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Song Parodies -> "Waist Deep in the Fun-Damentals Fray"

Original Song Title:

"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"

Original Performer:

Pete Seeger

Parody Song Title:

"Waist Deep in the Fun-Damentals Fray"

Parody Written by:

Ian Sherman

The Lyrics

This is a parody I created to express my feelings over the short tenure I had as a preschooler, at the Fun-Damentals Learning Center, in the Upper Arlington neighborhood of my hometown, Columbus, Ohio. Believe me, every time I think about the "treatment" I received there, I always believed that I wasn't bad, I was just misunderstood. The teachers just didn't know what to do with me for me quirky ways- I was only 3 or so at the time.
It was back in the year of 1990,
I was only three and a half.
I attended Fun-Damentals Learning Center at the time,
Only to end up as a nightmare to the staff.
I was trying to fit in with the other kids, to no avail,
That's how it all begun.
I was -- knee deep in the Fun-Damentals fray-
The big fools said to move on.

Even though I was growing, the teachers were in doubt
Of how I'd manage to do as I was told-
They always told me to be quiet when I opened my yap,
As if they wished I'd caught a chronic cold.
Why, they even chastised me for staying awake at naptime,
To sneak a look at a soap's theme song.
I was -- waist deep in the in the Fun-Damentals fray,
The big fools said to move on.

And the troubles didn't stop there, no siree,
Besides being busy at play.
You see, although I was mastering the toilet well,
I still had to wear diapers each day.
From naptime onward, I felt babied, yet confused,
As the few months spent wore on.
I was -- neck deep in the in the Fun-Damentals fray,
The big fools said to move on.

Until all at once, after a good long while,
The teachers felt that enough was enough.
They had an informal chat with Mom and Dad,
Saying for them, I was a tad too tough.
Although we shared a little bit of good times together,
I guess it wasn't meant to be much fun.
So I am-scrayed out of the Fun-Damentals fray,
With my status dead and gone.

Now the years have gone by too quickly, it seems,
I'm now a college sophomore.
And now, when I think more about my tenure there,
I'm still trying my darndest to explore
On why I got singled out- I never even got a chance
To amount to what we kids agreed on.
So I was rather lucky to escape the Fun-Damentals fray
When the big fools said to move on.

Well, I'm not going to mince any more words;
I'll leave the rest all up to you.
Maybe you're still being shushed, you're still feeling crushed,
You'd rather you wish you'd see it through.
But every time I look in that 1990 photo album,
That old feeling still comes on;
Of how I was -- waist deep in the in the Fun-Damentals fray,
And the big fools said to move on.

Waist deep in the in the Fun-Damentals fray,
And the big fools said to move on.

Waist deep in the in the Fun-Damentals fray,
And the big fools said to move on.

Waist deep... neck deep... soon even some kid-alumni there'll soon lose sleep
On how I was... waist deep in the in the Fun-Damentals fray!
And the big fools said to move on!
If you're reading this, Thalia Johansson (director of Fun-Damentals Learning Center), I hope you understand my feelings over being singled out. Forgive me?

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