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Song Parodies -> "Tough Week"

Original Song Title:

"One Week"

Original Performer:

Barenaked Ladies

Parody Song Title:

"Tough Week"

Parody Written by:

Below Average Dave

The Lyrics

I'm at badave.com
Had a Tough Week and still looking bleak
Got a rash on my side, it's poison ivy
Cat tipped over my T.V.
and tech support said that it's out of warranty
Fire in the dining room
A lightning bolt had hit my cot, and made a big boom
Hope next week is kinder to me
I'm afraid I have two more days left in the week

Monday night I clogged my sink
and so now my breath stinks
You'd wink if you were smelling my breath and
next on my list, I got pissed, 'Cause I forgot to feed the fish
I got all mushy 'cause I got that fish shipped from Japan
On Tuesday I choked on fresh limes
I broke out in hives
and I didn't wake up 'til noon
After that got my butt bit
Man I got so lit, My neighbor's fence their dog had bust through
Headache from a shake it aches and aches
My head I thought it'd break or quake
I popped an Advil, I took too much and passed out later
That's just half you know, they X-Ray showed
My neck lymph nodes have really grown
but it's not cancerous
Hope that it's nothing major

I wish that ev'rything I said wouldn't come out so bad
Formulate all I say and still make you sad
I'm a quirky guy who chokes on a donut hole
That powdered crap gets in me
and, my throat swells
Got the audacity to say what I really mean
Then I get some punches thrown at my head at work

What a Tough Week it has been for me
I glued myself to a chair outside on Main Street
Someone stole all my CDs
They even took the one that's by me
Lit my damn stove and it caught the broom
It turned my oven-mitts to soot
and it took my hair too
Don't know what's happ'ning to me
Guess now I'll lay back and wait til it grows back next week

Slippery Sliding on slide-doors slippin'
That was on Wednesday-I ended up trippin
Stuck on my back watching the sun
and I was so stunned
Took all of Thursday to heel my buns
On Friday night I found a bargain
So I went chargin'
So happy, wanted to make that game mine
I went-to-my-home, and plugged it in
But, it's not working
So I went back, the shop was gone that night
I'm so frickin' sick and tired of
all these horrid stories of tough love
Just got so angry hope that it's not so bad this weekend
Got into my room bed split in two
'cause it was doomed 'cause termites loomed in my mattress
They ate all but the damn springs

I'm Trying real hard not to let this week get me sad
It's real tough walk in on your naked dad
I was on the new that week, blowing up a grill
On top of that-burned the meat
Was not thrilled
I have a legacy of doing things that are naive
Like taking a dare to go naked to church

Glad this tough week is ending for me
Horoscope says "I'm Fine"
I hope I will be
6 Years since that mirror's doom
I dropped it, that broke it and since then I've been screwed
Bad luck's gotta leave me soon
I'm not superstitious so I say
but what would you do?
I advise-you stay away from me
Cause it will be one more year 'til I have a good week

It will be twelve more months 'til I can end this streak

Well, Three hundred and fifty-eight days technically

Oprah or Jerry-can somebody help me
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Christie Marie M - January 06, 2009 - Report this comment
If I were in your shoes, I'd throw one heck of a tantrum! Great job on doing a parody of a song that's hard due to fast singing! You're a professional when it comes to parody writing. I remember like yesterday when you gave me great advice on switching up the choruses on one of my parodies. Anyways, maybe you can make a recording of this song. Hope 3 unanimous 5's can make the best of your tough week!
TrailerParkHOstess - January 06, 2009 - Report this comment
Sir B+A+D, < CABO ~ WABO > award here, Sir ! I love the way it meanders on down the road . . . even those munching termites in your mattress ? ? ?
Below Average Dave - January 07, 2009 - Report this comment
Thank you very much Christie Marie M and TPH! It was very difficult to take on this one, I plan to record it we'll see if I can perform this one up to the standards of the I Was Drunk Late One Night parody. . .
Silver Power - February 04, 2009 - Report this comment
This is one of those songs that I'd personally never be able to parody, becausemy brain would explode. But you did an awesome job! Pacing was on point as far as I could tell, and it was funny, so 5s.
Silver Power - February 08, 2009 - Report this comment
[SOTM] See above.
Matthias - February 09, 2009 - Report this comment
Nice one Dave, All of the clever rhyming you went out of your way to do was well worth it in the end, making it much more complex and complicated then mine who just paced it. This looked like it was a lot of work, and good job. Hope your week get's better with these 5's.
Claude Prez - February 13, 2009 - Report this comment
Wow, a lot of tricky songs in the SOTM this month, and all of them really impressively done. All kinds of clever rhymes. And it's good to know I'm not the only one who goes to church naked.
Max Power - February 20, 2009 - Report this comment
I'm going to have a tough week myself...
Arwen - February 27, 2009 - Report this comment
SOTM...I've said before that this is, hands down, the hardest OS I have ever parodied...and to have done it so well, I have nothing but respect for you.
bobpiecheese - February 27, 2009 - Report this comment
(SOTM) There hasn't been many comments so far, but everyone who HAS commented has basically said what I wanted to say. 555 for you, sir.
Glen S - March 02, 2009 - Report this comment
Salute to you, Dave. Especially liked "next on my list, I got pissed, 'Cause I forgot to feed the fish",
and
the "horoscope says" lines.
what's up with naked church anyway? Didn't seeing your dad teach you a lesson about how dangerous naked is?
Matthias - September 29, 2010 - Report this comment
Extremely well done and an especially hard song to pull off so major points for doing it and doing it so damn well.
Agrimorfee - September 30, 2010 - Report this comment
Good job on this...uneven, but you're a damn sight better than me on getting darned song under your belt.
Christie Marie M - October 05, 2010 - Report this comment
(ABC S/T) Nice to read this one yet again! Also thank God I'm out of a tough week from last week as well! Great take on this tough OS!
Mark Scotti - October 06, 2010 - Report this comment
(ABC) - 555 laughs in this one. Great job, Dave!
Guy - October 08, 2010 - Report this comment
ABC-ST

BAD - I have a feeling things will turn around for you the second Tuesday of next week or if not then it will be Feb 31, 2011. =;-)

You're a braver writer than me to take on such a tough OS. Well done. As usual you have done a top notch job on this and I'm not just saysing this. Awesome!
Abbott Skelding - October 11, 2010 - Report this comment
ABC (ST): Excellent job! Pacing and humor were spot on! Great work!
bobpiecheese - October 15, 2010 - Report this comment
(ABC5) See above!
Andria - October 18, 2010 - Report this comment
(ABC S & T) Very good... heck of a tough song to parody, even Weird Al didn't get it right. But you did. I'd gorge myself on poison gopher bait, liquor and sleeping pills were I in this guy's shoes. 5s.

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