Worst Songs Week: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ~ by Crash Test Dummies

I have a confession to make. I actually kind of like this song. It's just so odd and strange, I have to like it. But since it was on Blender's "Run for Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!" list at #31 I though I would add it. I think the mistranslation will be interesting. Here's what Blender wrote about the song:

You know that jerk at your office who can burp the alphabet? That’s the way Brad Roberts sings. On this 1994 single, his voice is a ludicrously bassy croak as he narrates supposed “slice-of-life” stories that land with a dull thud: A car hits one kid and turns his hair white; another’s covered in birthmarks; the last has genuflecting, churchgoing parents. Sure, white hair’s weird and evangelicals are weirder, but why are you telling us this? Moreover, why do you insist on humming the chorus? You sound like E.T. crossed with Barry White, dude!

Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ~ by Crash Test Dummies

1) Once there was this kid who
2) Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
3) But when he finally came back
4) His hair had turned from black into bright white
5) He said that it was from when
6) The car had smashed so hard

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9) Once there was this girl who
10) Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room
11) But when they finally made her
12) They saw birthmarks all over her body
13) She couldn't quite explain it
14) They'd always just been there

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17) But both girl and boy were glad
18) 'Cause one kid had it worse than that

19) 'Cause then there was this boy whose
20) Parents made him come directly home right after school
21) And when they went to their church
22) They shook and lurched all over the church floor
23) He couldn't quite explain it
24) They'd always just gone there

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With the Collision Test Dummy Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

1) When there is this child
2) Being obtained in accident, it comes to the school
3) But the time he returned finally
4) That hair turned from black to bright white
5) He said that it was from sometime
6) The car was broken so eagerly

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9) When there is this girl
10) It did not go with the girl of the modification room and it does not change
11) But the time those made her finally
12) They looked at the birthmark her body without the ku ma
13) She could not rather explain that
14) Exactly there were those always there

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17) But the girl and the boy both were delightful
18) It was that it is worse to the child of cause one

19) As for cause then it was this boy there
20) The parent has the house come directly immediately after the school
21) When those go into the church
22) They shook the church floor without the ku ma, tilted suddenly
23) He could not rather explain that
24) Those went there always exactly

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