Sometimes it seems like a line from a catchy song keeps playing in the back of our heads and it takes a while for us to turn it off. A few years ago that was the case with "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Another that stuck with me for a while was Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy, Breaky Heart." As of a few days ago, there is a new one. It is "Pants on the Ground."

You may have been watching when "General" Larry Platt - General is a nickname, not a rank - performed it on "American Idol." Although Platt is not within the 28 years old age limit, the producers decided to let him be on the show anyway. He is in his 60s and will not be going to Hollywood.

The combination of the words, the dance moves and calisthenics was hilarious. After "American Idol," Platt was featured on "The View." Then, after their big win, Minnesota Vikings quarter Brett Favre and his teammates further popularized the song as they chanted "Pants On the Ground" as they celebrated in their locker room.

Platt says his inspiration for the song came when he saw a boy walking down the street in Atlanta with a baby bottle in his mouth and his pants dragging on the ground. Thus was born, "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground... call yourself a cool cat... walkin' talking' with your pants on the ground... lookin' like a fool... walking downtown with your pants on the ground. Get it up! Hey, get your pants off the ground!"

The song is sticking with some of us because we agree with the lyrics. Platt has said what most of us wanted to say in a way we could never have said it.

"Sagging," the term for guys wearing their pants below their waists showing their underwear, is not something most of us enjoy seeing. It is a real eyesore. Some pants seem like they might fall off at any minute. Sometimes the wearer must be concerned about his loose britches, too. He keeps pulling them up.

Some sources say sagging started with prisoners. That is a scary thought. Kids' role models are criminals! In some cases we know that is true.

Since belts are not allowed in jails - they might be used for suicide or weapons to strangle others - some prisoners have a hard time keeping their pants up. In many cases, those familiar bright orange coveralls have solved the problem for prison officials.

General Larry Platt is not the first to tell guys to pull their pants up. Lawmakers have tried to outlaw sagging. In Hahira the city council banned citizens from wearing pants below the waist that show their skin or underwear.

It was a tie vote with the mayor casting a tie breaker.

In Flint, Mich., saggers have been arrested for disorderly conduct. Many school dress codes banning sagging say in the best legal language, "Keep your behind and your drawers covered up."

Some say measures like those are overreactions and question if they are legal.

Without a doubt, many highly frustrated mamas and poppas have said to their sagging children: "How many times have I told you to pull your britches up?" With that they probably say something about how fast their son's pants wear out when they are dragging the ground. Now, chances are if they have not already been saying it they will say, "You're ... looking like a fool with your pants on the ground."

Now we all know that clothes are not made to fit everyone. From personal experience, I can attest that the family hand-me-downs some parents depend on do not always work because of the differences in weight and heights. But hemming is not that difficult and a needle and thread is not that hard to find. There is fusion tape that can be ironed on, too.

Plus, desperate times call for desperate measures. Masking tape may be a temporary solution. While I do not recommend it, there has been at least one case when a stapler was used to get "Pants on the Ground" off the ground.

So what will happen now? General Larry Platt and "Pants on the Ground" will become more and more familiar to Americans who see him perform on talk and variety shows. "Pants on the Ground" will become the answer to questions on "Jeopardy," "Wheel of Fortune" and other game shows.

Will Pratt make a fortune off his song? Possibly. There are already "Pants on the Ground" T-shirts on the Internet market. Will lunch boxes, caps and other items follow?

Will the sales of belts escalate? Probably not.

But the big question is, will kids continue sagging? Oh yes, most of those who do will until they grow up or another fad comes along. Until then, there will be "Pants on the Ground."

Marguerite Cline is the former mayor of Waleska and a former county school superintendent.