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''a 26-second song.''|'''[[Shel Silverstein]]''', ''26 Second Song'' }}
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If there were ever other lyrics, they are lost to history. If these lyrics are repeated, it becomes [[Looped Lyrics]] (and if it repeats too much, [[Broken Record]]).
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{{examples}}
== Alternative Rock ==
* The title track of Coldplay's ''Parachutes'', which only runs 46 seconds.
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== Heavy Metal ==
* "Power Of The Power Of The Power (Of The Great Sword)" by [
== Hymns ==
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== Progressive Rock ==
* The lyrics to the 2nd movement of "I've Seen All Good People" by [[Yes]] are simply one line repeated several times.
** "White Car" from ''Drama'' has just four lines in it.
* Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy" consists of one verse repeated three times.
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It's a long way back to Germany }}
* The Ramones were ''kings'' of this trope. The best thing is that the songs are so good that you don't notice the lack of lyrics.
* Flipper's "Sex Bomb" - the only lyric printed in their album liner notes is "She's a sex bomb, my baby, yeah", and the vocals consist of variations on this one line, along with a few shouts of "Whoa!" or "yeah!" and a lot of [[Careful with That Axe|horrifying screaming]]. For about [[Epic Rocking|eight minutes]].
== Rock ==
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* [[wikipedia:The Song That Never Ends|This is the song that doesn't end/ Yes, it goes on and on, my friend]]
* An old perverted Brazilian song: "coelhinho, se eu fosse como tu, tirava a mão do bolso e enfiava a mão no... coelhinho, se eu fosse como tu..." (translation with an added word to make sense: "bunny rabbit, if I were you sass, I'd take the hand off the pocket and into the...")
* Parodied by Neil Innes's "Short Blues," which abruptly ends after one line of lyrics.
▲== Opera / [[Theatre]] ==
* The musical ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]'' has one when the students sing about Dear Old Shiz.
* The musical ''[[She Loves Me]]'' has the very brief recurring chorus "Thank You, Madam".
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Loves the Irish and the Jews. }}
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The lyrics to the ''[[Beatmania]] IIDX'' song "thunder" are composed of two whole sentences (albeit stretched out over eight measures each), both of which are identical save for two words, and are repeated twice in the 2 1/4-minute game version and even more in the extended 5:43 version:
{{quote|I'm drifting through the mists of love to find out where my heart belongs
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That agony is your triumph }}
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* "A Bug Fell In Love With A Cat" by [[Songs to Wear Pants To]]. In fact the title ''is'' the lyrics in their entirety. There's also "Don't Feel Bad", where the lyrics consist of the single line "Don't feel bad, it's better than being shot in the face".
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* The credits theme to ''[[The Raccoons]]'', "Run with Us", was this at first, but was later [[Theme Tune Extended|turned into a full-length song]].
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