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The 20 Worst Lyrics Ever: No. 5


"But if this ever-changing

world in which we live in ..."

--Paul McCartney and Wings' 'Live and Let Die'


Dangerous combination: Sir Paul having so much money and prepositional phrases being so cheap. Any junior-high English teacher would take points off for everything after "world."




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Editor's Note: Oops, we originally had "in" instead of "if." (Thanks for correcting us, commenters!) But the rest of it -- "in which we live in" vs. "in which we're livin'" -- is still debatable. Either way, everything after "world" is unneccessary, and that was our point. Macca fans, don't despair, we love him too -- read our I Freakin' Love This Song about 'Heart of the Country.'

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wiseoldowls

Yeah, but I doubt they'll take back the Oscar they gave hime for this song!

July 08 2011 at 3:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gzoref

Yes!! I've been saying this line in Live and Let Die are horrible horrible. And I LOVE Paul McCartney.

June 30 2011 at 5:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Boheme

It's "the world in which we're living", dicks.

May 30 2011 at 12:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dan

are you ******* kidding me

May 17 2011 at 8:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jason

Ok, so the line wasn't Shakespeare. You really going to try to tell Sir Dr. James Paul McCartney, M.B.E. how to write a song?

Remember Jim Morrison's take on the English language..."you know they are a liar"?

June 11 2010 at 12:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Uchiha_Itachi

it saddens me to see such classics deemed to have "worse lyrics" than the computer-written crap that's being spoon-fed to the masses today. Apparently the assclown who made this list has no concept of good music vs. wannabe crap designed to cater to people with a grade school iq

June 11 2010 at 12:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
revrock

Why is there a picture of Angela Lansbury here?

May 27 2010 at 6:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jack

Once again. Have any of you Spinner idiots ever read poetry?

May 15 2010 at 4:24 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Fuzzbucket

If you're gonna slag someone's work, at least try to get it right.

The lyric is:
"this ever-changing world in which WE'RE LIVING..."

May 10 2010 at 10:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Todd LeBaron

Hey IDIOT...he's saying "In this ever changing world IN WHICH WE'RE LIVING"! That is what he wrote. Get your act together, people...you have the attention span of dryer lint.

April 21 2010 at 10:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply