Hyperbole [hīˈpərbəlē] noun: extravagant exaggeration
Lovers and fishermen are the two classes of people officially allowed to lie. In fact, when it comes to love songs, hyperbole is a must. Would Marvin Gaye’s classic love song be the same if it was titled “Only a Few Mountains High Enough”? Here are some other famous love song lyrics, followed by their realistic translations:
- Classic: “Fly me to the moon, and let me play amongst the stars, let me see what love is like on Jupiter and Mars!” ~Bart Howard
- Realistic: “Fly me to Ft. Wayne, and let me play amongst the corn, let me see what love’s like in Poughkeepsie and Des Moines!”*
- Classic: “Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean, higher than any bird ever flew, longer than there’ve been stars up in the heavens…I’ve been in love with you!” ~Dan Fogelberg
- Realistic: “Longer than there’ve been fishes in my fish tank, higher than any frisbee ever flew, longer than the last two girls I went out with, I’ve had some feelings for you.”
- Classic: “Lord, we don’t need another mountain (etc.)…Oh, listen, Lord, if you want to know: What the world needs now is love, sweet love, it’s the only thing there’s just too little of.” ~Hal David
- Realistic: “Lord, we don’t need another mountain, there are mountains and hillsides in Montana, there are oceans and rivers, all really wet. Oh, listen, Lord, what You need to get: What the world needs now is cash, sweet cash, ’cause without it, Lord, we just might do something rash.”
- Classic: “Love you every day, girl, always on my mind, one thing I can say, girl, love you all the time. I ain’t got nothin’ but love, girl, eight days a week!” ~Paul McCartney and John Lennon
- Realistic: “Love you frequently, girl, it’s on my agenda. One thing I can say, girl, won’t you be my frienda? Hold me, love me, hold me, love me, three days a week. Three days a week I lo-o-o-o-ove you, three days a week I’ve penciled you in to show I care.”
See? So, when it comes to telling that special someone you love them, let your hyperbole soar to the moon and back…
Eight days a week!!!!
*“Fly Me to Ft. Wayne” is featured in the background in an on-hold telephone scene from my movie Notzilla.
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Once more, thanks for the morning chuckle, Mitch.
My pleasure, Terry.
I love the jump shift from classic to realistic! Funny, sad, but true! 😆
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Hahaha. Good one, Mitch
Thanks, VJ.
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Embelishing is an art form, so much return, so little expectation 😀
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😂😂 This is great!
My husband is from the cornfields of Indiana, close to Fort Wayne. 😂
Ah, so he can relate! ;>)
LOL! Yes
Hyperbole is so much fun! I enjoyed your contrasting translations of love songs and The Beatles’ Shea Stadium video. It revived wonderful memories. 🙂
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I can’t say allowed to lie but more like being cooler than the other generations
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So… when my husband spreads out his arms as wide as they will go, and says that he loves me from the fingertips on his right hand all the way around the world to the fingers on his left hand, multiplied by infinity squared… would you call that an exaggeration?
This was actually my comment, apparently WP does not recognize my new tablet. 😀 <3
Good ol’ WP.
It may not be physically possible, Linda, but it’s romantically very, very accurate. He’s a keeper!
I’ll take the hyperbole.
Enjoyed that one Mitch. Question: if we manage 3 Days a week, while realistic, does that still quality as romantic? Asking for a friend.
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Oh…sorry! I know you had a post in there, but all I saw was the favorite scene from “Say Anything” and I detoured, Mitch. Ah…what a movie. What a scene. Thank you! 🥰🤣🥰
;>) Yep, it’s a classic.
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This!!!
““Love you frequently, girl, it’s on my agenda. One thing I can say, girl, won’t you be my frienda?”
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Yeah, I kind of snorted when I wrote that line. ;>)
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Thanks for the lyrical laughs! I needed it today.🥰
My pleasure, Peggy.
I started to read this and thought – wait! wait! Lovers and fishermen? It’s a woman’s prerogative to lie about her age, and I do that on occasion … er … often. However, I soon saw where you were going. Nicely done. Thanks for the chuckles. 🙂 Now I’m off the get Frank to sing Fly Me to the Moon to me.
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Lulu: “Our Dada says he can hear that first picture of the boy holding the boombox up in the air, but we’re not sure what he’s talking about. We have better ears than he does and we put them right up to the computer and we still can’t hear a thing.”
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Love it!
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Made me laugh. Well done. And I’m a huge fan of the Beatles.
Thank you, Susanne (and I am too).
These were great! Not only did I laugh but I sang the ones I knew with the old and new lyrics.
Perfect, Venus!