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Song Parodies -> "If I Had Only a Brain"
Original Song Title:
"If I Only Had a Brain"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Wizard of Oz
Parody Song Title:
"If I Had Only a Brain"
Parody Written by:
Royce Miller
The Lyrics
I could calculate for hours
use my brainy powers
To forecast wind and rain
And my head would be computing
With no notion of re-booting
if I had only a brain
And somewhere in my middle
No heart would be a-sizzle
So what then could I gain?
Many thoughts I'd be thinkin'
But compassion would be sinkin'
If I had only a brain
Oh, I could analyze the ocean and its floor
But never take a walk along the shore
And think of every sunset as a bore
I'd be happy over nothin'
Somber as a muffin
No heart, but just a drain
Resembling a robot, it's grey matter that I've got
If I had only a brain
use my brainy powers
To forecast wind and rain
And my head would be computing
With no notion of re-booting
if I had only a brain
And somewhere in my middle
No heart would be a-sizzle
So what then could I gain?
Many thoughts I'd be thinkin'
But compassion would be sinkin'
If I had only a brain
Oh, I could analyze the ocean and its floor
But never take a walk along the shore
And think of every sunset as a bore
I'd be happy over nothin'
Somber as a muffin
No heart, but just a drain
Resembling a robot, it's grey matter that I've got
If I had only a brain
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Very good parody Royce but you lost me on the last verse.
In the last verse, I think Royce has set up a clever dialectic. Although "gray matter" is a specific term, it has a metaphorical, somewhat amorphous connotation. Whereas "brain" connotes a chunk of crenelated flesh you'd see in a lab or a James Whale film. Ordinarily, you'd think, I have the brain, but I wish I had gray matter. But Royce has turned that idea on its head (so to speak) and then, in a coup de gris [matter], allied the GM with the robot, which you'd customarily think of as having a brain, or computer, not GM. Very clever!
well, I liked it, but now John's got me all confused - my small brain liked "With no notion of re-booting" best - 555
Well done, Royce. I, too, liked the "re-booting" line, but it looks like you annoyed the one-robot.
It's a classic. 555
Tres clever, Mme Miller! 555
If every sunset is supposed to be a bore, then your parody, my friend, is a sunset! :D 322
Thanks for the kind comments; Huff, every sunset would only be a bore if you had only a brain. But it's obvious you have a heart, too.
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