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{{quote| ''I bring death and destruction<br />

to all that I now kill!'' }}

{{quote| ''Then we drive to the drive-thru!<br />

Heading off to the drive-thru!<br />

Here in line at the drive-thru!<br />

[[Lampshade Hanging|Did I mention the drive-thru?]]'' }}

{{quote| ''He walks up to the closet<br />

He goes up to the closet<br />

* I love college, I love drinking, I love women, and I love college.

** Which is Asher Roth's "I Love College".

{{quote| My love is like a storybook story.<br />

But it's as real as the feelings I feel.<br />

But it's as real as the feelings I feel;<br />

it's as real as the feelings I feel. }}

* The title song from [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[State Fair]]'':

{{quote| ''It's dollars to doughnuts that our State Fair<br />

* The Baka Song. Its lyrics consist solely of the word "baka" (idiot in english) being repeated over and over again.

** [http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/ranma/rnyasshi.htm Not true]. It also contains specific descriptions of the ways in which Ranma (the subject of the song) is an idiot, as well as some other lyrics. Most of them refer to him as being an idiot.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXROnzpsrlg The Drugs Song]" by [[Amateur Transplants]] is a [[List Song]] which pays homage to Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" with drugs in place of elements. Many of the drugs are listed twice, either by their proprietary name and generic name, their slang name (amphetamine and speed) or, in the case of lithium, simply by the same word on two occasions.

* Any Other World by Mika has "I tried to live alone, but lonely is so lonely alone."

* [[Paul McCartney|''Live and Let Die'']] has a line saying: ''"But in this ever changing world in which we live in"''

** [[Mondegreen|Though it may be "in which we're livin'"]].

* ''The Good Old Hockey Game'' by Stompin' Tom Conners:

{{quote| ''Oh! The good old hockey game,''<br />

''It don't take no guff...'' }}

* Tina Turner: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrCFrFpHvw "You're simply the best. Better than all the rest."]

{{quote| No hope for the hopeless}}

* Queensrÿche: "It just started to hit me like a two-ton... heavy thing."

* "Blackbirds" by [[Linkin Park]]: "I'm alone, on my own..."

* [[Rick Astley]] hated doing music videos because "they're too repetitive" and "tend to repeat themselves." See the source [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g here].

* "Small Town" by [[John Cougar Mellencamp]]: "I cannot forget from where it is that I come from."

* "Body and Soul" by The Manhattan Transfer: "That melodic melody."

* [[Mitch Benn]]'s [[List Song]] of everything that's awesome about [[The BBC]] has the "I Like X" variant (and he [[One of Us|really does]]):

{{quote| ''You And Me'', ''Me And You'',<br />

** Then later:

{{quote| ''Nationwide'', ''[[Mr. Men]]'',<br />

Radio 1, Radio 2,<br />

* Drake's "Forever" contains the verse "lil Wayne, that's what they gotta say or mention"

* King Crimson in "Indiscipline" sorta subverts this: "I repeat myself when under stress; I repeat myself when under stress; I repeat myself when under stress . . ."

'Cause we've got a band<br />

We've got cymbals in the band }}

{{quote| Faster than a bullet<br />

Terrifying scream<br />

And you know when I drink alone <br />

I prefer to be by myself. }}

* Everclear's "I Will Buy You A New Life":

{{quote| I will buy you a new car<br />