![]() Fifty Eggs (1998) [ larger cover art ] |
Because I love you
I get tongue tied around you
I never say smart stuff around you
I never say anything around you
That'll make you want to be with me
So, because I love you
I will never be with you
There's plenty other people
Who I always find the words for
That I have the sweet gift of gab for
That I'm magical and good for
Who because I do not love them
Always want to be with me
Everything I say is true
So there's nothing we can do
Then what the hell I'll say to you
Let me have one dance with you
I recognize the look
In my eyes when I see you
It's the look of one who loves you
Who wants nothing 'cept to be with you
It is not the look that often
Gets returned in kind
Same old tale, ain't nothing new
What the hell's a soul to do
But maybe you can help me through
Giving me one dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
Why do all the rules I make
'Bout how to act around other people
Like don't write them private notes
Trying to explain your foolish actions
Like not hanging around
For hours after it's obvious
That your presence ain't desired
Like names are not important
So if someone forgets your name
They're forgetting something intangible
That has nothing to do with you
So it's stupid to feel bad
If someone forgets your name
Why do all the rules I make
'Bout how to act around other people
Always fall by the wayside
When I get around you
There ain't no more carrot stew
That old sky ain't never blue
That's a lie but this is true
All I want's one dance with you
My bed's unmade, my stuff's askew
I ain't heard the dumbest clue
I just want to squeeze on through
By getting one more dance with you
Stick it while there's still some glue
Move that stone while there's a crew
Before I stumble someplace new
Let me have one dance with you
Let me have one dance with you
Let me have one dance with you
''[[Woody Guthrie]] carves a sign into his guitar that says,
'''"This machine kills fascists."'''
[[Ani DiFranco]] says,
'''"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right."'''
I say, '''"Here's a monkey wrench; if you bop me on
the head long enough, maybe I'll wake up for a second."'''''
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
Dance with you, dance with you, dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: Oct 19, 2008 - 19:20 ![]() |
| ellenaut | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 22:14 I believe this one is about the kind of selfish obsession that budding stalkers (and drunks, et al) confuse with love - obnoxious repetition and delivery are brilliantly applied here. I especially love his idea that if our super-sufferer is whacked up the side of the head repeatedly he might wake up for a second... really funny. |
| AliGator (Lex Vegas) | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 21:58 This song made me stop reading an engrossing book in order to say to n4ku, WTF? |
| aelfheld | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 06:47 Bloody awful. |
| Zweiblumen (Boston, MA [2,606 miles ENE of Paradise, CA]) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 06:45 Not sure I've seen a song here on RP that is as universally hated as this one apparently is. Funny thing: I was ok until he stopped to chat about random musicians. |
| pallasathene82 (Research Triangle, NC) | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 16:48 Apparently I'm one of the few RP listeners who like this song. I had no idea. |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 16:48 This song sucks Fifty Eggs. ![]() |
| themotion (somewhere between infinity) | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 16:44 Anyone know where I can get a good deal on ear bleach? |
| Dude (Medford, NJ) | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 16:44 Ouch! Just awful. I love 90% of the songs here, and I can tolerate most of the rest. But this is just awful. |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 16:43 Only a 2 because I dig the actual music, and the chorus is kinda ok. Otherwise, it barely made "2" status. |
| tictocsailor (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 16:43 Why am I hearing this again? |
| GChevy410 (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 16:42 Keep playing it! It has an emotional appeal that is only found in people who truly enjoy what they are doing (see Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, or the Followill Brothers of the Kings of Leon). Thanks for playing. |
| reindeer (The Constitution State) | Posted: Jun 06, 2008 - 04:21 Bill, Rebecca, I really don't like this song. No offense. You play really good music, but this tune. So repetitive. Someone must like it to keep it in rotation. Can I get my gun and *make* him dance? ...and then shoot him? Maybe the worst song ever would be to have him cover Solsbury Hill? |
| whiskey (Stuttgart) | Posted: Jun 06, 2008 - 04:17 why do they keep playing this song??? i don't get it... don't they see it sucks big time?? |
| Excelsior | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 06:14 gorndog wrote: RP just did the same thing, Nelly Furtado (DJ Earworm) was the previous song, then this. Does RP purposely repeat play sequences? Yep, I guess one crappy turn deserves another... and another, and another. :puke: |
| gorndog (El Segundo, CA) | Posted: May 05, 2008 - 17:57 Excelsior wrote: Wow, a crappy Nelly Furtado remix followed by this?
