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Song Parodies -> "Expunge These Tattoos"
Original Song Title:
"Sunny Afternoon"
Original Performer:
Kinks
Parody Song Title:
"Expunge These Tattoos"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
The tattoos are tacky--must go.
They cannot be sedately shown.
Laserin' skin expunges tattoos.
There's this one, of a yacht,
Got it when I tied sailors' knots.
I have got to expunge these tattoos.
Lave me, lave me lave me, lave me, please!
Take off this great big "Momma"; it's garish to see.
Make a tabula rasa of me.
Clean me palimpsestically.*
Laserin' skin expunges tattoos.
Almost scrubbin' time.
My old girlfriend's name's on my arm
Next to a biceps-swayin' palm.
Here's what's entailed by drunken tomfoolery.
I had it etched in here
After I'd sipped too much beer
Now I've got to expunge these tattoos.
Help me, help me, help me--lase away
They're simply too displeasing--don't want them to stay.
Scrub me clean, please, epidermally
These beams clean hygienically.
Lase me, lave me, expunge these tattoos.
Now it's scrubbin' time. . . .
*palimpsest: parchment that has been partially or complete erased.
They cannot be sedately shown.
Laserin' skin expunges tattoos.
There's this one, of a yacht,
Got it when I tied sailors' knots.
I have got to expunge these tattoos.
Lave me, lave me lave me, lave me, please!
Take off this great big "Momma"; it's garish to see.
Make a tabula rasa of me.
Clean me palimpsestically.*
Laserin' skin expunges tattoos.
Almost scrubbin' time.
My old girlfriend's name's on my arm
Next to a biceps-swayin' palm.
Here's what's entailed by drunken tomfoolery.
I had it etched in here
After I'd sipped too much beer
Now I've got to expunge these tattoos.
Help me, help me, help me--lase away
They're simply too displeasing--don't want them to stay.
Scrub me clean, please, epidermally
These beams clean hygienically.
Lase me, lave me, expunge these tattoos.
Now it's scrubbin' time. . . .
*palimpsest: parchment that has been partially or complete erased.
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funny and intelligently written...i particularly liked "Make a tabula rasa of me. Clean me palimpsestically".......5s plus
Thanks, Alvin.
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