homely

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Heard in 34 songs (42M+ combined views) — most famously in "Lacquer Head" by Primus.

Updated September 27, 2026

Songs Featuring “homely”

Primus - Lacquer Head

Time: 0:16

Sometimes bored and sometimes lonely

Pimple faced and rather homely

He wasn't much for socializin'

Primus - Lacquer Head

Dermot Kennedy - Moments Passed

Time: 1:35

Get me back on homely ground.

She said: Oh,I know that love is all about the wind

Dermot Kennedy - Moments Passed

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best

Time: 2:37

I'm awake, I'm alone

I'm homely, I'm a Scorpio

Put me on a pedestal, and I'll only disappoint you

Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best

UB40 - Homely Girl

Time: 0:53

Oh, yes, you did

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely

You're a beautiful woman, oh, homely girl

UB40 - Homely Girl

Deerhunter - Snakeskin

Time: 2:19

I was feelin' kinda hell, I was feelin' kinda lonely,

In a time was erased, yeah but, I was so homely.

Deerhunter - Snakeskin

Bill Monroe - Lord Lead Me On

Time: 1:01

I have put my faith in thee

'Til the homely hour shall be

Lord lead me on from day to day

Bill Monroe - Lord Lead Me On

Atmosphere - Me

Time: 0:19

yeah the child in the mirror was homely

so he learned early on how to switch into low key

Atmosphere - Me

Jerry Cantrell - Angel Eyes

Time: 0:30

Homely, thick in mind, never listen

Worn, tired, siren drawn, tunnel vision

Jerry Cantrell - Angel Eyes

Vince Staples - Hell Bound (Ad 01)

Time: 0:39

You know I love you, let me cuff you if it's round and brown

Grandmama told me keep them homely, hungry citches from 'round

I told her everybody love me, she said, "Not them people, trust me"

Vince Staples - Hell Bound (Ad 01)

Electric Light Orchestra - Birmingham Blues

Time: 1:40

'Cause, boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues

It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet

Industrial Revolution put it on its feet

Electric Light Orchestra - Birmingham Blues

Audrey Hobert - Phoebe

Time: 1:58

But I'd rather be lonely

Counted out and homely

I know that he'll need me

Audrey Hobert - Phoebe

Alice in Chains - All I Am

Time: 0:36

♪

Time has left me, broken down and homely

Can you still see me, I'm disguised?

Alice in Chains - All I Am

Aerosmith - She's on Fire

Time: 1:11

Oooh, She's On Fire

Homely child with a hang down lip

Starved for love and companionship

Aerosmith - She's on Fire

Frank Zappa - I'm So Cute

Time: 0:15

So many ugly people, I feel bad

I'm so cute, they're so homely

Some of them at home 'n' lonely

Frank Zappa - I'm So Cute

REO Speedwagon - 157 Riverside Avenue [Stereo Version]

Time: 1:55

Well we met a young girl on Main Street, wanted to pass her by

She was homely, but we were lonely

She said, "Can I make love to you?"

REO Speedwagon - 157 Riverside Avenue [Stereo Version]

The White Stripes - I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)

Time: 1:53

But don't ask for much

She's homely, and she's cranky

And her hair's in a net

The White Stripes - I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)

Jethro Tull - Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow

Time: 2:03

The Lord may find you wanting, let your good fortune disappear

All homely comforts blown away and all that's left to show

Is to share your joy at Christmas time

Jethro Tull - Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow

Central Cee - One By One

Time: 0:55

One by one, gotta step in the spot 'cause it's hot and the neighbours nosy

Bought the PS4 and the scented candle to make the bando homely

Learned it the hard way only, I didn't hear what the wise man told me

Central Cee - One By One

Oysterhead - Rubberneck Lions

Time: 1:18

Rubberneck lions as I lie in bed, rubberneck lions as I lie in bed

Well, I'm old and I'm homely but would

You come around? Ears to deaf to hear a sound

Oysterhead - Rubberneck Lions

Brian Eno - The Great Pretender

Time: 2:46

Bangs around without the light on, furniture to get it right on

Settled in a homely fishpool, hung with little eels

Often thinks that travel widens, "Stay at home", the trout obliges

Brian Eno - The Great Pretender

Jack White - Queen Of The Bees

Time: 0:17

I feel lonely when I'm left all alone

I feel homely when you leave me at home

And the witchcraft that you're putting on me

Jack White - Queen Of The Bees

Mahalia - Isn't It Strange?

Time: 0:18

Never alone, but I'm always lonely

Never at home 'cause I ain't really homely

Tryna keep it real, but I feel like a phony

Mahalia - Isn't It Strange?

Madness - Promises Promises

Time: 0:07

I'll promise you a home that money cannot buy

All good homely spirits walking by and by

I'll promise you a world of making of amend

Madness - Promises Promises

Hilltop Hoods - Chase That Feeling

Time: 0:24

She's young, lithe and homely, wise by no means

Known one guy, she's for his eyes and only

Hilltop Hoods - Chase That Feeling

Frenship - Wanted A Name

Time: 0:39

And I want it

This road isn't homely

I got ten thousands onlys

Frenship - Wanted A Name

Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots

Time: 2:58

Missy wore them go-go boots, it did something for him

Made him think his wife back home was homely and boring

He met these guys who didn't mind getting dirty

Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots

David Cairol - Last Bus

Time: 2:33

I wanna go home now

(Feeling homely I'm coming home)

Yes I'm coming home

David Cairol - Last Bus

T. Rex - Pain and Love

Time: 1:16

God of truth returned just once

And make my prison homely

Don't make my life so lonely

T. Rex - Pain and Love

Cosima - Call It Down

Time: 2:30

And it's

Homely

Meaning to me

Cosima - Call It Down

Kendis - Eve

Time: 2:45

I'm only there as fitment for men to fit their plans

I'm either homely or insane

A fille de joie or cause for blame

Kendis - Eve

Nancy Sinatra - Hooray for Hollywood

Time: 1:39

Hooray for Hollywood

You may be homely in your neighborhood

But if you think that you can be an actor

Nancy Sinatra - Hooray for Hollywood

Marillion - The Leavers (II) the Remainers [Live at the Royal Albert Hall]

Time: 0:15

The Remainers remain in their homely places

Go home, wash their faces, lay down their heads

Marillion - The Leavers (II) the Remainers [Live at the Royal Albert Hall]

Bigger Better Sun - Fillers

Time: 1:14

spill the rest out on the street, run your car right over me

Cause my homely visions a one bedroom in hell,

buy some flowers for the smell, blur the idea of yourself

Bigger Better Sun - Fillers

Bidiqueen - Where U At ?

Time: 0:16

I thought you'd be here by my side, where you at

The warmth of your presence's so homely

All our memories flashing when I'm lonely

Bidiqueen - Where U At ?