Egregious Yodaisms

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examples of that thing where songwriters awkwardly rearrange a phrase in order to force a rhyme.

eg: Maggie May by Rod Stewart - "You laughed at all of my jokes, my love you didn't have to coax."

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Saturday, 22 January 2005 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The Fiery Furnaces, "Single Again":
'cause when I was single / my pockets did jingle

― Not Rob Mitchum, Saturday, 22 January 2005 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Have you ever met a girl that you tried to date but a year to make love she wanted you to wait?

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Holland-Dozier-Holland to thread: "In his arms I'm gonna stay," etc.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

this happens a lot and is the source of much confusion for me as listener.

― yes my email address is (Richard K), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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