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These are lyrics by Steve Miller Band that we think are kind of nonsensical.

Nonsensical Song Lyrics, Steve Miller Band

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Steve Miller Band's, "Fly Like An Eagle"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future
Why They're Nonsensical:
Think about it. Time, by its nature, slips into the past, not the future!
Submitted by: Stephen Cobert
Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Big ol' jet airliner
'Cause it's here that I've got to stay
Why They're Nonsensical:
If you've got to stay, what are you doing on an airplane? I like many Steve Miller Band songs, but the chorus doesn't seem to make sense to me.
Submitted by: mysticrose
Steve Miller Band's, "Jungle Love"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
The question to everyone's answer
Is usually asked from within
Why They're Nonsensical:
It would seem that he was really trying to say, "The answer to everyone's question is usually found from within." If you have the answer, is it really necessary to ask the question?
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
Steve Miller Band's, "Rockin' Me"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
...Northern California where the girls are warm
Why They're Nonsensical:
So are girls cold everywhere else?
Submitted by: mysticrose
Steve Miller Band's, "Rockin' Me"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
They went down to, ooh-ooh, El Paso
That's where they ran into a great big hass-o
Billy Joe shot a man while robbin' his cass-o
Why They're Nonsensical:
That's just trying too hard to rhyme, gotta call that one.
Submitted by: Doug H. Nuts
Steve Miller Band's, "The Joker"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
'Cause I speak of the Pompatus of love
Why They're Nonsensical:
Ever since I first heard this song I always wondered what a Pompatus was, and hence this line made no sense to me. Turns out, it's a neologism originating from "The Letter", a 1954 song by The Medallions. The lines "Oh my darling, let me whisper / sweet words of pizmotality / and discuss the puppetutes of love," which contain this reference, were apparently a description of that songwriter's dream woman. And when Steve Miller wrote "The Joker", he made reference to this, like he often does with most of his songwriting, to demonstrate R&B influences.
Submitted by: Ed

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