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Song Parodies -> "Loose Wheel"
Original Song Title:
"Lucille"
Original Performer:
Kenny Rogers
Parody Song Title:
"Loose Wheel"
Parody Written by:
Jan Unwin
The Lyrics
Loose Wheel
On a road in Toledo, across from the depot
I was cruising in my old heap.
It wasn't good lookin'
But I was sure bookin'
And anyway I got it dirt cheap.
Me and my old lady
Were cruising 'bout 80
When the car really started to roar
Round the curve we were turnin', and something was burnin'
But I shoved that old gas pedal down to the floor
In the mirror I saw something cruise down the highway
I thought how it looked out of place
It was my tire, going like fire
I had a strange look on my face
I really don't know but, it looked like a donut
For a minute I thought I was dead
I started crying, I thought we were dying
I looked out the windshield and said
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
With four old bald tires, you were such a good deal
I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
But you were just a great steal
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
After the collision, I made a decision
I thought how I'd lived through it all
In the glow of the headlights, I checked out the damage
You really couldn't see much at all
I started thinking, I'm glad I'm not drinking
And these words came back time after time
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
With 4 old bald tires, you were such a good deal
I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
But you were just a great steal
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
On a road in Toledo, across from the depot
I was cruising in my old heap.
It wasn't good lookin'
But I was sure bookin'
And anyway I got it dirt cheap.
Me and my old lady
Were cruising 'bout 80
When the car really started to roar
Round the curve we were turnin', and something was burnin'
But I shoved that old gas pedal down to the floor
In the mirror I saw something cruise down the highway
I thought how it looked out of place
It was my tire, going like fire
I had a strange look on my face
I really don't know but, it looked like a donut
For a minute I thought I was dead
I started crying, I thought we were dying
I looked out the windshield and said
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
With four old bald tires, you were such a good deal
I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
But you were just a great steal
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
After the collision, I made a decision
I thought how I'd lived through it all
In the glow of the headlights, I checked out the damage
You really couldn't see much at all
I started thinking, I'm glad I'm not drinking
And these words came back time after time
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
With 4 old bald tires, you were such a good deal
I've had some clunkers, some really bad junkers
But you were just a great steal
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel
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Very good execution on internal rhyme, pace, flow and humor. I'll add a fifth wheel to this song in the voting column. Good job!
I was working on this same idea, but I didn't finish it. You solved the problem I couldn't. Good job!
I agree--good parody.
You took an old country music joke and made the DEFINITIVE parody for the song. Pinkard & Bowden or Homer & Jethro would be proud! LOL--555!.
If we ever meet, we're taking you to whatever passes for a redneck bar in that town and I'm going to play while you sing this.
Clever chorus, very well set up.
Rick - LOL There's not enough rum and cokes in the world to make me sing in public.
I needed these lyrics for my ex boyfriend he was coming home from work one night and went around a corner and his wheel came off thank God nothing happened to him but as for the truck the quarter panel has some boo boo's
Well done, but I believe the title and idea to be copied. The BBC had a comedy sketch with this parady on British TV in the fall of 1986. The song was played over TV footage of Nigel Mansell's F1 car blowing a tire near the end of the Adelaide Grand Prix. This was the last race of the season and Nigel's blow out allowed Alain Prost to win world drivers' championship.
Wonderful Job!
Jan, if you're watching this, I'd like to perform this song, but I need your permission. Please email me at parodyfreek@yahoo.com.au
Very well done. I heard a trucker sing one of these on TV some years ago, maybe ten or more. His version had a trucker's orientation. Anybody know how to track it down? Tnx, Bill
I actually wrote mine back in the late 70s but they say great minds think alike!
I heard another parody, concerning Lucille's bailout timing. The only line I remember:- "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, they brought in a gusher out in our back field - - - "
HEARD THIS SONG YEARS AGO MADE A GREAT HIT . I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THE AIR WAVES AGAIN PEOPLE NEED SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED HUMOR TODAY
Where can I get a copy of this parody?
Fun parody! I'm going to try this tonight at karaoke. I'll let you know how it went
great job! Really funny and I could actually see this happening! Well done!!
Haha, my dad's friend lost a wheel of the trailer which he didn't know, and dad happened to be going passed at that time and saw a 'magic' wheel rolling through the paddock. Wasn't til the next day when having a couple of beers that dad mentioned to his friends at what happened expecting to be laughed at. But the friend that lost the wheel was there and it was such a coincidence. Anyway we had our annual fishing competition on and my dad organised for another friend to get up and sing "It's a fine time to leave me loose wheel" Will never ever forget it my whole life :)
Alternate chorus - you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel, stripped all my lug nuts ended up in a field, I've had shet happen, but I was a crappin' my pants during this whole ordeal, you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel.
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