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Song Parodies -> "You can't stop me from Parodyin'"
Original Song Title:
"You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming"
Original Performer:
Guy Lombardo
Parody Song Title:
"You can't stop me from Parodyin'"
Parody Written by:
Ralph E. Shaffer
The Lyrics
I recently tried to re-establish a friendship with a girl I knew in college 65 years ago. The email exchange went from bad to worse, then she broke it off. So, in frustration, I wrote a parody, based on a song from our era.
You can unlist your telephone,
Even shoot down my spying drone
You can say "No, No," to memory lane,
Protest it causes you lots of pain,
But you can't stop me from parodyin'.
You can close up, just like a clam,
Block my email, and call it spam.
You can say "No, No," lady that's O.K.,
But you'll regret it a lot some day
'Cause you can't stop me from parodyin'.
You see, each night at nine
I will opine.
Like Hammerstein,
I'll write a skewering line.
"Return to sender" my postal mail.
Maybe send me right off to jail.
You can say "No, No," lady that's all right
But I'll get even with you each night
'Cause you can't stop me from parodyin'.
Even shoot down my spying drone
You can say "No, No," to memory lane,
Protest it causes you lots of pain,
But you can't stop me from parodyin'.
You can close up, just like a clam,
Block my email, and call it spam.
You can say "No, No," lady that's O.K.,
But you'll regret it a lot some day
'Cause you can't stop me from parodyin'.
You see, each night at nine
I will opine.
Like Hammerstein,
I'll write a skewering line.
"Return to sender" my postal mail.
Maybe send me right off to jail.
You can say "No, No," lady that's all right
But I'll get even with you each night
'Cause you can't stop me from parodyin'.
reshaffer@csupomona.edu
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I thought I was the senior submitter on amIright, but 65 years ago when you were in college, I was still in gradeschool! So I had to find TOS at http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/y/youcantstopmefromdreaming.shtml from 1937. It has this intro that you omitted:
So sweet and lovely, but what an affair
Not even a kiss since we met
You just won't love me, but I don't care
For I will get you yet
I'm sure you could parody this to fit your situation. I have to downgrade you on Pacing for that and because "parodying" has two more syllables than "dreaming".
So sweet and lovely, but what an affair
Not even a kiss since we met
You just won't love me, but I don't care
For I will get you yet
I'm sure you could parody this to fit your situation. I have to downgrade you on Pacing for that and because "parodying" has two more syllables than "dreaming".
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