Best Rhyme Ever- Page 3

[MisterRussell]

Posted: 4/25/08 at 12:32pm

Oh, and it's not all of "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" that's brilliant, it's all of W.S. Gilbert that is. Period.

[elphabelle07]

Posted: 4/25/08 at 12:47pm

"the child is so sweet and the girls are so rapturous, isn't it lovely how artists can capture us?"
"Guess what an invitation, guess who? begins with an a" "armfeldt is that a relation to the decrepit (i dunno how to spell it, sorry) desiree?"
i'm trying to think of something that's not sondheim...

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 4/25/08 at 1:25pm

In the depths of her interior
Were fears she was inferior.
And something even eerier.
But no one dared to query her superior exterior.

~Stephen Sondheim, "Ah, But Underneath"


and I agree all of W.S. Gilbert's and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics are brilliant. They are my two favourite lyricists!

Updated On: 4/25/08 at 01:25 PM

[Millie Lammoreaux]

Posted: 4/25/08 at 4:05pm

From City of Angels (Lost and Found):

If you're not celibate, we could raise hell a bit.

[thereisnofuture]

Posted: 5/9/08 at 7:29pm

Go, can't you go?
Why is nobody listening?
Goodbye, go and cry
At another person's wake.
If you're quick,
For a kick,
You could pick
Up a christening,
But please,
On my knees,
There's a human life at stake!

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 5/9/08 at 7:50pm

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 07:50 PM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 5/9/08 at 7:57pm

And when the beef comes out,
You do the carvin'
You hate Tom Cruise
But you love Lee Marvin

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 5/9/08 at 8:03pm

Grey Gardens has some of the best lyrics I've ever heard, second only to Sondheim. It shows the most in "The Five Fifteen."

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 5/9/08 at 11:33pm

In, swoosh
(the vampires)
In a whoosh
(the vampires)
Baba ghanoush

- "Die, Vampire, Die!" from [title of show]

The totally nonsensical rhyming of "whoosh" and "ghanoush" is what gets me. Are there really that few "oosh" words in the world?

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 1:24am

let's not forget the short, but sweet:

Butler?
Something subtler.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 1:43am

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 01:43 AM

[NYC_or_Bust]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 3:02am

"Could I bury my rage with a boy half your age in the grass?
Ha-ha. Bet your ass"

"This is how sampson was shorn. Each in her style a delilah reborn."
-f0llies

"Nice White kids who like to lead the way. And once a month we have our NEGRO DAY!"
-Hairspray

"Dear pen pal, I'm told where you live is really quite far.
Could you please send directions on how I can get...where you are?

-You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

[lizzie3]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 3:39am

this doesn't rhyme but they are my best lines ever so i just thought i'd put them out there:

Maureen: it's a metaphor
Joanne: it's less than brilliant

LONG LIVE RENT!!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 3:55am

ReNt blows.

Sondheim is a genius (for brilliant Sondheim lyrics, I would have to type all of "Story of Lucy and Jessie," and all of the "Now/Later/Soon" so instead of typing them I'll refer you to the FOLLIES and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC cast recordings) but let's not forget Irving Berlin who also was a master of the rhyme. "Hostess with the Mostes' On the Ball" has some of my favorite lyrics of any song just because of all the clever rhymes, here are a few examples:

"I've a great big bar
And good caviar,
Yes, the best that can be found.
And a large amount in my bank account
When election time comes 'round.
If you're feeling presidential,
You can make it, yes indeed.
There are just three things essential,
Let me tell you all you need,
Is an ounce of wisdom, and a pound of gall,
And the hostess with the mostes' on the ball."

(...)

"He can come and let his hair down, whoo,
Have the best time of his life,
Even bring his new affair down,
Introduce her as his wife,
But she mustn't leave her panties in the hall
For the hostess with the mostes' on the ball"

BRILLIANT and orgasmic!

