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Song Parodies -> "Lyrics On My Hand"

Original Song Title:

"Winter Wonderland"

Original Performer:

Traditional

Parody Song Title:

"Lyrics On My Hand"

Parody Written by:

Tasapio

The Lyrics

Lyrics on My Hand

When I sing
Folks are listening
For the words
I'm forgetting
I'm hoping I might
Remember tonight
I'll be writing lyrics on my hand

Gone away are the true words
So I'll make up some new words
The words to the songs
Are coming out wrong
I'll be writing lyrics on my hand

When I'm singing songs that I should know, man
And I get the verses jumbled 'round
Can't seem to remember how they go, man
Decided that I'd better write 'em down

From now on, I'll aspire,
When I sing with the choir,
To program my brain
The words to retain
I'll be writing lyrics on my hand

When I'm singing songs that I should know, man
And I've got the verses written down
I'll be glancing down to read my notes, man
I'm hoping that the ink won't smear around

Heaven knows I am willing
When it flows, it's so thrilling
I've got a new aid
If memory fades
I'll be writing lyrics on my hand
I'll be writing lyrics on my hand
I'll be writing lyrics on my hand

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Pacing: 5.0
How Funny: 4.8
Overall Rating: 4.9

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Phil Alexander - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
:-) Excellent! But I hope you only have short songs (or very large hands...)
Arwen - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
I have to agree with Phil! This made me grin!
John Barry - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
Nice hand job. Five fingers each on all three.
alvin rhodes - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
well paced and a clever concept...nice job...5s
pickle - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
This made me think of a story Lulu told on a documentary on Dusty Springfield. Her (Dusty's)hand movements onstage came about from her having written the words to songs on her arms beforehand, so one arm, say, would go up to her face so she could see certain words. She was also short-sighted, so the arm movements would get more convoluted. Thanks for reminding me! Every time I hear, say, 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me', now, I picture her arm going up on the chorus. More recently, Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard) does this a lot!
Jeff Reuben - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
Ashlee Simpson? =)
stu - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
Good, but what's the point?
Michael Pacholek - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
Short-sighted? Well, Dusty had drinking and drug problems, so, yeah, she was short-sighted. (But she finally beat 'em both... before cancer took her away from us.) What you mean, and would've said if you'd grown up on this side of the ocean, is that she was NEAR-sighted. And mentioning Lulu in the same sentence as Dusty Springfield is like mentioning either Simpson sister in the same sentence as Alicia Keys... and the comparison to the Simpson sisters doesn't do Lulu any favors either!
Ingeborg S. Nordén - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
Nice tight pacing, brilliant wordplay, great visuals...here are three more hands' worth of votes!
Adagio - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
Good one.
Phoenix Flower - December 09, 2004 - Report this comment
It's very funny, and the pacing is spot-on. My favorite part is "Gone away are the true words, / So I'll make up some new words."
Tim Mayfield - December 12, 2004 - Report this comment
Love this one! High 5's
Margaret - November 08, 2023 - Report this comment
A group of us are singing this and other parodies, after our choir Christmas dinner! So thank you.

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