Shonen Knife lyrics contain much wordplay, sometimes monolingual
(week / weak), sometimes bilingual (bakagai / baka guy).
Here are a few examples...
bakagai / baka guy
Bakagai is a sea shell. Japanese baka is English stupid...
so stupid guy! (Antonio Baka Guy,
Antonio Baka Guy;
Noted by Jeff Gaskell)
caterpillar
Two kinds of caterpillar, one a big green insect and the other
a big yellow machine, both creating ecological devastation but on
different scales. (Little Tree,
Little Tree; Noted by Don Leighty)
saucer
A cat dancing on a flying saucer in the Milky Way... and cats drink
milk from saucers! (I Am A Cat;
Noted by Casbah)
week / weak
After outlining one typical week of fun and then repeatedly chanting "One
week one week one week one week...", Naoko's conclusion is that she has
described "one weak life". (One Week Life,
One Week Life; Noted by George Ojisan)