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Song Parodies -> "Keen Timbre's Mean"
Original Song Title:
"Green Tambourine"
Original Performer:
Lemon Pipers
Parody Song Title:
"Keen Timbre's Mean"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
Keen: wail. Timbre (pronounced TAM-ber): the quality of a tone. L'chaim: "To life," Hebrew/Yiddish; salut: "hail," French; prost: "cheers," German; auld lang syne: "the good times," Scottish (literally "old long ago").
Plug your ears up when I start to keen.
It will sound like an unearthly scream.
It hurts plenty when I start to sing.
Listen and eardrums break--
My keen timbre's mean
I sing--you won't dance or say "L'chaim,"
"Salut," "prost," or even "auld lang syne."
You'll give me coins and bills not to sing.
You'll tell me: "Go away!
Your keen timbre screams!"
(Eardrum break)
I collect the dimes and walk away,
Get on a plane and head for L.A.
To audition for Simon, queen
Bitch who'll judge me today.
Like him, my timbre's mean.
It will sound like an unearthly scream.
It hurts plenty when I start to sing.
Listen and eardrums break--
My keen timbre's mean
I sing--you won't dance or say "L'chaim,"
"Salut," "prost," or even "auld lang syne."
You'll give me coins and bills not to sing.
You'll tell me: "Go away!
Your keen timbre screams!"
(Eardrum break)
I collect the dimes and walk away,
Get on a plane and head for L.A.
To audition for Simon, queen
Bitch who'll judge me today.
Like him, my timbre's mean.
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