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Song Parodies -> "Consider Yourself Laid Off"
Original Song Title:
"Consider Yourself"
Original Performer:
The Broadway Cast Of Oliver
Parody Song Title:
"Consider Yourself Laid Off"
Parody Written by:
David Agans
The Lyrics
Done as part of a parody of a startup company's history. Later sung "spontaneously" by request of a recently laid-off engineer, to the astonishment of the others in the bar at the time.
Consider yourself laid off;
Consider yourself gone with the furniture.
We've pissed away all our dough --
That's why we're going to let you go.
Consider yourself washed up;
Consider yourself out on the street again.
There isn't the time to sob --
Because you no longer have a job
Well, we spent enough to burn a BMW
In the parking lot each day;
Now we're out of cash and we don't want to trouble you,
So we'll send you on your way!
Consider that you've been canned;
Things didn't work out as planned;
The time has come to end what we have all enjoyed --
Consider yourself unemployed!
Consider yourself discharged;
You've got a pink slip, why don't you hit the road?
Your drawings were picturesque --
But now it's time to clean out your desk!
Well, we spent enough to burn a BMW
In the parking lot each day;
Now we're out of cash and we don't want to trouble you,
So we'll send you on your way!
Consider that you've been canned;
Things didn't work out as planned;
The time has come to end what we have all enjoyed --
Consider yourself unemployed!
Consider yourself gone with the furniture.
We've pissed away all our dough --
That's why we're going to let you go.
Consider yourself washed up;
Consider yourself out on the street again.
There isn't the time to sob --
Because you no longer have a job
Well, we spent enough to burn a BMW
In the parking lot each day;
Now we're out of cash and we don't want to trouble you,
So we'll send you on your way!
Consider that you've been canned;
Things didn't work out as planned;
The time has come to end what we have all enjoyed --
Consider yourself unemployed!
Consider yourself discharged;
You've got a pink slip, why don't you hit the road?
Your drawings were picturesque --
But now it's time to clean out your desk!
Well, we spent enough to burn a BMW
In the parking lot each day;
Now we're out of cash and we don't want to trouble you,
So we'll send you on your way!
Consider that you've been canned;
Things didn't work out as planned;
The time has come to end what we have all enjoyed --
Consider yourself unemployed!
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That engineer may have been downsized by my vote won't be: 5-5-5.
consider yourself the recipient of fives...nice job...
Very good parody with a lot of good lines.
Wonderful :-)
Song of the day! Why hasn't this got more support??? Well done, David..555
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