Answers & Points - Lyrically Speaking - 1/14/09
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:37 am
It is not often I get requests from common peasants asking me to do work for them, but I made an exception when that ne'er do well LB asked me to write up a Wacky Wednesday game for his little music contest he's running into the ground like a big Wall Street bank. See, my darling Kiki apparently has a thing for him, and she loves the way he peels an orange for her, so I decided it may be in my best interest to do the lad a favor if I didn't want to find myself sleeping in the servants' quarters tonight....
For my game today, of course I picked songs that remind me of the good life I enjoy as a man of enormous wealth. It was a real pain to write down all these lyrics on the back of hundred dollar bills and submit them to LB.... I mean, I wound up getting the first callous I've had on my hand since I quit my job delivering The Saturday Evening Post. So I hereby demand that everyone plays this game, or I will buy your employer and personally fire your ass on the spot. I will, however, be kind enough to hire one of you back since I need someone to trim my 688379233 acre lawn for me every day....
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and be fortunate you're even getting that in this economy!
1. New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team
2. Some people got to have it
Some people really need it
Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
You wanna do things, do things, do things, good things with it
3. Tried to make it little by little
tried to make it bit by bit on my own.
Quit the job, the grey believers
another town where I get close to the bone.
4. Dressed up like a million dollar trooper,
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper.
Super-duper!
5. I want my cake wanna eat it too
I want the stars and the silver moon
I spend my money of lottery
My favourite number is 1 2 3, you see
Editor's note: Did Fanny transcribe this lyric!?!?!?
6. You can tell I'm educated, I studied at the Sorbonne
Doctored in mathematics, I could have been a don
I can program a computer, choose the perfect time
If you've got the inclination, I have got the crime
7. So far gone, on your own
You can get along if you try to be strong
But you'll never be strong
8. We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner.
Of course we would, we'd just eat more.
And buy really expensive ketchups with it.
That's right, all the fanciest Dijon ketchups!
Mmm.
Mmm-hmm.
9. They shake your hand and they smile
And they buy you a drink
They say we'll be your friends
We'll stick with you till the end
10. I've seen the future, I can't afford it
Tell me the truth sir, someone just bought it
11. She's got big thoughts, big dreams
And a big brown Mercedes sedan
What I think this girl, she really wants
Is to be in love with a man
12. The minute you walked in the joint
I could see you were a man of distinction.
We interrupt this Lyrically Speaking Game for a special set of bonus lyrics brought to you by the ghostjmf Society For Sharing the Wealth:
13. Hash browns an' bacon strips,
I love the way that you lick your lips,
No fooling, I can see you drooling,
Feel the hunger grow
For my game today, of course I picked songs that remind me of the good life I enjoy as a man of enormous wealth. It was a real pain to write down all these lyrics on the back of hundred dollar bills and submit them to LB.... I mean, I wound up getting the first callous I've had on my hand since I quit my job delivering The Saturday Evening Post. So I hereby demand that everyone plays this game, or I will buy your employer and personally fire your ass on the spot. I will, however, be kind enough to hire one of you back since I need someone to trim my 688379233 acre lawn for me every day....
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and be fortunate you're even getting that in this economy!
1. New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team
2. Some people got to have it
Some people really need it
Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
You wanna do things, do things, do things, good things with it
3. Tried to make it little by little
tried to make it bit by bit on my own.
Quit the job, the grey believers
another town where I get close to the bone.
4. Dressed up like a million dollar trooper,
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper.
Super-duper!
5. I want my cake wanna eat it too
I want the stars and the silver moon
I spend my money of lottery
My favourite number is 1 2 3, you see
Editor's note: Did Fanny transcribe this lyric!?!?!?
6. You can tell I'm educated, I studied at the Sorbonne
Doctored in mathematics, I could have been a don
I can program a computer, choose the perfect time
If you've got the inclination, I have got the crime
7. So far gone, on your own
You can get along if you try to be strong
But you'll never be strong
8. We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner.
Of course we would, we'd just eat more.
And buy really expensive ketchups with it.
That's right, all the fanciest Dijon ketchups!
Mmm.
Mmm-hmm.
9. They shake your hand and they smile
And they buy you a drink
They say we'll be your friends
We'll stick with you till the end
10. I've seen the future, I can't afford it
Tell me the truth sir, someone just bought it
11. She's got big thoughts, big dreams
And a big brown Mercedes sedan
What I think this girl, she really wants
Is to be in love with a man
12. The minute you walked in the joint
I could see you were a man of distinction.
We interrupt this Lyrically Speaking Game for a special set of bonus lyrics brought to you by the ghostjmf Society For Sharing the Wealth:
13. Hash browns an' bacon strips,
I love the way that you lick your lips,
No fooling, I can see you drooling,
Feel the hunger grow
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