I've been catching up on @stancarey's sweary blog Strong Language (https://stronglang.wordpress.com/) and I have a belated offering for the May 4, 2021 #music-related post.

"Nashville" by the Old 97s uses profanity beautifully. This song helped me convince a friend who was trying to stop swearing to rethink his goals 😜

"Well I married Caroline
Back in May of '99
It was fucked up at the time
But I figured we'd keep trying"

Those are strong lyrics. Changing an f-bomb; e.g., "It was messed up at the time..." just doesn't evoke the same level of anguish.

Old 97s - Nashville (2014, Most Messed Up)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSrPNh7isXE

#language