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The best food-related song lyrics

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by sirvaliantbrown, May 7, 2009.

  1. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    "Well have you heard about the Jolly Green Giant?" -- First line of Jolly Green Giant, single by the Kingsmen (yeah, the guys who did Louie, Louie), 1965. Can't remember the rest, but the background vocals were just the names of different vegetables between lyric lines.
     
  2. In his collection Long Time Leaving, Roy Blount has an entire essay devoted to this topic, and claims a vast archive of songs about food.
     
  3. Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.

    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St. Well-Known Member

    You know I love that organic cooking
    I always ask for more
    And they call me Mr. Natural
    On down to the health food store
    I only eat good sea salt
    White sugar don't touch my lips
    And my friends is always
    Begging me to take them
    On macrobiotic trips
    Yes, they are
    Oh, but at night I stake out my strongbox
    That I keep under lock and key
    And I take it off to my closet
    Where nobody else can see
    I open that door so slowly
    Take a peek up north and south
    Then I pull out a Hostess Twinkie
    And I pop it in my mouth
    Yeah, in the daytime I'm Mr. Natural
    Just as healthy as I can be
    But at night I'm a junk food junkie
    Good lord have pity on me
    Well, at lunchtime
    You can always find me
    At the Whole Earth Vitamin Bar
    Just sucking on my plain white yogurt
    From my hand thrown pottery jar
    And sippin' a little hand pressed cider
    With a carrot stick for dessert
    And wiping my face
    In a natural way
    On the sleeve of my peasant shirt
    Oh yeah
    Ah, but when that clock strikes midnight
    And I'm all by myself
    I work that combination
    On my secret hideaway shelf
    And I pull out some Fritos corn chips
    Dr. Pepper and an Ole Moon Pie
    Then I sit back in glorious expectation
    Of a genuine junk food high
    Oh yeah, in the daytime I'm Mr. Natural
    Just as healthy as I can be
    But at night I'm a junk food junkie
    Good lord have pity on me
    My friends down at the commune
    They think I'm pretty neat
    Oh, I don't know nothing about arts and crafts
    But I give 'em all something to eat
    I'm a friend to old Euell Gibbons
    And I only eat homegrown spice
    I got a John Keats autographed Grecian urn
    Filled up with my brown rice
    Yes, I do
    Oh, but folks lately I have been spotted
    With a Big Mac on my breath
    Stumbling into a Colonel Sanders
    With a face as white as death
    I'm afraid someday they'll find me
    Just stretched out on my bed
    With a handful of Pringles Potato Chips
    And a Ding Dong by my head
    In the daytime I'm Mr. Natural
    Just as healthy as I can be
    But at night I'm a junk food junkie
    Good lord have pity on me
     
  4. And, of course, something from Mr. Johnson.

    Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale
    Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale
    I got a girl, say she long and tall
    She sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the hall
    Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean
    Yes, she got'em for sale, yeah

    Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale
    Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale
    She got two for a nickel, got four for a dime
    Would sell you more, but they ain't none of mine
    Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean
    Yes, she got'em for sale, yes, yeah
     
  5. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Jambalaya, a-crawfish pie and-a file gumbo
    cause tonight Im gonna see my machez amio
    Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
    Son of a gun, well have big fun on the bayou.
     
  6. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    There's the classic children's song - Chicken Lips and Lizzard Hips:

    Chicken lips and lizard hips
    When I was a little kid
    I never liked to eat
    Mom would put things on my plate
    And I’d dump ‘em on her feet
    But then one day she made this soup
    I ate it all in bed
    I asked her what she put in it
    And this is what she said:

    “Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips
    And alligator eyes
    Monkey legs and buzzard eggs
    And salamander thighs
    Rabbit ears and camel rears
    And tasty toenail pies
    Stir ‘em all together
    And it’s mama’s soup surprise”

    I went into the bathroom
    And I stood beside the sink
    I said, “I’m feeling slightly ill
    And I think I’d like a drink”

    Mama said, “I’ve just the thing
    I’ll get it in a wink
    It’s full of lots of protein
    And vitamins, I think”

    “Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips
    And alligator eyes
    Monkey legs and buzzard eggs
    And salamander thighs
    Rabbit ears and camel rears
    And tasty toenail pies
    Stir ‘em all together
    And it’s mama’s soup surprise”
     
  7. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Has anyone mentioned John Cougar's "Jack and Diane" yet?

    "Sucking on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze
    Diane's sitting on Jackie's lap
    He's got his hand between her knees"
     
  8. topsheep

    topsheep Member

    Isn't there a song about milkshakes?
     
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