What's the funniest song you ever heard?


This isn't misunderstood lyrics, but the actual lyrics that were funny. There have been artists who made a living writing humorous stuff like Spike Jones, or Ray Stevens to name a few, but the funniest song I have ever heard might have been "Pretty Smart on My Part" by Phil Ochs.

What's tickled your funnybone?
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Mojo Nixon
- "Elvis is Everywhere"
- "I Ain't Gonna Piss in no Jar"
- "Louisiana Liplock"
- "She's Vibrator Dependant"
_ "(619) 239 - KING"
Randy Newman
- "Shame"
- "Better Off Dead"
- "Rednecks"
- "Faust"
- "Roll With The Punches"
- "Burn On'
Not that the lyrics have been changed, but try Richard Cheese his band "the lounge against the machine" is funny as hell, the songs they cover in a lounge form of playback is worth a laugh.

Hey Islandear -- I'm not sure if the Fugs did "Ballin in the Bathroom" first. Could be....the Fugs and David Peel (along with Zappa) were all loosely categorized together in the late 60s as rebel rockers.

But I remember distinctly the David Peel album with "Up Against the Wall Mother F---r", "Ballin' in the Bathroom", "Mother, Where is my Father?", etc.

I think that was recorded in about 1968, so if the Fugs did it before that, then they were first. I just know that we made copies of the Peel album on cassette tapes and passed them around in high school in the early 70s. Boy, that was a while ago.....
My two favs are:

"Let's Get Mesolithic" and "Tommy the Canexican" both by Eddie From Ohio on the "Quick" CD.
Pretty Smart On My Part
By Phil Ochs

I can see him coming
He's walking down the highway
With his big boots on
And his big thumb out
He wants to get me
He wants to hurt me
He wants bring me down
Sometime later when I'm feel a little straighter
I will come across a stranger
Who'll remind me of the danger
And then I'll run him over
Pretty smart on my part
Find my way home in the dark

I can see her coming
sure looks pretty
her breasts are bold
and her mouth is large
she wants to get me
she wants to hurt me
she wants to bring me down
But sometime later when I feel a little naked
I'll lead her to altar
Then I'll tie her all in leather
Then I'm gonna whip her
Pretty smart on my part
Find my way home in the dark

I can see him coming
he's walking through bedroom
with a switchblade knife
He's looking at my wife
he wants to get me
he wants to hurt me
he wants to bring me down
But sometime later when I feel a little braver
I'll go hunting with my rifle
where the wild geese are flying
then I'm gonna bag one
Pretty smart on my part
Find my way home in the dark

I can see them coming
they're training in the mountains
and they talk chinese
and they spread disease
They want to get me
They want to hurt me
They want bring me down
But sometime later when I feel a little safer
We'll assasinate the president
And take over the government
And then we're going to fry them
Pretty smart on my part
Find my way home in the dark

Shiva that was Alan Sherman.