There's something about THIS song ... Songs that reference themselves.

go little record go
it is named by
some guy named joe
and the words
are the letters of the words
said
electrically played
for outer space and those of they who paid
this song is twice ocurred

Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

I'm a hypocrite
I dish it out but I can't take it
and I know you think it's wrong
well maybe you're right
but this is my song

"and you can tell everybody this is your song" - Elton John

too many hip hop tracks to mention i suspect

This Song will help you find a place to live
And teach you not to take but give
This Song will help you on your dying doubts
This Song song will send your lover flowers
Rest by this Song and the peace it brings
Beautiful song it has wings

This is not a song about politics
this is not a song about sex
If you want I'll talk about arrogance
and if you're respectfully dressed

This song is not about old James Dean
'cause he's mentioned in too many songs already
my friend

This is not a song about animals
this is not a song about trees
there are times when you cannot trust no-one
tell me why does this have to be

This song is not about rich or poor
it's about how we probably feel insecure
my friend

This is a song
I wrote especially for you
I want to say thankyou for having me too
'cause I'm glad to be here on this earth
living out all my dreams to their worth
and most of all I love you all and wish you well

grrrrrr x-post

"Dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz"
"Remember(s) the night and the Tennessee Waltz"
"Lost my little darlin' the night they were playin'that beautiful Tennessee Waltz"
"Wonder(s) how a dance like the Tennessee Waltz could have broken my heart so complete"
States, "It must be the fault of the Tennessee Waltz"
"Blame(s) it all on the Tennessee Waltz"

and in which his girl "goes dancin' with the darkness to the Tennessee Waltz"

- Truck Drivin' Man

"IF YOU CAN GET YOURSELF TOGEATHER KINDLY WRITE A CRITICISM OF THIS SONG, HOW ITS EXQUISITLY CONSTRUCTED AND YET MECHANICAL AND SOMEHOW SLIGHTLY WRONG" MR SHUCK N JIVE BY WILLY NELSON AND WAYLON JENNINGS.

--Magnetic Fields, "I Think I Need a New Heart"

(There's probably a lot more in Mr. Merritt's self-aware oovrah, but this was the first that came to mind.)

Ween "It's Gonna Be Alright"

Or even any song with a lyric like "Second verse, same as the first" or "Let's take it to the bridge!"

Who - Wont Get Fooled Again; Daltrey "I pick up my guitar and play"
Townshend: fiddle-fadle

Brooce Springsteen - Thunder Road: "Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it sing" identical fiddle-faddle

Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show
With some smart-ass New York Jew
And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox
And the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too
Well, he may be a fool but he's our fool
If they think they're better than him they're wrong
So I went to the park and I took some paper along
And that's where I made this song

'Reggae Hit The Town' by the Ethiopians.
They break off half way through to have a chat about how great the song is, how it's sure to be a hit, and which specific DJ's will play it on the radio.

"This, this is our new song
Just like the last one"
Radiohead "My Iron Lung"

"We're trapped inside the song"
I forget which Silver Jews song

"This Song's Just Six Words Long" by Weird Al/George Harrison

Couldn't think of any lyrics
No I never wrote the lyrics
So I'll just sing any old lyrics
That come to mind, child

I've gotta spend ti-ime
Three whole minutes of time
I've gotta spend plentya time
To do it right, child

etc

We needed something to move and fill up the space
We needed something this always is just the case
Jefrey with one f jeffery took up his place
Sat on a carpet and with tablas in hand took up the chase
Jefrey with one f jefrey

That doesn't really count I don't think, because that song is about "Creep" - not itself.

There's an Athlete song where they shout "CHORUS!" just before the....um....chorus. It's a bit annoying.

Now this new note is the consequence
of the one we've just been through
As I'm bound to be the unavoidable
consequence of you ...

There's so many people
who can talk and talk and talk
And just say nothing or nearly nothing

I have used up all the scale
I know and at the end I've come
To nothing I mean nothing

So I come back to my first note
as I must come back to you
I will pour into that one note
all the love I feel for you

Any one who wants the whole show show
do-re-mi-fa-so-la-si-do
He will find himself with no show
better play the note you know.

"Hey now, hey now now, Sing 'This Corrosion' to me"

But to the nth degree "Instant Pussy":
This is the first verse
This is the first verse
and this is the chorus
Or perhaps it's a bridge
Or just another part of the song I'm singing
and on and on

Of these, go with The Who #.

"In 1995 you'll twist to this
as you raise your fist to the music"

"Disappear" by Crooked Fingers

Cary don't cry I'm gonna disappear
And take these sad songs far away
So you can live your life

The Broken-hearted blues (natch), T.Tex

"This part of the song is called the second verse..." - Built to Spill, "Joyride"
― Jeremy (Jeremy), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Great slow live version of Joyride here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOEM0UZAlaQ

Barry and the Bookbinders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXwba5xApwo

Camp Cope - The Omen

"so I wrote you this song, it probably isn’t as
good as all the other sad ones "

People posted three songs by Denim in the Songs That Celebrate Themselves linked upthread by gygax!(rip) that are not "Best Song in the World"

Maybe there needs to be a thread of Lawrence songs that are not self-referential.

Shel Silverstein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gf0N6FOSk0

You're So Vain
You probably think this song is about you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0i9rjTxhpY