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Subject: Worst lyrics you've ever heard
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 01:16:56 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 01:16:56 1984
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[Hi bug!]

>       Mephistopheles is not your name
>       I know what you're up to just the same
>
> A good example of just how far some people will go in forcing a rhyme
> just to show off how well-read they are.  At least he avoided trying
> to rhyme something with "Mephistopheles".
>       Stephen Folta


     A lyricist who rhymed Mephistopheles
     Was guilty of forcing an awful sleaze.
     He tried to show offal
     And for conduct unlawful
     Was stung by a slimy anopheles.

               Gordon Fisher