Country lyrics generator

[64Guitars]

This has been around for decades, so some of you have probably seen it before. I think it originated at MAD magazine, then someone made it into a program. Various versions have been floating around ever since.

[country_lyrics]

Every time you reload this page, you'll get a different lyric. Try it!


Here's how it works. It's based on the following template:

I met her string_1 string_2
I can still recall string_3 she wore
She was string_4 string_5
and I knew string_6

string_7 I'd string_8 forever
She said to me string_9
But who'd have thought she'd string_10 string_11
string_12 goodbye.

For each of string_1, string_2, string_3, etc., there is a list of possible text strings.

For example, the strings for string_1 are:

      "on the highway"
      "in Sheboygan"
      "outside Fresno"
      "at a truck stop"
      "on probation"
      "in a jail cell"
      "in a nightmare"
      "incognito"
      "in the Stone Age"
      "in a treehouse"
      "in a gay bar"

and the strings for string_2 are:

      "in September"
      "at McDonald's"
      "ridin' shotgun"
      "wrestlin' gators"
      "all hunched over"
      "poppin' uppers"
      "sort of pregnant"
      "with joggers"
      "stoned on oatmeal"
      "with Merv Griffin"
      "dead all over"

The computer then generates a random number to select one text string from each list. For example, if the first two random numbers were 3 and 0 then the first line of the song would be:

I met her at a truck stop in September


If anyone has any ideas for additional strings, post them here. Or maybe you have some ideas for new templates to create more verses?

[Mach]

Well I did a little example and added a few strings of my own...George Strait style.

[Hilary]

Oh I'm lovin your 'little example' Mach - fabulous!

[64Guitars]

Nice job, Mach. I'm not a country fan myself, but when I read the random lyrics from this program, I imagine them sung to the tune of "Okie from Muskogee".

[Geir]

Wow this is brilliant 64G.

Cool program, if I'd seen this earlier I'd used this for the country part on "Dissolved"