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Song Parodies -> "Good Morning, Caribou"
Original Song Title:
"City of New Orleans"
Original Performer:
Arlo Guthrie
Parody Song Title:
"Good Morning, Caribou"
Parody Written by:
Duffy
The Lyrics
I am sick of people ignoring the resources of Alaska because of ecological reasons. So, here is my rant. (I have nothing against Caribou, btw.)
Mining in Alaska is forbidden
By liberal crazies and green eco-gangs
What, then, are we doing with Alaska?
We need the oil, but greenies bare their fangs.
"Oh, the Caribou we ought to save!"
The leftist loonies cry so brave
"They must be allowed to graze where'er they choose!"
The scattering of reindeer must
Sure have earned the liberals' trust
They have no qualms disdaining other's views.
Good morning America, don't worry
We own Alaska, but don't own the oil
The jobs that would be created just don't matter
To eco-liberals, we're just not worth the soil.
Playing dumb games with the populace is evil
We have so much oil we aren't allowed to touch
I guess sane priorities just don't matter
When it comes to animals and such
And the oil prices soaring
Keep our country deep in debt
While we sit upon a goal mine in the snow
And the Paradoxical Eco-Sleep
Makes them think that we can't keep
The resouces which our land has come to sow
Good morning America, don't worry
We own Alaska, but don't own the oil
The jobs that would be created just don't matter
To eco-liberals, we're just not worth the soil.
Unemployment in the great state of Alaska
The rate, it climbs so high, you just can't tell
How many there will have to be impoverished
On the jobs that would provide for them
Don't dwell.
Cause we're not allowed to mine there
So the miners we won't need
And the tables in Alaska will stay bare
From the oil that we own, we're kept
And parents there have greatly wept
As the children wonder if Alaska cares.
But we're still told that we can't disturb
The green left feels they've done superb
And the consequences forever will reverb.
Good night, America, keep warm now
You can't afford your heat, and that's too bad
But the Caribou, they sure are sleeping soundly
Please! Wake up! And realize you've been had!
By liberal crazies and green eco-gangs
What, then, are we doing with Alaska?
We need the oil, but greenies bare their fangs.
"Oh, the Caribou we ought to save!"
The leftist loonies cry so brave
"They must be allowed to graze where'er they choose!"
The scattering of reindeer must
Sure have earned the liberals' trust
They have no qualms disdaining other's views.
Good morning America, don't worry
We own Alaska, but don't own the oil
The jobs that would be created just don't matter
To eco-liberals, we're just not worth the soil.
Playing dumb games with the populace is evil
We have so much oil we aren't allowed to touch
I guess sane priorities just don't matter
When it comes to animals and such
And the oil prices soaring
Keep our country deep in debt
While we sit upon a goal mine in the snow
And the Paradoxical Eco-Sleep
Makes them think that we can't keep
The resouces which our land has come to sow
Good morning America, don't worry
We own Alaska, but don't own the oil
The jobs that would be created just don't matter
To eco-liberals, we're just not worth the soil.
Unemployment in the great state of Alaska
The rate, it climbs so high, you just can't tell
How many there will have to be impoverished
On the jobs that would provide for them
Don't dwell.
Cause we're not allowed to mine there
So the miners we won't need
And the tables in Alaska will stay bare
From the oil that we own, we're kept
And parents there have greatly wept
As the children wonder if Alaska cares.
But we're still told that we can't disturb
The green left feels they've done superb
And the consequences forever will reverb.
Good night, America, keep warm now
You can't afford your heat, and that's too bad
But the Caribou, they sure are sleeping soundly
Please! Wake up! And realize you've been had!
(c) 2003, Valerie Duffy.
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Excellent job!
Good story telling. Nice job! =)
Applause, applause . . . I think your last chorus is particularly powerful.
Not a bad parody, but... The Bushies want to tear up a pristine wilderness forever to get what will amount to six months' worth of oil. Lots of jobs there, and if you believe that, I have a bridge you might be interested in. Typical right-wing short-sightedness. Doesn't "conservative" mean you have to CONSERVE something? How about conserving energy? Mr. Rogers and Jimmy Carter were right: Put on a sweater! Especially those of you who (THIS COMMENT HAS BEEN CENSORED DUE TO SEXIST REMARK)
Listen, Michael, this comment should have ended with your saying it was not a bad parody. To make it a personal political grandstand (which I neither invite or allow you to do) is unacceptable. You want to be a leftist? Great, go to a communist country and be at home. Leave my parodies alone.
