Bob

What's the greatest song ever recorded in the English language? If you're like me, you answer "Bob" by Weird Al Yankovic. Here are the lyrics.


I, man, am regal a German am I
Never odd or even
If I had a hi-fi
Madam, I'm Adam
Too hot to hoot
No lemons, no melon
Too bad I hid a boot
Lisa Bonet ate no basil
Warsaw was raw
Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Rise to vote, sir
Do geese see God?
"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod
Rats live on no evil star
Won't lovers revolt now?
Race fast, safe car
Pa's a sap
Ma is as selfless as I am
May a moody baby doom a yam?

Ah Satan sees Natasha
No devil lived on
Lonely Tylenol
Not a banana baton
No "x" in "Nixon"
O, stone, be not so
O Geronimo, no minor ego
"Naomi", I moan
"A Toyota's a Toyota"
A dog, a panic in a pagoda

Oh, no! Don Ho!
Nurse, I spy gypsies -- run!
Senile felines
Now I see bees I won
UFO tofu
We panic in a pew
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog


The reasons for this song's absolute superiority over all others are as follows. Please, gentle reader, contact me with the names of other songs that can say as much.


1. The lyrics consist entirely of palindromes (sequences that are spelled the same forwards and backwards).
2. The palindromes rhyme!
3. Weird Al sings the song in a perfect imitation of the voice, song style and musical arrangement of the young Bob Dylan.
4. The nonsensical palindromes sung end to end sound very much like the verse of Dylan's most free-wheeling early songs.
5. The title "Bob" is itself a palindrome.
6. The video of "Bob" parodies the famous "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video where Dylan holds and discards placards displaying the main words of his song. Note the two observers and the trash in the alley, which Al includes. URLs are:


Dylan: 
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2798x_bob-dylan-subterranean-homesick-blu_creation


Al: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg


Have fun!