About the show
Lyrics to Go is a show about bad song lyrics. Listen in as music geeks Marc Davis, Seth Ford and guests discuss songs with terrible, misunderstood or confusing lyrics.
Episodes
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212 - Blurred Lines
January 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 32 mins
alan thicke, blurred lines, date rape culture, i know you want it, pharrell, robin thicke, t.i., yowzers
This week, the guys go over one of the creepiest hits of the 21st century so far... Blurred Lines by nepo-baby Robin Thicke. Contrary to popular belief, we do not "want it." Yikes.
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211 - Slam Dunk (Da Funk)
January 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
5ive, basketball, boy bands, five, freaky, funky, slam dunk, slam dunk (da funk)
The guys take a trip across the pond to listen to British boy band 5ive and their first hit single Slam Dunk (Da Funk.) It is chock full of basketball references that sound like they come from someone who heard about basketball from a distant friend once. They also talk about merging their penii together.
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210 - I'm Yours
December 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
fedoras, giving, hitchhiking, i'm yours, jason mraz, love
Seth and Marc talk about their love-hate relationship with Jason Mraz and, particularly, the cheesiness of his song I'm Yours which goes into his philosophy about giving and love like it was written by a college flunky on MDMA.
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209 - Baby, It's Cold Outside
December 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 26 mins
baby it's cold outside, consent, dean martin, john legend, kelly clarkson, pressure
The guys invite first time guests Chris and Crissy to talk about the elephant in the holiday room... Baby, It's Cold Outside. Is it as bad as people say? Is it worse? We have a lengthy discussion about the lyrics, consent, and modern covers.
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208 - Cherry Pie
December 16th, 2024 | 53 mins 31 secs
cherry pie, homoerotocism, licking the beater, warrant, water
The guys talk about the Warrant hit single that almost never was: Cherry Pie. Written at the last moment and changing the course of direction for the band, this song is riddled with terrible lyrics that sound like they were written by a bunch of horny 20-something year olds... oh wait.
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207 - Abracadabra
December 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
Seth and Marc pull the lyrics for Steve Miller Band's Abracadabra out of a big ol' hat to talk about how terrible they are. Apparently about a variety of things including Diana Ross, the Original Amateur Hour, and panties with angels' faces on them, this song is a doozy. Unfortunately, they are not able to make them disappear.
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206 - Keep On Loving You
December 2nd, 2024 | 56 mins 15 secs
divorce, hissing, infidelity, keep on loving you, reo speedwagon, snakes
The guys get into the depths of the lyrics to REO Speedwagon's monster ballad Keep On Loving You. Known for its chorus proclaiming a never-ending love, the verses tell a much bleaker story that is often overshadowed.
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205 - You Can Call Me Al
November 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 32 mins
african music, apartheid, art garfunkel, chevy chase, graceland, introspection, paul simon, you can call me al
A monster-sized episode! The guys are back after a mini vacation and have the immense joy to talk about the did-you-know-ness of You Can Call Me Al. How deep can a song with Chevy Chase lip sync-ing the lyrics in the music video get? You be the judge. Also, a big announcement!
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204 - Cheap Sunglasses
November 18th, 2024 | 43 mins 21 secs
cheap sunglasses, deguello, eyewear, molasses, sweaters, thick black frames, zz top
The guys listen to the 1979 ZZ Top ode to shitty eyewear... Cheap Sunglasses. Partially about the titular glasses, it's also about stalking a woman because hey! Why not?
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203 - Fireflies
November 11th, 2024 | 45 mins 9 secs
fireflies, foxtrot, insomnia, lightning bugs, owl city, sock hop
Seth and Marc would like to make themselves believe... that these lyrics are not complete ass. The guys stay up late poring over the lyrics to the nonsense insomniac diddy Fireflies by Owl City. A song about getting hugs ad learning to dance from bugs. Okay...
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202 - Amber
November 4th, 2024 | 55 mins 3 secs
311, amber, aura, frat guys, from chaos, mood rings
Woooaaah! Seth and Marc struggle to find the real message behind the 311 reggae rock ballad Amber. With lyrics that sound like they were made up on the fly by a horny frat guy trying to get some strange, are we just wasting our time? Probably
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201 - Little Red Corvette
October 28th, 2024 | 56 mins
cars, condoms, little red corvette, prince, princetober, women, women as cars
Seth and Marc finish out Princetober with Princes first hit: Little Red Corvette. Yet another episode that compares women to cars and then about having sex with them. But this time, with a little bit of horse imagery as well to make it extra weird.
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200 - Work That Fat
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
chubby chasing, diamond and pearls, new power generation, objectification, prince, prince and the new power generation, work that fat
Seth and Marc celebrate episode 200 in the midst of Princetober with the very troublesome Work That Fat. This isn't a single and, in some ways, it's barely a song. A voice-altered Prince makes a bunch of middle school jokes at a fat woman's expense while also saying how much he loves fat women. Yikes.
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199 - Gett Off
October 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 23 mins
diamonds and pearls, gett off, prince, princetober, rumors, solicitation
Princetober continues with The Guys about Gett Off, a song about a rumor Prince heard about the last time a woman had sex. Seems kind of rude, but it prompts him to let her know that people are talking about her... which also seems a little weird.
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198 - Sister
October 7th, 2024 | 46 mins 5 secs
dirty mind, incest, prince, princetober, sister, statutory incest rape, statutory rape
Seth and Marc kick off Princetober with his very controversial and very punky song Sister. If you know anything about Prince's hypersexuality, the title should worry you... and with good reason.
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197 - Kokomo
September 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
afternoon sex, carbibean islands, cocktail, kokomo, the beach boys, various vacation spots
This week, Seth and Marc grab a couple of parasols and head down to everyone's favorite destination: Kokomo! A fall from grace from the band that brought us one of the best albums in pop music history, this piece of hot trash is on many lists of worst songs... and the lyrics are definitely a part of that equation.