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Song Parodies -> "Mimes"
Original Song Title:
"Signs"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Five Man Electrical Band
Parody Song Title:
"Mimes"
Parody Written by:
MooRocca
The Lyrics
Well the mimes, they're
Chalk faced creepy people
Dressed all alike
They get tugged by air
Pretend like they're trapped
And it's pointless to ask them why
So if you're shook by a mime panhandling, man
Here's what you do
Throw some change in its hat
And then tell it to scat
Slow!
Make -- no sudden moves
Oh, oh oh!
Mimes, mimes
Terrified of mimes
Hate it when they follow me
Wish they'd all die
They're just human rats
God I hate those mimes!
Oh the mimes bug ev'rybody
Love harassing!
Filthy parasites!
So I planned my defense
In case one should pounce
Hey! What if one should bite?
They get in your face
Won't let you 'round
And you don't know just where they've been
If one comes near
Just mace it in the face
Man, it might have distemper!
Mimes, mimes
Terrified of mimes
Hate it when they follow me
Wish they'd all die
They're just human rats
God I hate those mimes!
Now, hey you critter
Can't you speak?
Now, tell me would it hurt to try and make you scream?
You can't tell a judge if you can't speak
You sure you want to be here?
The mime fled
You got to understand
It's not hard to make them cry
Ha!
(Instrumental break)
The mime got
Twenty seven others
Came back to make me pay
And when I saw them sporting bats
I avoided the brawl
I didn't have a reason to stay
So I ran like the wind
Not a pray-er
But I prayed for
The death of the mimes
I begged,
Please dear Lord, they're catching up to me!
Could you smite those freakin' mimes?!
Whew!
Mimes, mimes
Terrified of mimes
Hate it when they follow me
Wish they'd all die
They're just human rats
God I hate those mimes!
Mimes! Mimes!
Terrified of mimes!
(Instrumental)
Mimes! Mimes!
(Instrumental / fade)
Chalk faced creepy people
Dressed all alike
They get tugged by air
Pretend like they're trapped
And it's pointless to ask them why
So if you're shook by a mime panhandling, man
Here's what you do
Throw some change in its hat
And then tell it to scat
Slow!
Make -- no sudden moves
Oh, oh oh!
Mimes, mimes
Terrified of mimes
Hate it when they follow me
Wish they'd all die
They're just human rats
God I hate those mimes!
Oh the mimes bug ev'rybody
Love harassing!
Filthy parasites!
So I planned my defense
In case one should pounce
Hey! What if one should bite?
They get in your face
Won't let you 'round
And you don't know just where they've been
If one comes near
Just mace it in the face
Man, it might have distemper!
Mimes, mimes
Terrified of mimes
Hate it when they follow me
Wish they'd all die
They're just human rats
God I hate those mimes!
Now, hey you critter
Can't you speak?
Now, tell me would it hurt to try and make you scream?
You can't tell a judge if you can't speak
You sure you want to be here?
The mime fled
You got to understand
It's not hard to make them cry
Ha!
(Instrumental break)
The mime got
Twenty seven others
Came back to make me pay
And when I saw them sporting bats
I avoided the brawl
I didn't have a reason to stay
So I ran like the wind
Not a pray-er
But I prayed for
The death of the mimes
I begged,
Please dear Lord, they're catching up to me!
Could you smite those freakin' mimes?!
Whew!
Mimes, mimes
Terrified of mimes
Hate it when they follow me
Wish they'd all die
They're just human rats
God I hate those mimes!
Mimes! Mimes!
Terrified of mimes!
(Instrumental)
Mimes! Mimes!
(Instrumental / fade)
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Very nice.
If anyone's not familiar with the original: http://phaethon.ch/roger/
Thanks Diva!
Great job!
Mimes! Don't you just hate them? I did some Jean Dixon type of predictions in Jan, 2003 and predicted the follwoing:
"Someone will clone a mime and it will all be over except for the screaming."
Great parody and great imagination.
"Someone will clone a mime and it will all be over except for the screaming."
Great parody and great imagination.
Thanks Billy and Guy! Guy: What a nightmarish vision of the future! Wait a minute... they all dress alike, they all do the same schtick... nooo, couldn't be. Could it? (shudder)
Not bad for dead hamsters (Hilarious visuals there BTW)
Thanks Claude. (My neighbors must agree. Seems they laughed themselves sick at the sight. At least, that's the word they kept muttering when they phoned to insist that I close the drapes. ;) )
If cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
I put a blank tape in my VCR and turned the volume all the way up. The mime next door went crazy.
A mime is a terrible thing to waste.
I love it.
Thanks Michael & friends. Billy C., I agree, if you're going to hunt them, you should eat them and make coats of their skins.
That was flawless! :-D
Thanks Merry!
I hope you stabbed that mime with a knife.
Spaff, yes, I stabbed it with my steely knife, then I had myself a feast... oh, wait, wrong song, never mind. :)
This is hilarious. Would have missed it without the comments! I always thought mimes were scary. And clowns. Have you seen the "This is Spinal Tap" out-take with the mime? It might leave you speechless.
Thanks Leah! I love Spinal Tap and I'm a "bonus features" nerd, so I know I've seen it, probably several times, but I can't remember it to save my life! (woke with a bad cold, today and I think it's cutting off the oxygen supply to my brain cells.)
Melhi - I must have missed this one earlier - very clever internal rhyme and pacing, well done! 5's
Thanks Johnny D.!
i tried to make one of those witty parody comments but i'm going to skip that and just say you got fives
See above.
All 5's! This is extreamly funny, sucks for me. :-)
LOL 5's!
Good job Melhi. 5 stars. I have just added a new Shania Twain parody to the Shania Twain section that I think you would enjoy. There is even a link to a sample of the original song. Any comments or votes would be graciously appreciated. This is a parody of "Whose Bed Has Your Boots Been Under?" and although it says written by "Twain/Lange", it was ofcourse written by me.
Thanks Ethan, Mystery Goat, Jack and Chris. Chris, I'll definitely check it out! Goatman - I thought pretty much the same thing when I reviewed yours, except substitute "touching" for "funny."
Oops, sorry about typing your name wrong, MysteryGoat.
Excellent job, Melhi!
Thanks Jeff!
Just read it again,and thanks for the mime-ories!
(hee hee!) Thanks Diva!
I have nothing to say (buh-dum-pm chhh) so have some 5s.
It was good, but not your best in my opinion. Here's an apple with 5-4-5 carved on it.
What a very unusual and original subject .. and very cleverly done .. excellent parody
Thanks Neminem, 2nz & Martha. Neminem -- LOL!
Liked it...next time you see a mime and you want to give him some spare change, throw paradigms in his hat - then tell him the air from his air guitar is going to his head.
LOL! Thanks OCw. :)
i nearly died when i heard this...great job
i do agree, sir. i've always disliked clowns, mimes & elves . . . Sorry, SnowWhite !
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