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Songs About Love and Marriage With a High Cringe Factor

Worst Relationship Lyrics Ever

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Like most of you, we love listening to music. But every now and then we hear a song that just makes our skin crawl because the lyrics perpetuate false and hurtful images of relationships and women.

Here's a few songs with insulting, degrading, or stereotypical lyrics when it comes to love and marriage.

6. "I will never love you / The cost of love's too dear / But though I'll never love you / I'll live with you one year / And we will sing in the sunshine / We'll laugh every day / We'll sing in the sunshine / And I'll be on my way ..."
Gale Garnett, "We'll Sing in The Sunshine" (1964)

5. "I'm not worried 'bout the ring you wear / Cuz as long as no one knows then nobody can care / You're feelin' guilty and I'm well aware / But you don't look ashamed and baby I'm not scared .. "
Uncle Kracker, "Follow Me" (2000)

4. "Well, my girl's in the next room / Sometimes I wish she was you ... / But girl you make it hard to be faithful ..."
Hinder, "Lips of an Angel" (2005)

3. "To be a true player you have to know how to play / If she say you're not, convince her say you're gay / Never admit to a word when she say / Makes a claim and you tell her baby no way / But she caught me on the counter / It wasn't me ..."
Shaggy, "It Wasn't Me" (2000)

2. "If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life / Never make a pretty woman your wife / So from my personal point of view / Get an ugly girl to marry you. / A pretty woman makes her husband look small / And very often causes his downfall / As soon as he marries her / Then she starts to do / The things that will break his heart. / But if you make an ugly woman your wife / You'll be happy for the rest of your life / An ugly woman cooks her meals on time / She'll always give you peace of mind ..."
Jimmy Soul, "If You Wanna Be Happy" (1963)

1. "All you need is love. All you need is love. / All you need is love, love. Love is all you need ..."
The Beatles, "All You Need is Love" (1967)

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