RP just did the same thing, Nelly Furtado (DJ Earworm) was the previous song, then this. Does RP purposely repeat play sequences? |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 06:27 tiggers wrote: Check out Sarah McLachlan's cover of Solsbury Hill i stand corrected. |
| tiggers | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 06:00 rickhoran wrote: could be the lowest rated "song" i've seen and it deserves it.
Check out Sarah McLachlan's cover of Solsbury Hill |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 06:00 could be the lowest rated "song" i've seen and it deserves it. |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 05:59 Ugh. |
| EssexTex (Uranus) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 05:59 Oh dance on your own ! |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 05:58 Mommmmmmmy!!!! Make it stop! |
| palphd | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 05:58 for the first time while listening to rp, i have to hit the mute button on this one. |
| tiggers | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 05:57 Stop whining for the love of God!! This is awful! |
| Excelsior | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 05:54 Wow, a crappy Nelly Furtado remix followed by this? Is it "bargain bin" music day on RP? |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 03, 2008 - 17:24 Grizzly_old_man wrote: Hummmm, I kinda liked it. Never knew it was Ani DiFranco who said any tool is a weapon if you hold it right thought it was my own been using it for a signature line for some years now on another site. Gee, I thought my sensei came up with that one... |
| GChevy410 (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Mar 03, 2008 - 17:20 I think this song is ok, but some of his other stuff is great. Very entertaining and funny. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Mar 03, 2008 - 17:18 bill... come on. |
| Grizzly_old_man (I'm in the state of confusion on the west coast of Illinois) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:30 Hummmm, I kinda liked it. Never knew it was Ani DiFranco who said any tool is a weapon if you hold it right thought it was my own been using it for a signature line for some years now on another site. |
| yardsale (Massachusetts) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:19 Not entirely sure, but, I think he's saying he wants to dance with her... |
| moneygrip (Indy) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:19 |
| ellenaut | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:19 this is supposed to be funny - right? |
| a_genuine_find (III Stone Sol, Gould Belt, Orion Arm, Galaxy of Milk and Honey) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:18 |
| Kornmann (New York, NY) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:18 This guy is so annoying!!! |
| Inamorato (Twin Cities) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:17 I believe we need some Joanna Newsom as a musical palate cleanser. |
| daveturnley | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:17 Exceptionally bad. Edited to add: Wow. It gets even worse. |
| SCprof (South Carolina) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:17 Annoying! |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 07:14 Don't know what all the fuss is about. I kinda like it. |
| Jacksonstat (Columbus OH) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:28 Good lord, I don't post a 1 very often but that was just painful! |
| driver8 (Tin Pan Alley) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:27 I loved it! ![]() |
| AphidA | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:12 This really sucked. |
| weevilkinevil (close to Paradise) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:04 annanyc wrote: ... no one wants to dance with someone who whines. Stop begging and someone will more likely dance with you.
You said what I was thinking! |
| nclarke (FSJ, BC) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:04 it almost made me want to hurt myself |
| fingerpin (OhiO) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:04 How many again? |
| mrgus | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:03 I ran across the room to hit the mute |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:03 Well, that sucked. And I've laughed at some of his stuff before. |
| rprb | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:03 I'd rather you go back to Nelly Furtado than this whiny song...thanks |
| zipper | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:03 :it hurts: |
| keller1 (Altered States) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:03 dixiedeb wrote: This is terrible!
Exactly what I was going to say. Yuck. |
| dixiedeb (Augusta, GA) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 11:02 This is terrible! |



