George Michael once sang put your tiny hand in mine
The song 'My Sharona' mentions the touch of the younger kind
Neil Diamond's 'Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon'
Is clearly about some bloke's attempt to groom

In 'Tonight's the Night' Rod Stewart asks his virgin child
To spread her wings and let her inhibitions run wild
Ted Nugent and Motorhead both have songs called jailbait
Rock 'n' roll
Is a rapey old place

I think we'd all prefer if they'd stop behaving like perves

And shut up and sing
Shut up and sing
Stop acting like you're some kind of paedophile ring
And shut up and sing

The Spice Girls thought they were setting young girls free
By jiggling their tits on national TV
Bono thinks he knows how to buy the whole world lunch
Pop stars are a delusional bunch

Wouldn't it be ever so nice if they'd all just stop talking shite

And shut up and sing
Shut up and sing
Leave the talking to people who know anything
And shut up and sing

The songs you admired the most when you were a kid
All turned out to be sleazy, ignorant or bigoted

'Some Girls' by The Rolling Stones categorises groupies by race
And UB40 is the musical equivalent of black face

Eminem saw fit to perform with vomit on his sweater
And the less said about Eric Clapton the better

So shut up and sing
Shut up and sing
Take some advice from WB Yeats
We have no gift to set a statesman straight
But most of all please remember one thing
The whole world's tired of songs about noncing
So shut up and sing