The best food-related song lyrics

Some great ones here, especially the kris kristofferson song...

Here's some

I know a boy who's tough but sweet
He is so fine he can't be beat
Got everything that I desire
Sets my summer sun on fire

I want candy (repeat x6)

Doob doob doob dayo (8 bars)

Got to see him when the sun goes down
Ain't no finer boy in town
Your boy that the doctor ordered
Your so sweet you make my mouth water

Candy on the beach there's nothing better
But I like candy wrapped in a sweater
Some day soon I'll make you mine
And I like candy all the time

I want candy (repeat x16)
By -- The Candy Girls (of course)


Look at all this liquor
Look at all this food
It's only gonna go to waste
We're not really being rude
But the good stuff's in his closet, I swear he wouldn't mind
Hell, we''ll just shoot the lock off, I do it all the time

"Gypsies in the Palace".. another Jimmy Buffet food reference

Sugar, ah honey honey
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you.
Honey, ah sugar sugar
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you.

"Sugar Sugar" The Archies


Your love is better than ice cream
better than anything else that I've tried
and your love is better than ice cream
everyone here know how to fight
and it's a long way down
it's a long way down
it's a long way down to the place
where we started from
Your love is better than chocolate
better than anything else that I've tried
oh love is better than chocolate
everyone here knows how to cry
it's a long way down
it's a long way down
it's a long way down to the place
where we started from...

"Ice Cream" Sarah McLachlan

 

"Sugar, ahh, honey honey"

 

Rapper's Delight

have you ever went over a friends house to eat
and the food just aint no good
i mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed
and the chicken tastes like wood

so you try to play it off like you think you can
by sayin that youre full
and then your friend says momma he's just being polite
he aint finished uh-uh that's bull
so your heart starts pumpin and you think of a lie
and you say that you already ate
and your friend says man there's plenty of food
so you pile some more on your plate

while the stinky foods steamin your mind starts to dreamin
of the moment that it's time to leave
and then you look at your plate and your chickens slowly rottin
into something that looks like cheese
oh so you say that's it i got to leave this place
i dont care what these people think
im just sittin here makin myself nauseous
with this ugly food that stinks

so you bust out the door while its still closed
still sick from the food you ate
and then you run to the store for quick relief
from a bottle of kaopectate
and then you call your friend two weeks later
to see how he has been
and he says i understand about the food
baby bubbah but we're still friends

 

WFW on Strait. I have his boxed set, and a lot of that early stuff is very good.
I also agree with most of your assessment of the country genre, although I liked some early Jackson, Black and Garth. The more recent stuff all around is generally unlistenable.
And I'm pretty sure I saw Elizabeth Cook at the Opry last year.

 

I think we've talked about this song around these parts, but the Buoys' "Timothy" (written by Rupert "Pina Colada" Holmes), the only US top 20 song about cannibalism, should be in here.

Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Hungry as hell no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig
And then there's some for you."

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?

I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy...

 

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, do you speak-a my language?
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich"

Men At Work
"Down Under"

 

Strawberry Fields Forever.

 

Man, Vegemite is nasty.

 

Long Tall Glasses
By Leo Sayer

I was travelin' down the road, feelin hungry and cold
I saw a sign sayin food and drinks for everyone
So naturally I thought I would take me a look inside
I saw so much food, there was water comin from my eye

Yeah there was ham and there was turkey, there was caviar
An long tall glasses, with wine up to yar

Then somebody grabbed me, threw me outta my chair
Said before you can eat, you gotta dance like fred astaire

You know I cant dance, you know I cant dance
You know I cant dance, you know I cant dance
I cant dance

I am a man of the road -- a hobo by name
I dont seek entertainment, just poultry and game
But if its all the same to you, then yes I will try my hand
If you were as hungry as me then Im sure you would understand

Hmmm
Now wait a minute
Let me see now

Of course I can dance of course I can dance
I'm sure I can dance, I'm sure I can dance..
I can dance

I can dance
I really hit the floor
Ah feels good
Look at me dancin'

I did a two-step, quick-step and a bossa nova
A little Victor Silvester, and a Rudy Valentino
You should a seen me movin', right across the floor
Hand me down my tuxedo, next week I'm comin' back for more

I can dance -- oh yes! I can dance
Look at me dancin' the floor movin'
I feel good -- I can dance
I can dance, I can dance, I can dance.

 

I thought Bow Wow Wow did this song.

ADD: Consulted Teh Wiki and saw it's been covered several times. In fact, the Bow Wow Wow version we know and love was a cover itself. Written in 1965.

 

Really? five pages and this classic hasn't been mentioned yet?

I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner
That is what I truly wish to be
cause if i were a oscar mayer weiner
everyone would be in love
oh everyone would be in love
everyone would be in love with me

 

Far too many Texans on this board for old Guy Clark to go unrecognized for so long on this thread:

I'm going down to Austin, Texas
I'm going down to save my soul
Get that bar-b-que and chili
Eat my fill then come back home
I'm gonna take my baby with me
We gonna have a high ol' time
We gonna eat till we get silly
Sho' do make a beer taste fine

Chorus
Oh my, momma ain't that Texas Cookin' something
Oh my, momma it'll stop yo' belly and backbone bumpin'
Oh my, momma ain't that Texas Cookin' good
Oh my, momma eat it everyday if I could

I know a man that cook armadillo
tastes so sweet he calls it pie
I know a woman makes pan dulce
tastes so good it gets you high

Get them enchiladas greasy
get them steaks chicken fried
Sho' do make a man feel happy
to see white gravy on the side

Chorus

I know a place that got fried okra
beat anything I ever saw
I know a man that cook cabrito
it must be against the law

We gonna get a big ol' sausage
a big ol' plate of ranch style beans
I could eat the heart of Texas
we gonna need some brand new jeans