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Song Parodies -> "Cheney's Line of Fire (Harry's Song)"

Original Song Title:

"Ring of Fire"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Johnny Cash

Parody Song Title:

"Cheney's Line of Fire (Harry's Song)"

Parody Written by:

The Nag

The Lyrics

At the risk of beating the hunting "accident" thing to, uh, death, Cheney shooting survivor Harry Whittington deserves a chance to give his side of it! June Carter and Merle Kilgore wrote "Ring of Fire"; Johnny Cash sang it; June and Johnny lived it. Love the mariachi horns.
Lead is a burning thing
And it makes a body sting
Bound for cruel satire
I stepped in to the line of fire

I stepped in to Dick Cheney's line of fire
I went down, down, down like Harriet Miers
And it hurts, hurts, hurts
The line of fire, the line of fire

The taste of lead ain't sweet
Bleeding in the street
I felt it throughout my hide
Oh so close to homicide

I stepped in to Dick Cheney's line of fire
I went down, down, down like Harriet Miers
And it hurts, hurts, hurts
The line of fire, the line of fire

Don't.. think I'm at fault
Dick had downed some malt
I had my orange on
Dick was pretty gone

I didn't step in to Dick Cheney's line of fire
I went down, down, down cuz he didn't aim higher
And it hurts, hurts, hurts
The line of fire, the line of fire
(c) Norm Gaudet 2006 the_nag

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AFW - March 01, 2006 - Report this comment
Poor Dick, he's still up....but, I really like your parody here, very clever and funny lines ...five shots
Steve K. - March 01, 2006 - Report this comment
For piling on, I give you a 15-yard penalty. Three 5's that is.
John Barry - March 01, 2006 - Report this comment
Loved the Miers line.
Michael Pacholek - March 01, 2006 - Report this comment
Nag, you don't horse around. Five buckets of oats.
PMS - March 01, 2006 - Report this comment
Got a real bang out of this
Joel Martinez - March 01, 2006 - Report this comment
OUT OF ALL THE SONGS USED TO SPOOF DICK'S DESPAIR, YA'LL COULD'NT SPARE THIS ONE!?!??!!
The Nag - March 02, 2006 - Report this comment
No! Hell, the thing wrote itself in no time flat --- quicker even than it took June and Johnny to leave their spouses for the sacred ring of adulterous fire. As for Dick's despair, it's well-earned, wouldn't you say? If the guy had simply met with the law when asked, and checked out clean and sober, then we all would have moved on dot org. But frankly, Cheney played it like a drunken hunter would. He wussed out, and he's invited the ridicule and scrutiny. Cheney also drove us into a stupid (and by stupid I mean unnecessary) war that 's caused millions times more despair than he could ever know in his cushy, rich, insider's life, were he in fact capable of normal human emotions. Don't cry for him, Joel Martinez... the truth is, he's just not worth it. He's EE-Vill.
Joanna Lalos - March 04, 2006 - Report this comment
Thoroughly enjoyed This! Dick's despair as if he's the victim?????? It is amazing how differently we all view things! Why didn't Dick's apologists use the word remorse? Could it be he is remorseless?
Larry Hensley - March 05, 2006 - Report this comment
Really funny one, 555's
Bob Gomez - March 05, 2006 - Report this comment
BEAUTIFULLY biting satire, and a great example of what you can do by playing with point of view.
The Nag - March 07, 2006 - Report this comment
Thanks for the cool comments! I just finished the .mp3 file..... final lyrics are at my 'the_nag' link above. My email's listed there for anyone who would like to hear the .mp3. I'm trying to get set up to store/post/link such files myself,; I'm not there yet... one step at a time, right? I just replaced my Pentium II 350mhz yesterday --as in March 5th, Two Thousand and frigging SIX -- so I'm a little 'special'.

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