Still the best love song ever

[yendi]

Well, the best love song for grammar whores, at least. ;-)

I Love You Period, by Dan Baird:

Back when I was goin' to school,
I never learned a thing
All I did was daydream,
a-waitin' for the bell to ring
I had a certain teacher,
I always tried to impress her
When she stood up in the classroom,
I would mentally undress her.
Then one day I decided,
that I would write a little letter
She said the spellin' was a masterpiece,
the punctuation could be better
I understood what she was saying,
I got the gist of her sentiment
She said "I don't mean to be degrading,
"but here's the way that it should've went:"

I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses

Right on up to high school,
people said I was a writin' fool
All my letters became really great,
with punctuation that was never late
But I was havin' trouble meetin' girls,
I never knew the things to say
Soon I had 'em all overwhelmed,
when they heard me talk this way, like this:

I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses

Comments

[bouncepogo.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhh I used to love that song when I was a kid!

Thank you for reminding me of it!

*runs off to download like a fiend*

[astelspirals.livejournal.com]

i don't think i've ever heard this song. that's so cute.

*laughs and jots it down to dl when she gets home*

[silme.livejournal.com]

Cute! But I'd have to change it here from period to full stop. The only use of the word period here is for menstrual cycles and classes -- as in first period. :)

[lonesomenumber1]

Isn't it amazing that the other best love song ever was on the same album?



Knocked Up by Dan Baird

Well I did not go to church last Sunday
'Cause my sins I need not confess
With your daddy standing at the pulpit
I just figured staying home was best

Your physique is swelling and your waistline's telling
Everybody knows that it's mine
I guess the word's got around this old one story town
And your preacher daddy, he ain't blind

(Chorus) Well you got knocked up
And I got locked up
I guess you'd say that we both got screwed
Well you got locked out
And I got knocked out
I guess you're gonna miss a lot of school

Well you looked a damn sight older
That night up on the hill
And if I'd knowed what I know, well I would've let you go
But you said that you was on the pill

Well your uncle, he's the town sheriff
Your granddaddy he's the county judge
And I can't see a way that I'll see the light of day
With your whole family holding a grudge

(Chorus)

Well your family's got the shotgun ready
I can hear those church bells chime
Well I may not be ready for a wedding darling
But I know that I'm not ready to die!

(Chorus)

I guess you're gonna miss a lot of school
I guess you're gonna miss a lot of school


Well, the best love song about teenage pregnancy and shotguns weddings, at least. :-)

[yendi]

And of course, he was the man behind the classic "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," as well. :-)

[lonesomenumber1]

Have you heard the Yayhoos?

[yendi]

Not until now. Just wishlisted that album.

[tygerlilly.livejournal.com]

*laugh* that song makes me giggle every time. AND OH MY GODS YOU KNOW THE ARROGANT WORMS! I was listening to "Killer Robots From Venus" yesterday!

[yendi]

You mean there are people who don't listen to the Worms?

Re:

[tygerlilly.livejournal.com]

*Grin* I just found out about them a few weeks ago