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From: landauer@drivax.UUCP (Doug Landauer)
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Subject: Re: More Songs with Funny Lyrics
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In <2000036@hpfcla.UUCP>, Larry@hpfcla asks:
> More Lyrics to Funny Songs
>Does anyone have the lyrics or the name of the artist for any of these 3 songs:
>1) "There's a Fungus Among Us" - Unknown Artist.
Nope -- I doubt that the Unknown Artist could even give you the lyrics.

>2) ... Killing me softly with Kung Fu ...
Johnny Mathis did a cover of the original, but felt obligated to change
the gender of the artist to "... killing me softly with her song".
I suppose it was so none of his fans would think he was gay.
I always pictured him doing Don McLean's "Vincent" (a beautiful
song about Vincent Van Gogh) and calling it "Vickie".
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	Some day I'll post a story (and lyrics) about what
	happened to me the first time I tried singing Warren
	Zevon's "Hasten Down the Wind" and got the very first
	word ("She") wrong.  (The rhyme for every line in the
	second verse depends on the gender of that first word.)
	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

But for satire songs in general, some of my favorites are

    ->	"Stairway to Gilligan's Island" (I think the perpetrators of
		this one were sued by Led Zeppelin; the guitar track
		of it sounded like maybe it was ripped directly off
		of Stairway to Heaven, rather than recreated.)
    ->	"Y O D A" (to the tune of the Kinks' "L O L A")

	**** If anyone has recordings of or lyrics to either of the above
	**** two songs (from Dr. Demento's show), please let me know!

    ->	Most of what Tom Lehrer has done.
    ->	"Amphioxus" by Sam Hinton (a song about evolution -- full
		lyrics will be posted on request).

    ->	A political song by the Kingston Trio -- I forget the
	title, but it's still amazingly apt for a song written
	in the early sixties.  I'll post or mail the full lyrics
	if requested; here's the last verse:
		They're rioting in Africa
		There's strife in Iran.
		What nature doesn't do to us
		Will be done by our fellow man.


>3) "The Chicken Cordon Bleus"
This song was written by Steve Goodman (author of "The City of New Orleans"),
and is on his album titled "Somebody Else's Troubles".  I used to have that
song memorized, but the tune is difficult for me to sing (so I've lost some
of the details), and my copy of the album's at home.  But from memory:

	When I first met you, baby,
	You fed me on chicken and wine.
	It was steak and potatoes and lobster,
	And, babe, I sure felt fine.
	But now all you feed me is seaweed and alfalfa sprouts,
	Sunflower seeds, and I've got my doubts:
	Babe, you left me here with the Chicken Cordon Bleus.

	Well, I'm starved for affection,
	And all I've got is food for thought.
	I've been up all night thinking
	'Bout the 20 pounds of groceries we bought.
	It was 10 pounds of brown rice,
	Five more of beans,
	And five pounds of granola
	And you know what that means?
	It means I'm sittin' here with the Chicken Cordon Bleus.

Here my memory gets shaky, but there's at least another half a verse,
including:
	You see that old dog,
	He's out on the street?
	He's got a big smile on his face,
	'Cause they let him eat meat.

At the end he sort of lapses into talking about what he's going to
get when he gets to the bakery or whatever ... some canolli, a jelly
roll, etc.

It's a great album.

Another good song about a similar subject is "Junk Food Junkie",
which I heard on Dr Demento's show a few years ago.  If anyone
has the lyrics to that one, please mail or post it.  Thanx.

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