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Real Lyrics -> Songs That Spell Things Out -> T

Songs which have words that are spelt out, instead of just pronounced. Abbreviations like the YMCA don't count, because that's how you say the YMCA.

Songs That Spell Things Out, T

Performer		Song Title		Word(s) Spelt		Comments & Submittor Name
Talking Heads		Girlfriend Is Better		out		O U T! But no hard feelings - holden
Tammy Wynette		D.I.V.O.R.C.E.		D.I.V.O.R.C.E., T.O.Y., S.U.R.P.R.I.S.E., J.O.E., C.U.S.T.O.D.Y., H.E.-double L.		Our D.I.V.O.R.C.E. becomes final today... Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R P-R-I-S-E.... Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away... I love you both and it will be pure H-E double L for me... And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play - Stephanie Craddock
They Might Be Giants		Don't Lets Start		D O N ' T		D - World Destruction O-ver and Overture N - do I need apostrophe T need this Tension - Mike C
They Might Be Giants		Glasgow		The Garage		T-H-E-G-A! R-A-G! E! - All-Starr
They Might Be Giants		Birdhouse In Your Soul		Lite		One note spelled l-i-t-e. - Brian Kelly
They Might Be Giants		S-E-X-X-Y		sexxy		Dressed only in clothes from her head to her toes, This is the way the talking part goes: S-E-X-X-Y - Candy Welty
Three Dog Night		Liar		LIAR		- Dennis D. Calvarese
The Time		Cool		C-O-O-L		- Mickey D.
Todd Rundgren		Slut		S-L-U-T!		I think this may be Todd Rundgren's dirtiest song to date! - Paul Warren
Tone Loc		Funky Cold Medina		Loc		My threads are fresh and I'm lookin' def. Yo, what's up with L-O-C? - Brian Kelly
Tonio K		H-A-T-R-E-D		hatred		The lyrics say: "I'm so full of h-a-t-r-e-d" - Candy Welty
Tori Amos		Big Wheel		M-I-L-F		I-I-I am a M-I-L-F Don't you forget - Shiri
Traditional		Bingo		B.I.N.G.O.		There was a farmer, had a dog and Bingo was his name-o. B.I.N.G.O. (repeat two more times), and Bingo was his name-o (basically the whole song.) - kid
Tradtional		M-O-T-H-E-R		mother		M is for the many things she gave me O means only that she's growing old T is for the tears she shed to save me H is for her heart of purest gold E is everything she did to help me R is right and right she'll always be! Put them all together they spell 'mother'. The word that means the world to me! (Written in 1915 by Howard Johnson) - Li'l Kid
Travis Tritt		T-R-O-U-B-L-E		Trouble, alone, looking, you		- Julia

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