Song Parodies -> "You Can't Say That"

Original Song Title:

"You Can't Do That"

Original Performer:

"You Can't Say That"

Parody Written by:

The Lyrics

I’m old, outspoken and politically incorrect
I’m gonna sit down beside you and just reflect
I'm gonna let you down
I won’t hold back
Because I’ve been told before
Oh, you can't say that

Well, women should stay at home doing the chores
Not going out to work like I’ve told you before
I think I'll let you down (let you down)
I won’t hold back (gonna let you down and won’t hold back)
Because I've been told before, oh
You can't say that

Everybody's green
'Cause I'm the one, who still smokes inside
But if they'd heard
Me talking that way they'd go red in the face

So please listen to me, there’s no need for PC
If you try too hard you’ll go out of your tree
I'm gonna let you down (let you down)
I won’t hold back (gonna let you down and won’t hold back)
Because I've been told before, oh

You can't say that
You can't say that
You can't say that
You can't say that
You can't say that
You can't say that
Everybody's green
'Cause I'm the one, who still smokes inside
But if they'd heard
Me talking that way they'd go red in the face

So please listen to me, there’s no need for PC
If you try too hard you’ll go out of your tree
I'm gonna let you down (let you down)
I won’t hold back (gonna let you down and won’t hold back)
Because I've been told before, oh
You can't say that

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Fellow Writer - October 31, 2023 - Report this comment

As someone here that has written a few parodies, I have a problem with your inattention to SCAN. There are a few unwritten rules of good parody writing (which Weird Al and many others follow). #1 is DON'T ADD OR SUBTRACT BEATS, unless it is for comedic purposes. Your work is rife with these violations, and more attention to this rule would benefit the "singability" of your attempts. A subset rule involves keeping the weak and strong beats the same, although that is trickier. I find it frustrating to read your work when the song no longer fits.

CML - November 01, 2023 - Report this comment

Im not the same fellow as "a fellow writer" but I can offer one piece of advice that everybody should take. Use a website called "Rhymezone" This site helps in two ways. It gives you all the rhymes to whatever word you need to rhyme, to include two and three syllable rhymes. It also includes near rhymes, which can also do the trick. Also, it gives every synonym there is for some word that you want to use, but doesn't fit the "pace" of the OS. You need to track a three syllable word, but your choice has one syllable. Perhaps theres a synonym with three syllables .. Rhymezone may give it to you. I've been able to finish many a parody with that info.

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