Music Lyrics and bad grammer. Why do we allow lyrics to contain 'Idone', ' aint' got no', and other phrases that are grammatically wrong. No wonder so many students have horrible English grades. It's really not their fault.
"Allow"?!?
Who would be the arbiter of what "should" be correct?
Language is a "living", emergent characteristic of intellect and creativity. It takes both skill and imagination to divine nuance.
There's a big difference between the intentional, artful or (especially) poetic use of non-traditional grammar and a habitual, unintentional use of non-traditional grammar - out of ignorance or slothful attendance to norms. And there is much in our language which was, at one time, new and improper. English wasn't really even considered a distinct language until it was wrought into form by the Elizabethans, not the least of them one Will Shakespeare.
How would you feel if it were suggested there was only one proper way to paint a tree?
Because it rhymes. I'm a bit of a grammar nazi but it really helps to look at the past, before the dictionary codified words (sometimes incorrectly) and other 'rules' were invented. The primary point of a language is to convey meaning. This can be done without a fervent adherance to rules.
all I got to say is doo wop wop wop...doo wop wop wop...hehe