[monestere]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 4:42am

Three of the best and cleverest I have ever heard:

Song, "Where’s that Rainbow?" – Lyrics by Lorenz Hart from PEGGY ANN:

In each scenario
you can depend on the end
where the lovers agree.
Where's that Lothario?
Where does he roam, with his dome
vaselined as can be?


song, “Come Along with Me” – Lyrics by Cole Porter from CAN-CAN:

There’s a prince whose home has become a must
For the lower men of the upper crust
‘cause his high born wife has
such a low cut bust


song, “I Could Be Happy with You” – Lyrics by Sandy Wilson from THE BOY FRIEND:

I don't claim that I am psychic
But one look at you and I kick
Away every scruple
I learnt as a pupil
In school my dear

I'm not one to make predictions
But I've thrown off all restrictions,
And I don't mind confessing
I think it's a blessing
That you are here

Updated On: 5/10/08 at 04:42 AM

[Kasie]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 5:34am

A lot of this doesn't rhyme, but its f*cking brilliant:

Cash for the merchandise
Cash for the buttonhooks
Cash for the cotton goods
Cash for the hard goods
Cash for the fancy goods
Cash for the soft goods
Cash for the noggins
And the pickins
And the frickins
Cash for the hogshead cask and demijohn
Cash for the crackers and the pickles and the flypaper
Look, whaddaya talk
Whaddaya talk, whaddaya talk
Whaddaya talk, whaddaya talk
Where do you get it?
Whaddaya talk?
You can talk, you can talk
You can bicker, you can talk
You can bicker, bicker, bicker
You can talk, you can talk
You can talk, talk, talk, talk,
Bicker, bicker, bicker
You can talk all you want
But it's different then it was
No it ain't, no it ain't
But you gotta know the territory
Shh shh shh shh shh shh shh
Why it's the Model T Ford, made the trouble
Made the people wanna go
Wanna get, wanna get
Wanna get up and go
Seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve,
Fourteen, twenty-two,
Twenty-three miles to the county seat
Yes sir, yes sir
Who's gonna patronize a little bitty two by four kinda store anymore?
Whaddaya talk, whaddaya talk,
Where do you get it?
Gone, gone, gone with the hogshead cask and demijohn
Gone with the sugar barrel, pickle barrel, milk pan
Gone with the tub and the pail and the tears
Ever meet a fellow by the name of Hill?

and so on... Updated On: 5/10/08 at 05:34 AM

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 5:37am

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 05:37 AM

[Kasie]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 5:44am

Oh, yes. That one too...

I love you madly madly Madam Librarian, Marian.
and pretty much everything from The Music Man for that matter...

Lepetite, I was going to mention Thirty-Ninety from TTB as well, but you beat me to it!

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 5:55am

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 05:55 AM

[Kasie]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 6:14am

The whole score is pretty emotional and artistic, but I can't get enough of 30/90 and Come To Your Senses.

You as the night
Me as the dream
All I've got tonight
Is static on a screen

[heathurrr]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 11:09am

Sondheim is the grand master of rhymes!

What was once a sumptuous feast
Is figs.
No, not even figs - raisins.
Ah, liaisons!

[Jon]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 11:10am

When love congeals
It soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals
The double crossing of a pair of heels
I wish I were in love again!

--- lyric by Lorenz Hart

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 4:21pm

posted on behalf of my good friend...


Should there be a marital squabble/
Available Bob'll be there with the glue.
--Sondheim, Company, "What Would We Do Without You?"


Mr. Harris, plutocrat, wants to give my cheek a pat/
If a Harris pat means a Paris hat, hooray!/
Ooh-la-la
Mais je suis toujour fidele in my fashion, mais je suis tougour fidele, darlin' in my way.
--Porter, Kiss Me Kate, "Always True To You"


The Whites begat, the Reds begat,
The folks who should have stood in bed begat.
The Greeks begat, the Swedes begat
Why, even Britishers in tweeds begat.
--Yip Harburg, Finian's Rainbow, "The Begat"


I hope and I pray/
For Hester to win just one more "A."
--Meredith Willson, The Music Man, "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl"

[Jon]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 4:56pm

The "Begat" lyric seems like a cousin to Cole Porter's "Let's Do It".

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/10/08 at 5:17pm

Isn't it warm?
Isn't it rosy?
Side by side by side.

Ports in a storm,
Comfy and cozy,
Side by side by side.

Everything shines,
How sweet!
Side by side...
...by side.
Parallel lines
Who meet.

Everyone winks,
Nobody's nosy,
Side by side by side.

You bring the drinks
And I'll bring the posy--

Side by side...
...by side.
One is lonely and two is boring,
Think what you can keep ignoring
Side by side by side.

(Never a bother!
Seven times a godfather!)

Year after year,
Older and older...

Sharing a tear,
Lending a shoulder.

Permanent sun,
No rain.
We're so crazy, he's so sane.
Friendship forbids
Anything bitter.

Being the kids
As well as the sitter--

One's impossible, two is dreary,
Three is company, safe and cheery.

-side by side by side company
oh sondheim, rhyming genius