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Song Parodies -> "You've Got Your Foibles, I've Got mine"

Original Song Title:

"You've got Your Troubles, I've got Mine"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

The Fortunes

Parody Song Title:

"You've Got Your Foibles, I've Got mine"

Parody Written by:

Stan Hall

The Lyrics

A foolish conformity is the hobgoblin of samll minds - Stan Waldo Hallerson. :-)
You buy the junk those TV hucksters hawk
You’ve got your foibles, I’ve got mine.
I love the lisp in “Baba Wawas” talk
You’ve got your foibles, I’ve got mine.

But ev’ryone acts odd sometimes
And minor quiddities aren’t crimes.

I use my sleeve to wipe my runny nose
You’ve got your foibles, I’ve got mine.
You dye drifts yellow ev’ry time it snows --
Some say such foibles make us swine.

But I don’t feel that we’re depra-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aved,
Or that we’re bad-enough beha-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aved
To be eschewing
What folks are booing,
I don’t buy we’re just kna-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aves.

(instrumental interlude)

We shouldn’t put our quirks awa…ay –
They make us who we are I sa-a-a-a-ay

It’s kind of fun to go agains the grain
You with your foibles, me with mine
Don’t let’em make us "Mr. Cell-o-phane"*
C’mon, our foibles let’s combine!

You’ve got your foibles, I’ve got mine.
You’ve got your foibles, I’ve got mine.
C’mon, our foibles let’s combine!

© Stan Hall *The initial but shed moniker of an eventually insistently-noticed character in Kander & Ebbs's marvelous musical, "Chicago."

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alvin - January 26, 2008 - Report this comment
my fave of the day
unKnownVoter - January 27, 2008 - Report this comment
Foiled again ? Sir Waldo?

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