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Song Parodies -> "Books For a Change"
Original Song Title:
"Home On the Range"
Original Performer:
Traditional
Parody Song Title:
"Books For a Change"
Parody Written by:
Rick Duncan
The Lyrics
Since I got bounced with a smutty one, I'll go back to nice, clean educational material.
Oh, give me a poem
Or a multi-page tome
And a quiet library to read
For a novel well writ
Makes the world fade a bit
And I find that my mind can be freed
Books, books for a change
Take a break from the video play
T. V. is for the birds
For the power of words
Will improve your mind slightly each day
Oh, give me a break
From that Springer mistake
And the spate of reality shows
I just want to run
MTV, VH-1
And most of the rest really blows
Books, books for a change
Take a break from the video play
With a book in your lap
You can run from the crap
And your brains won't just leak out each day
Or a multi-page tome
And a quiet library to read
For a novel well writ
Makes the world fade a bit
And I find that my mind can be freed
Books, books for a change
Take a break from the video play
T. V. is for the birds
For the power of words
Will improve your mind slightly each day
Oh, give me a break
From that Springer mistake
And the spate of reality shows
I just want to run
MTV, VH-1
And most of the rest really blows
Books, books for a change
Take a break from the video play
With a book in your lap
You can run from the crap
And your brains won't just leak out each day
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Reading this parody is an enriching experience. 555
I couldn't agree more! Excellent!
I see I got a one. I guess I should have provided a picture.
Ha! Beautiful! 5 5 5!! It WAS enriching!
Don't be bad-mouthin' TV now. TV kicks ass. Very good tho.
you're preachin' to the choir...books rule
I feel slightly smarter now. Wasn't too, too funny, but it was what you wanted it to be: clean, educational material. Nice and 5's from me.
The what? First of all, that was me, I don't know how the n got removed, and I also don't know how the rest of the message got removed as well. What I said was: go that! ... ah, yes I do. I put a less than sign, also known as a open html tag. Duh, I'm stupid. Anyway: go that! TV (less than) books! Of course, books (less than) gaming, but only just barely. Anyway, 5s.
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