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Song Parodies -> "Where Everybody Knows You're Lame"

Original Song Title:

"Where Everybody Knows Your Name"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Gary Portnoy

Parody Song Title:

"Where Everybody Knows You're Lame"

Parody Written by:

Immoral Liberal

The Lyrics

So this is a kinda political parody, but it's... generic.
Faking your way through the world today
Takes more brains than you've got.
Hanging around your worst of critics
Puts you on the spot.
Why would you do that anyway?

All those gigs where you've got no rigs,
Can make for one tough sale;
And the slightest breakdown
Can lead to an epic fail;
And your acting methods really blow...

Why would you want to go
Where everybody knows you're lame,
And sees through your every claim?
Who'd want to be where constantly
For trouble you'll take the blame?
Who'd want to be where everybody knows you're lame?

Tongue tripping hard; you look like a 'tard.
What was it you just said? (Did you say what you said?)
All your gaffes are on the record;
Folks laugh until they're dead.
Then the worst insults at you are hurled...

Why go the one place in the world
Where everybody knows you're lame?
It's your only claim to fame!
Who'd want to go where you well know
Through the mud goes your name?
Who'd want to go where everybody knows you're lame?

...Where everybody knows you're lame; (Everybody, everybody knows you're lame!)
It's your only claim to fame!
...Where everybody knows you're lame; (Everybody, everybody knows you're lame!)
Through the mud now goes your name...
[Etc.]
See, songs based on the most current events and personalities tend to go stale pretty quickly as people change and trends shift, but this one should be applicable in years to come until politicians themselves go out of style.

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Glenn Walker - July 26, 2024 - Report this comment
Sometimes I feel like Here's the deal, Post on amiright... Show you're a dunce, not twice but once, will find you in a fight....Someone will surely disagree............. (Actually I've found the people here to be quite nice.) Anyway, Cheers! From the 14th person to attempt this song, to the 15th person to attempt this song.
Peter Andersson - July 27, 2024 - Report this comment
A potential problem with the reasoning in the footnote is that sometimes words too go out of fashion or change meaning, for example the post WW2-generation of boomers must have been surprised to find how "nerd" and "geek" now means very different things than when they were young. Now I wouldn't put "lame" high on the list of words I expect to get an upgrade very soon, but then again ever since Weird Al wrote "Lame Claim To Fame" I wouldn't bet against it either. :-)
G_RandomPerson - July 27, 2024 - Report this comment
Shaq did one of the best partial parodies of this song

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