The song has received criticism for its banal, oddly phrased lyrics, including "The heat was hot"; "There were plants, and birds, and rocks, and things"; and "'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain."
כנגד השיר הובעה ביקורת על משפטים במשלב נמוך, כגון "The heat was hot" (החום היה חם), There were plants, and birds, and rocks, and things" (היו צמחים, וציפורים, וסלעים ודברים), ו"'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain."