another topic - any lines from gord's songs that bring a smile to your face for any reason?

for me:

"all her sap runs free and sticks to me"
"bring your fishing line"
"his hide was thick as leather"
"polka dot underwear"

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another topic - any lines from gord's songs that bring a smile to your face for any reason?

for me:

"all her sap runs free and sticks to me"
"bring your fishing line"
"his hide was thick as leather"
"polka dot underwear"

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How about the last verse from "Walls"

I'm not ashaamed of wearin' out my old grey socks
Chasin' you around the back woods
I'm not afraid to darn nor too proud to find some yarn to sew them up once again,
Cause that's what socks are for.

"You seem to think because you got chicken to go you're in luck" instantly came to mind.
Jenney

"You seem to think because you got chicken to go you're in luck" instantly came to mind.
Jenney

"now the grey whale has run & the sperm is almost done."

"a tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed & said there goes another sandbar."

"she cries turpentine"

"she was all dolled up like a blue-eyed pup, lookin' fer somethin' to spill."

"come on Pearl, i'm rough & ready, i got my fishin' pole..." (i mean really!)

james

'Polka dot underwear' is mine, too. I actually call that song 'The Underwear Song', thanks to that line. I also like Uncle Toad Said, 'when Uncle Toad spoke it was not a pretty sight'.

'Polka dot underwear' is mine, too. I actually call that song 'The Underwear Song', thanks to that line. I also like Uncle Toad Said, 'when Uncle Toad spoke it was not a pretty sight'.

I LIKE SEVERAL LINES IN BOSS MAN WHEN HE SAYS "I GOT TO GET YOU ALONE IN THE MINE SOMEDAY" AND "IF YOU CAN'T LEND A HAND THEN GET OUT OF MY WAY"

I LIKE SEVERAL LINES IN BOSS MAN WHEN HE SAYS "I GOT TO GET YOU ALONE IN THE MINE SOMEDAY" AND "IF YOU CAN'T LEND A HAND THEN GET OUT OF MY WAY"

I'm playing Shadows continuously, and I think Blackberry Wine is so funny. In particular the line, "Pass it on over, it's a sin to be sober too long". I've heard Gord do that one at least twice in concert and I always laugh.

I'm playing Shadows continuously, and I think Blackberry Wine is so funny. In particular the line, "Pass it on over, it's a sin to be sober too long". I've heard Gord do that one at least twice in concert and I always laugh.

quote:Originally posted by joveski:
another topic - any lines from gord's songs that bring a smile to your face for any reason?

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"But if I never get to Heaven, Heaven don't deserve me anyway."

When I played this at the Lightfoot tribute concert, some guy in the audience started giggling. I think it may have been the first time he heard it.

Cathy

i thought of another one. it may not be funny, but i love the sound of it:

"triangle, triangle, see my ship dangle"

Ok that was interesting. Kinda of like when Jay Leon made the a dangling chad joke
ha ha

Ok that was interesting. Kinda of like when Jay Leon made the a dangling chad joke
ha ha

just the word dangle makes me laugh!
that one & gist.

most lines from "Triangle" are pretty funny!

james

"Anyway the wind may blow, Anyway I stub my toe" That one cracks me up.

"Anyway the wind may blow, Anyway I stub my toe" That one cracks me up.

I'm rather embarassed to say that it took a few thousands listens before I realized "Bend in the Water" wasn't about fishing. I struck me one night when I was baking and had the music on in the background, "Hey, wait a minute. Fishing pole, fishing hole. Hey, he's not talking about fishing."

I don't know how funny this line is, but everytime I hear it I think, "A woman could never write this."

Now there you go you're crying again
Now there you go you're crying again
But then someday when your poor heart
Is on the mend
I just might pass this way again

I'm rather embarassed to say that it took a few thousands listens before I realized "Bend in the Water" wasn't about fishing. I struck me one night when I was baking and had the music on in the background, "Hey, wait a minute. Fishing pole, fishing hole. Hey, he's not talking about fishing."

I don't know how funny this line is, but everytime I hear it I think, "A woman could never write this."

Now there you go you're crying again
Now there you go you're crying again
But then someday when your poor heart
Is on the mend
I just might pass this way again

"It was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listening"

What a poet! I don't know how you hear sombody listen; but, it is a great line.

"It was out in Arizona that he heard the lady listening"

What a poet! I don't know how you hear sombody listen; but, it is a great line.

Great Topic!!!
How About:
"May all your Martini's be forever dry"

"If your gonna face tomorrow do it soon"

"All the girls are in bikini's All the boys are in the buff With the baby in between and that makes three of us"

GET WELL SOON GORDON!!!!!

Chuck.

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Great Topic!!!
How About:
"May all your Martini's be forever dry"

"If your gonna face tomorrow do it soon"

"All the girls are in bikini's All the boys are in the buff With the baby in between and that makes three of us"

GET WELL SOON GORDON!!!!!

Chuck.

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Hey Watchman Great minds think alike!! HeHe
Email me Beatlesra1@aol.com

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Ever Onward...