OK, so there are no technical communist countries, before you jump on me about that, keep in mind I know that.
Michael, First, you already have an outlet for your liberal propaganda. Second, if you did your homework (which liberals almost never do), you'd know that far from being a pristine wilderness, the area under consideration is a vast tundra, not actually inhabited by the caribou that the Greens like to bring out old video clips of. Third, you've bought the Dem's line about the quantity of oil available. If that's all there was, it OBVIOUSLY wouldn't be a financially viable project. There's only 6 month's worth of crude oil in Alaska like there was only 6 month's worth in Texas. So please, go fix your own backyard (You Dems have done a FINE job screwing up Jersey). Then go kiss a spotted oil, and LEAVE THE KID ALONE.
...and yes, I did mean a spotted OIL (not owl), though either will suffice. Peace
Thank you, David!!!!
Whoa there, kids. If you're going to make political statements, you gotta realize that folks with different views are going to challenge them. That's the way the game is played.
Oh, Valerie, Valerie, tyranny is tyranny, whether Communist or Fascist, and if you didn't accept the Limbaugh line that liberalism is socialism is Communism, you wouldn't have written that. David, what's the point in doing homework with the way Republican Presidents have screwed up our education system over the last 35 years? New Jersey thrives under Democrats and suffers under Republicans. Christine Whitman never got smart until she realized she was just a face for Georgie at the EPA. It'll take Jim McGreevey the full eight years to clean up the mess she and the Legislature left behind. At least you admit it's all about the oil, and a right-winger using the word "Peace" is like Static wearing Pinstripes, it just don't seem proper. "Leave the kid alone"? If a "kid" says stuff like that, then maybe it's time the "kid" grew up. At least, unlike Georgie, she can SPELL "caribou."
Michael, Michael, Michael - Please, for your sake, do your own thinking, instead of trusting liberal talking heads to do it for you. Again, I must remind you of the facts: The US decision to become involved in WWI. WWII, the Korean conflict, and Viet Nam were all made by Democrat administrations. Whether or not you support these decisions, this is history. Michael, I wish that the rest of the world chose to be committed to non-aggression, as you appear to be. However, a layman's understanding of 20th century events will bear out that there are evil, fanatical people around the globe who want to kill you just because you're you. It has nothing to do with poverty, politics, US policy, or even George W. Bush. You are simply an infidel worthy of killing because you are not one of them, and for them - that's enough.
Good topic, good parody, Valerie.
Not sure where MP got his "facts," but he and other "environmentalists" seem to be overreacting. The U.S. Energy Information Agency estimates that there is a 50% chance of finding 10 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the Arctic coastal plane. This would provide 1 million barrels a day for 30 years, and could be accomplished while impacting less than 1% of the vegetation in the Arctic coastal plane. Also, for those concerned about reindeer, the caribou herd has grown six fold at the nearby Prudhoe Bay oil field, which shows that caribou can not only tolerate but flourish in oil fields.
Not sure where MP got his "facts," but he and other "environmentalists" seem to be overreacting. The U.S. Energy Information Agency estimates that there is a 50% chance of finding 10 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the Arctic coastal plane. This would provide 1 million barrels a day for 30 years, and could be accomplished while impacting less than 1% of the vegetation in the Arctic coastal plane. Also, for those concerned about reindeer, the caribou herd has grown six fold at the nearby Prudhoe Bay oil field, which shows that caribou can not only tolerate but flourish in oil fields.
Michael, Michael......I never once in my life listened to Rush Limbaugh. So there! :) And this "kid" is grown up, I have the battle scars to prove it.
DKTOS, so can't vote. But I agree with you. The reason Alaska was added to this country was for oil, but noooooo, drilling for oil is evil. I don't know how many animals live in Alaska, but they would just have to adapt to it. For LANDsakes, what's more important to these environmental freaks, plants and animals or human beings? But that's an easy one. I wonder why liberals think that Bush bombed Iraq for oil. However, if he did, that would confirm their theory that he's an idiot, because he could have just drilled in Alaska.
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