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Markus 07:42 am UTC 08/09/10 |
| In reply to: | Parody: Breed'em Like Sheep - Vin 03:50 am UTC 08/09/10 |
| Some funny stuff you did! :-) Markus > This was written back when the cloning of Dolly the sheep > over in Scotland was big news, back in the late 90s, in > case that's not terribly obvious. > > We've gotten tired of waiting for a Jim song that's > entirely new > We've worn out all of the covers, heard a few new live > tracks > Woke up from sweaty, red-eyed dreams about a "Dead Ringer > II" > > And while we've done all this waiting > clever Jim fans have come up with a plan: > Gonna drag Jim off to Scotland to the Genetics lab... > We're gonna make some carbon copies of our Musical Man. > > Now if we weren't so obsessive we could just wait around > And wish that Jim were a songwriting tank > But Jimmy hasn't been prolific since the late '70s > Could his muse be exhausted? Have his song-giants > shrank? > Because the sheet music's BLANK! > > If we could only clone Jim Steinman he could write us more > songs > We'd have a brand-new top-ten hit every week > We'd have at least a hundred Jimmys pounding ivory keys > 'Cause we'd be breeding Jimmy Steinmans like sheep > If we could only clone Jim Steinman then they'd write us > more songs > Like God wrote music and was jacked up on speed > And Rory Dodd would have no free-time so his wife would > get pissed > Since we'd be breeding Jimmy Steinmans like sheep! > > Remember waiting forever for the oft-delayed release of > Bat II? > Don't get me wrong the thing is great but it was mostly > old songs > Some even older than fans born in 1982 > > And so we sit here just waiting for whatever Steinman news > may befall > Forced to cope with hacking copycats like Diane Warren > Making Jimmy Steinman Rip-offs(Out of Nothing at All) > > Well if we weren't so addicted it'd be no big deal > Because there's lots of other fun to be had > Still got good sex and good drugs, if not our choice Rock > N' Roll > That's two out of three, and so it shouldn't be bad > But somehow it's still BAD! > > If we could only clone Jim Steinman he could write us more > songs > Like God wrote music and was jacked up on speed > We'd have eleven-hundred Steinmans dripping blood on the > keys > 'Cause we'd be breeding Jimmy Steinmans like sheep > > Well we were up in the Highlands, we were down in the lab > We'd gone eleven days without any sleep > Aw, we were replicating enzymes, we were splicing up > genes > And now we're breeding Jimmy Steinmans like sheep! > > (Breed'em like sheep) > Let's face it someday Jim won't write anymore > (Breed-em like sheep) > Which comes first, burn-out or Death? > (New top ten hit every week) > And to how much brillance can one human give birth, > Before he draws his last breath? > > (Breed'em like sheep) > There's just one Darkness we can never let fall > (Breed'em like sheep) > Total Eclipse of His Art > (Splicing up genes) > Now Jim can not only complete "Neverland," > He can play every part. > > (Breed'em like sheep) > For all the songs that set our souls burning bright > (Breed'em like sheep) > The songs that rocked us to sleep > (His songs are jacked up on speed) > And all the epics Jim just needs time to write, > we've gotta clone The Man and breed'em like sheep > > If we could clone him we could breed him like sheep > > Well we'd be up in the Highlands, we'd be down in the lab > It wouldn't matter if we got any sleep > We'd replicate Jim's enzymes, duplicate all his genes > And we'd be cloning Jimmy Steinman like > sheep............. > > > > | |
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