Nothing Worse Than An Old Song

Dripping with yesterday's sex
Irrelevant, from the past
Out of style, out of step
No wonder it didn't last
Not part of the modern world
Don't fit in this new age
Don't fit the New World Order
It's of a bygone day

Nothing Worse Than An Old Song
Off the radio, off the charts
Worn out and out of sync
From the era of our parents
It ain't cool, it's out of touch
Lost all meaning, sounds all wrong
Old fashioned, corny as hell
Nothing Worse Than An Old Song

Might be some cheesy doo ***
Or from the British invasion
Or from the big band era
Madonna, Michael Jackson
Instruments so out of tune
Vocals just a bit off key
Lyrics don't make much sense
Dated technology

Nothing Worse Than An Old Song
Off the radio, off the charts
Worn out and out of sync
From the era of our parents
It ain't cool, it's out of touch
Lost all meaning, sounds all wrong
Old fashioned, corny as hell
Nothing Worse Than An Old Song

We don't need quaint memories
Three minutes of antiquity

Nothing Worse Than An Old Song
Off the radio, off the charts
Worn out and out of sync
From the era of our parents
It ain't cool, it's out of touch
Lost all meaning, sounds all wrong
Old fashioned, corny as hell
Nothing Worse Than An Old Song

Jim Colyer ascap

The weird thing is, I was just reading an article about an American's recent hitchhiking experiences. One point was that it's not necessarily as outmoded (or quite as dangerous) as people might think. But the concept is pretty much a dinosaur, and almost nobody wants their kids to even think about doing it. "Lost all meaning, sounds all wrong"? In my mind this whole lyric oozes irony about a whole bunch of "old songs" that nobody wants to hear any more.

If I'm overthinking, I'll blame it on that "New World Order" line in the first verse, right up top

At any rate, nice job laying this out.

A well-written song, but I don't quite agree with the message. Old songs are everywhere. On oldies stations, cover versions, remixes, samples...

Just one example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es6xywE9NP0

over all i like it..especially the 2nd verse.. i couldn't agree more with the way music is being written these days...i believe Pat Green said it best when he called it . polished pop country crap...funny thing is, i find myself writing a lot of music that would probably fall in to that category.