Oxford Comma

Album: Vampire Weekend (2008)
Charted: 38
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  • Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
    I've seen those English dramas too, they're cruel
    So if there's any other way
    To spell the word, it's fine with me, with me

    Why would you speak to me that way?
    Especially when I always said that I
    Haven't got the words for you
    All your diction drippin' with disdain
    Through the pain, I always tell the truth

    Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
    I climbed to Dharamsala too, I did
    I met the highest Lama
    His accent sounded fine to me, to me

    Check your handbook, it's no trick
    Take the chapstick, put it on your lips
    Crack a smile, adjust my tie
    Know your boyfriend, unlike other guys

    Why would you lie 'bout how much coal you have?
    Why would you lie 'bout somethin' dumb like that?
    Why would you lie 'bout anythin' at all?
    First the window, then it's to the wall
    Lil Jon, he always tells the truth

    Check your passport, it's no trick
    Take the chapstick, put it on your lips
    Crack a smile, adjust my tie
    Know your butler, unlike other guys

    Why would you lie 'bout how much coal you have?
    Why would you lie 'bout somethin' dumb like that?
    Why would you lie 'bout anythin' at all?
    First the window, then it's to the wall
    Why would you tape my conversations?
    Show your paintings at the United Nations
    Lil Jon, he always tells the truth Writer/s: Christopher Joseph Baio, Christopher William Tomson, Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Tim from Pittsburgh, PaI found it ironic that steph misused a comma in posting her comment...
  • Jessica from Raleigh, NcActually, steph, it does. The Oxford Comma is not needed, most particularly in American English.
  • Steph from Cleveland, Oh"Paris, New York, and London" does not have the same meaning as "Paris, New York and London." The second, groups New York and London together within the already grouped three.
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