Hey Watchman Great minds think alike!! HeHe
Email me Beatlesra1@aol.com

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I read through all your post and many I would not consider "funny". I was supprise what many of you said were funny when I feel its more of a poetic way of stating something. Some were not about humor at all I felt. Unless you see it differently than I do. Fo instance the one : "the grey whale has run and the sperm is almost done" is very sad if you ask me. Gord is stating a fact of the two whales being near there demize or end. How sad but not funny!Since when is Bend in water about sex???
I think the Underware one is the classic; so is the line from In my fashion about "sitting on ah stool ... etc"
How about these lines?
"The crew through his balls to the sharks"
"She knotty but nice" ..a great play on words since the word naughty comes from the word Knot..from the tree. Very good Gord!
I think his some "Uncle Toad Said is his first song that is entirely a comedic song. Can you just imagine a peeping tom frog narking on the children for staying up late and drinking beer. Sounds like a Sat. Night Live Skit.
I would have to go through all his lyrics. Seems he's got at least one funny line on each recording.
I think he has more "catchy" lines than quote "funny" line. He really knows how to play on words very similar style to John Prine and Jimmy Buffett. Many double meanings in his lyrics.
he drums up many scenes where I can visualize what is taking place. Many are very humorous. Very discript.
More later...
NM

"the mouths i feed are many, & they all say thanks a lot..." GL 1986

okay so some of these may not be ha ha funny, that isn't what Gord is about, thank God. maybe amusing is a better word. anyways all the above lyrics bring a smile to my face & it's all up to the individual in the long run. "Bend in the Water", much like "Knotty Pine" is a clever play on words, & yes it's about sex.

Get well, Gord!

james

How about -
"Those rats in my rafters,
They're after my shoes,
And anything else they can find on the shelf
I said they can use."

Cracks me up.

Melissa

How about -
"Those rats in my rafters,
They're after my shoes,
And anything else they can find on the shelf
I said they can use."

Cracks me up.

Melissa

it's from Long Way Back Home.

I just obtained a bunch of recordings from Gordy going way back. All the Warner Demos, Two Tones and even Gording singing in church at age 11. I think the funniest song now without a doubt is "Divorce Country Style" The lines are funny and the live aduience is rolling in spots with laughter.

Have to disagree about "Knotty but nice."

That's an old joke. I first heard it at age 5 (44 years ago) from a Disney album about Pinocchio.

"Pinocchio, Pinocchio,
His little head was made of solid Oak, we know.
Pinocchio, Pinocchio,
The rest of him must have been made of Knotty Pine."


Since the movie "Pinocchio" was released in 1940, when Gord was just an infant, it would not be surprising if he were aware of that song, consciously or not.

Final useless fact -- "Pinocchio" means "Pine eyes" in Italian.



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Have to disagree about "Knotty but nice."

That's an old joke. I first heard it at age 5 (44 years ago) from a Disney album about Pinocchio.

"Pinocchio, Pinocchio,
His little head was made of solid Oak, we know.
Pinocchio, Pinocchio,
The rest of him must have been made of Knotty Pine."


Since the movie "Pinocchio" was released in 1940, when Gord was just an infant, it would not be surprising if he were aware of that song, consciously or not.

Final useless fact -- "Pinocchio" means "Pine eyes" in Italian.



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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by."

For funny lines, I think the line about Betty's "engine" is pretty funny (the braggart! LOL):

Betty called me in to say goodnight,
Much to my relief and pure delight.
And with the dawn, the child in me was gone,
But it made a man out of me that night.
I think that was my big love scene
I do believe her engine run all right.


I also laugh at the lines from High & Dry:

Now the pleasures of the harbor,
Don't include a lady barber,
If it wasn't for Long John Silver
All of us pirates would have been martyrs.


But my favorite (unsurprisingly) is from Too Much to Lose"

"The dustcloud on the edge of town is me."




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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by."

For funny lines, I think the line about Betty's "engine" is pretty funny (the braggart! LOL):

Betty called me in to say goodnight,
Much to my relief and pure delight.
And with the dawn, the child in me was gone,
But it made a man out of me that night.
I think that was my big love scene
I do believe her engine run all right.


I also laugh at the lines from High & Dry:

Now the pleasures of the harbor,
Don't include a lady barber,
If it wasn't for Long John Silver
All of us pirates would have been martyrs.


But my favorite (unsurprisingly) is from Too Much to Lose"

"The dustcloud on the edge of town is me."




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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by."

quote:Originally posted by 2Much2Lose:
For funny lines, I think the line about Betty's "engine" is pretty funny (the braggart! LOL):

Betty called me in to say goodnight,
Much to my relief and pure delight.
And with the dawn, the child in me was gone,
But it made a man out of me that night.
I think that was my big love scene
I do believe her engine run all right.


I also laugh at the lines from High & Dry:

Now the pleasures of the harbor,
Don't include a lady barber,
If it wasn't for Long John Silver
All of us pirates would have been martyrs.


But my favorite (unsurprisingly) is from Too Much to Lose"

"The dustcloud on the edge of town is me."



The reason I quoted my first quote, I read in a book about "origin" of words and they mention the word Knotty and naughty originating from the same source. So yes indeed it does.
NM

quote:Originally posted by 2Much2Lose:
For funny lines, I think the line about Betty's "engine" is pretty funny (the braggart! LOL):

Betty called me in to say goodnight,
Much to my relief and pure delight.
And with the dawn, the child in me was gone,
But it made a man out of me that night.
I think that was my big love scene
I do believe her engine run all right.


I also laugh at the lines from High & Dry:

Now the pleasures of the harbor,
Don't include a lady barber,
If it wasn't for Long John Silver
All of us pirates would have been martyrs.


But my favorite (unsurprisingly) is from Too Much to Lose"

"The dustcloud on the edge of town is me."


Still from Divorce Country Style
"something about roses, then how I miss your Two lips"... then about the line ending up like beef stew meat.

Hey Bill W, I pulled a Borderstone! This is old but it is a great thread.