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Song Parodies -> "No Work, No Work, It's A Terrible Sound"
Original Song Title:
"New York, New York, It's A Wonderful Town"
Original Performer:
Cast of On The Town
Parody Song Title:
"No Work, No Work, It's A Terrible Sound"
Parody Written by:
Airfarcewon
The Lyrics
Country's not out of the red yet, oh, oh, oh
There's less bills to fold, and put in our billfolds
Deep, deep down in our pockets dig,
Deep down in pockets dig
(Day workers, job hunting..waiting anxiously in line)
Scene: Any town or city, of any state in the USA
They sing:
No work, no work, no work, no work
No work, no work, It's a terrible sound!
Daywork supervisor:
Sorry fella's..no jobs today
Workers:
We ain't worked for 24 months! We need to feed our families!
Supervisor: Sorry, there's no work at all, today..try again tomorrow.
Workers:
No work, No work, it's a terrible sound!
Foreclosure's up and employment's down
Gas prices high and the dollar's unwound
No work, No work,..
Jobs nowhere around!
(Sad musical interlude)
Work never used to be this scarce, we'd find plenty,
Plenty, everyday
Now, we search the whole town,
Our hopes beaten down,
Gets worse each day, that's why we say..
No work, no work, and we're wearin' a frown
The future looks low, a hole in the ground,
No work, no work,
(Another sad musical interlude)
Where are construction jobs, the manual labor that they need good men to do
Must we walk the streets till this slump is over
Till we can safely say, jobs are back in the USA.
Work to fill each day, Till then we'll pray..
No work, no work, unemployment bound
There is none, not a job to be found
It's got us low, and it's keepin' us down
No work, no work,
Rings a terrible sound
Big shots, cruise by in their new cars.."Need Nots",
While we scrape and pray
I'd just like to see those cigar puffin' big shots
Be in our spot, one day..
They wouldn't feel so great, if they suffered our fate
They'd go cra-zy in a day
No work, no work, needin' flour, a pound
To bake some bread..stop the hungerin' sound
Even dogs are thin and they're dyin' around
No work, no work,
Hopin' soon, jobs are found..
No work, no work,
Hopin' soon, jobs are found..
There's less bills to fold, and put in our billfolds
Deep, deep down in our pockets dig,
Deep down in pockets dig
(Day workers, job hunting..waiting anxiously in line)
Scene: Any town or city, of any state in the USA
They sing:
No work, no work, no work, no work
No work, no work, It's a terrible sound!
Daywork supervisor:
Sorry fella's..no jobs today
Workers:
We ain't worked for 24 months! We need to feed our families!
Supervisor: Sorry, there's no work at all, today..try again tomorrow.
Workers:
No work, No work, it's a terrible sound!
Foreclosure's up and employment's down
Gas prices high and the dollar's unwound
No work, No work,..
Jobs nowhere around!
(Sad musical interlude)
Work never used to be this scarce, we'd find plenty,
Plenty, everyday
Now, we search the whole town,
Our hopes beaten down,
Gets worse each day, that's why we say..
No work, no work, and we're wearin' a frown
The future looks low, a hole in the ground,
No work, no work,
(Another sad musical interlude)
Where are construction jobs, the manual labor that they need good men to do
Must we walk the streets till this slump is over
Till we can safely say, jobs are back in the USA.
Work to fill each day, Till then we'll pray..
No work, no work, unemployment bound
There is none, not a job to be found
It's got us low, and it's keepin' us down
No work, no work,
Rings a terrible sound
Big shots, cruise by in their new cars.."Need Nots",
While we scrape and pray
I'd just like to see those cigar puffin' big shots
Be in our spot, one day..
They wouldn't feel so great, if they suffered our fate
They'd go cra-zy in a day
No work, no work, needin' flour, a pound
To bake some bread..stop the hungerin' sound
Even dogs are thin and they're dyin' around
No work, no work,
Hopin' soon, jobs are found..
No work, no work,
Hopin' soon, jobs are found..
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Funny and sad. Our government is a collective Nero, fiddling around while people need work.
Thanks, Warren...I agree some plan is needed, soon..also about gas and food and other prices...future prognosis is not good
Sir L'Air, Mighty Duke oEdge, there are plenty of jobs, Sir . . . . they were all moved over > > > " there " We Need a giant Lasso to rope 'em & get them back to ~US~ R I C K ~ P E R R Y for President ! !
Thanks, Lady LOY...you may be right
Sir, you definitely 'coined' this one right !
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