ha!