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There are tons of pop lyrics that try to be funny but fail dismally, and even more that are unintentionally hilarious (Sting, I'm looking at you). But what about the ones that try to be funny and actually make it?

To kick things off, this from The Canyons of your Mind by the Bonzos:

Each time I hear your name,
Oh my my, how it hurts
In the wardrobe of my soul
In the section labelled "shirts"

My fave is a Darling Buds b-side which went:

Remember remember the 5th of November
The skies lit up and so did we

PUKE.................

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Pukka Pie pest

Embrace the margin
Always Changing at Retford http://sptxx.tumblr.com/
Not Changing at Retford http://sptxx2.tumblr.com/

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"Baby, don't make the Egyptian Lover come in there and show you what time it is"

Some more I remembered:

I can't go away with you
On a rock-climbing weekend -
What if something's on TV
And it's never shown again?

Words to live by from "Outdoor Type" by The Lemonheads.

So I went out and bought me a leisure suit
I jingle my change, but I'm still kinda cute...

Frank Zappa, "Bobby Brown Goes Down" (you probably need the context to get the joke).

Fuck it, let the beard grow -
I'm too tired, I'll do it tomorrow

The Fall, "How I Wrote Elastic Man".

I like your stories, I love your gun
Shooting out truck tires sounds like loads and loads of fun.
But in my room, wish you were dead -
You bawl like the baby in Eraserhead.

Dead Kennedys, "Too Drunk to Fuck".