List of self-referential songs Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
A self referential song is a song that refers directly to itself. A song must directly refer to itself, rather than just describe a song that could fit the current song. Songs in alphabetical order.
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I was dreamin' when I wrote this
Ronnie was much more my style, she wrote songs just like this.
Hast du etwas zeit für mich
A
"Come on and gather 'round, ye chillin'
"I remember that time when you told me, you said,
"This is the story of a girl…"
"Third verse, same as the first"
"Every time I look into you're sparkling eyes
"It's hard to know the meaning of this song..."
"Why must we sing this stupid song?
This is another boring b-side
"Another song about the rain
"Well I know they've always told you
B
"This is the ballad of Dorothy Parker"
I'm-a stop singing this song, because I'm high
I'm singing this borrowed tune
this song goes out to girls
I wrote a song once about her
And if you don't like my melody
C
"Please close your eyes and concentrate
"And right about then I should have asked if she knew,
"I know what's wrong--
"Complete control, even over this song!"
(The lyrics to this song comprise a description of the DeCSS algorithm)
"Apprehension creeping like a tube-train up your spine
D
"This is the night of the expanding man
"I wrote this song 'cause I'd like to shake your hand
"He piloted this song in a plane like that one"
"Here is a little song I wrote
"Hey, hey Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song
"Dream on, dream on, dream on
E
"What am I singing?
"Only buy this if you're lonely
"I wrote these words
F
"At this point, the boy who's listening to this song
"I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour,
"If you wonder how long I'll be faithful,
"This is the song starting off our medley!
G
"The sun come up while I wrote this song"
"Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
"I'm singing this note 'cause it fits in well
"In fact, she's probably listenin' to this station right now..."
And they're comin' to the chorus now...
This is the part of the song
H
[Intro - Spoken]
"Well, it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
[Verse 1]
"but heart songs
"Her arms are wicked and her legs are long
"That was a decent solo.
"Some people think the title of this song is irrelevant -- but it's not irrelephant, it's a hippopotamus."
"This sad song stays on my mind…"
"There is something amiss, I am being insincere.
I
"I bet they won't play this song on the radio
"That was a good drum break"
"By the way this girl was sexy and she wouldn't touch you. That may not be true but I said it so you'd feel involved with the song"
(Xander) "She clings, she's needy
"Unless she hears this song…"
"This is the theme to Garry's show,
"I'm so worried about
"I'm too sexy for this song."
"It's the middle of the song..."
A secret all along, unless I've got this wrong
"Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
"You could say this was an independent love song [...]
"so the radio plays
J
"Judy, you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses
"This song ... is called Justice Is Might
"This is the song that I'm going to be singing to you which is called 'Jesus is the answer'"K
L
"It's the last song I'll ever write for you
"this is the last song
"I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.
"Sing a song for the wrong
"Little miss, little miss, little miss can’t be wrong
"This is for all the lonely people
"I don't believe these words I'm singing…"M
"Chorus:" (just before first chorus)
"Merciful God, this is a prayer…"
"If there's one point we'd like to make
"Here comes another song about Mexico
this is the first song for your mixed tape
"Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
"She didn't have to leave me
N
"I was 21 years when I wrote this song
"I've been waiting for so long
"Your hair is soft, your skin's snow white
I can't listen to the quiet
Who should be sleeping
"There's only two songs in me, and I just wrote the third
"No one will ever write a song called Nitro Burning Funny Cars"O
"Well I'm singing this song, cause it's time it was sung
I'll start this off without any words
Just one more chance
"This is just a little samba, built upon a single note"
When you're listening to this song
When Mr. Oogie Boogie says
P
"Early mornin' sunrise come and pull the song from me
"We wrote this song, it's not too short, it's not too long
"There are so many fuckin' robots out there
Q
R
"I got the pen in my hand, I can do what I want
"Here I go again
"Won't you help me sing, this song of freedom"
"Reuben James
"Better have you naked by the end of this song [...]
S
"I'm writing a song all about you
"Eis aqui este sambinha, feito numa nota só"
[Last line]
"You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.
I'll be back stage after the show
"What is this song all about?
"This is a song about Susan.
"I wrote this song two hours before we met.
"There was no pain.
"When a canary drives a tractor, something's wrong
"I betcha think this song is about you"
"This is just another song about it
"Here is my song for the asking
"This is a song for the lonely, can you hear me tonight?
"So I sing this song for you
"I've been so many places in my life and time
"Oh Cathy, Oh Alison, Oh Phillipa, Oh Sue
"Laura . . . know this song for always
"You're watching Spy Hard!
"Just a stupid little love song
"and when you scan the radio
"What do I have to do to get through all of this?
"To our crazy fans
T
There's not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything
Because in this life that he leads
This one goes out to the one I love
"Why is the world in love again?
If the love that I got for you is gone
Hey now, hey now now
This is just a modern rock song,
This is my hook
This is my song
This is not a love song
This is not a song about politics
"This is the song that never ends.
"This is for all you girls, about thirteen…"
"This one's for the ladies,
"This one'll never sell, they'll never understand
"This song will need you when you're old,
"This song has nothing tricky about it
"Oh, this song's got no title, just words and a tune"
"This song's got nothin' to say
Now the flame that burns twice as bright
"The time is gone, the song is over,
"This is a song about a superhero named Tony
"This is not the greatest song in the world, no.
Why do I find it hard to write the next line?
"This kind of a story has no snazzy end
U
"Uncle Dave, he misbehaved
V
W
(Willow) "I think this line's mostly filler"
Maybe I'd impress her by being in a band and
"the way you say good-night
I didn't write the words you hear me singing
Oh, this is a story 'bout a guy named Al
"I couldn't tell you
"That was a good drum break..."
"This is no song for the dislocated"
"If anyone should ask you who composed this song
"I'm gonna sing on this song that I wrote..."X
Y
"I came along, I wrote a song for you, and all the things you do, And it was called 'Yellow.'"
"I don't know no love songs
[spoken] "Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song and he told me it was the perfect country and western song. I wrote him back a letter and told him it was NOT the perfect country and western song because he hadn't said anything about Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' drunk. Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me and after reading it, I realized that my friend had written the perfect country and western song. And I felt obliged to include it on this album. The last verse goes like this here:
"You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you"
"My gift is my song and this one's for you. You can tell everybody that this is your song."
