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Song Parodies -> "My Lyrics Were Gone"
Original Song Title:
"My City Were Gone"
(MP3)Original Performer:
The Pretenders
Parody Song Title:
"My Lyrics Were Gone"
Parody Written by:
Callmelennie
The Lyrics
This a lament by Chrissie Hynde when she learned that Rush Limbaugh used the intro of " My City Was Gone" as the introductory theme to his talk show
I went back on the radio
But things were very wrong
There's this AM station
Where my lyrics were gone
My message had disappeared
All my favorite stanzas
My song was a bass line
For some bagger .. propa ..ganda
Hey, ho .. Way to go, El Rushbo
I went stark ranting psycho
That my melody was used
As a theme for a talk show
And right winger, too
I was shocked and amazed
My SEN-sibilities
Left me aghast
I was weak thru my knees
Hey, ho .. way to go El Rushbo
I struck back at El Rushbo
With some pretty legalese
Full of cease and desisting
From a barrister who dint say "Please"
We came to agreement
To avoid a legal brawl
Just pay a bribe to PETA*
One hundred thou should cover it all
Hey, ho .. way to go, El Rushbo
But things were very wrong
There's this AM station
Where my lyrics were gone
My message had disappeared
All my favorite stanzas
My song was a bass line
For some bagger .. propa ..ganda
Hey, ho .. Way to go, El Rushbo
I went stark ranting psycho
That my melody was used
As a theme for a talk show
And right winger, too
I was shocked and amazed
My SEN-sibilities
Left me aghast
I was weak thru my knees
Hey, ho .. way to go El Rushbo
I struck back at El Rushbo
With some pretty legalese
Full of cease and desisting
From a barrister who dint say "Please"
We came to agreement
To avoid a legal brawl
Just pay a bribe to PETA*
One hundred thou should cover it all
Hey, ho .. way to go, El Rushbo
*Chrissie Hynde definitely had a cause of action against Limbaugh, but settled on Rush making a 100K donation to PETA ... basically because her Dad was a big fan of Rush
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Good thing I've received 21 TU in a mere 8 viewings .. I can now lend about 14 of those to Porfle Popnecker. He did this same parody 12 years ago. I completely changed the first stanza, tweaked the second and made a major improvement in the third with, "By a barrister who dint say please" ..... The "By a government that had no pride" line is one of the signature lines in the song; you gotta nail that one
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