unwieldly lyrics

I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

others?

tho some can really make this sort of thing work for them, like Mark Kozelek.

actually, that line is one of the most endearing things about "Africa," now that I think about it.

elvis costello's punch the clock has some

When I saw this thread I opened it up intending to post that line from Africa. That line and his ability to fit all that in there is all time imo.

In a song full of unwieldy lines, this takes the biscuit:

Just like the...
old man in...
that book by Nabokov

I don't know, I think that works p well in that song. Hears it yesterday and silently gave props to Sting for working Nabokov into a pop song tbh.

uh "heard" it yesterday obv

"As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti"

This is kinda remarkable in its way and now I can't stop singing it. I'd love to hear more examples. Surely The Smiths have indulged in something like this.

bruce springsteen has a clear affinity for lyrics with a few too many syllables. sometimes he pulls it off nicely:

gonna be a rumble out on the promenade / and the gambling commission's hangin' on by the skin of its teeth

sometimes he doesn't.

Every line of every Talib Kweli verse.