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Song Parodies -> "Mean Green Grass That's Grown"

Original Song Title:

"Green, Green Grass of Home"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Tom Jones

Parody Song Title:

"Mean Green Grass That's Grown"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

pampas: the vast grassy plains of southern South America; rayon: a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from wood chips by treating them with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets
My home looks like it grows grain,
One more foot each time it rains.
But I am wheat-free, though you'd think I'm in the pampas.
Hides the road and brook--it's kind of scary;
It engulfs trees--pears and cherries.
It's time to cut the mean green grass that's grown.

I have let it defeat me; all my neighbors entreat me
To go and cut the mean green grass that's grown.

You can't see the house standing,
'Cause the grass has grown so high
It chokes an old oak tree that may turn to rayon.

I've retained a crook, incendiary,
Teeth of gold; his flared lips scare me.
He's going to torch the mean green grass that's grown.

Spoken:
And then the blaze is all around me
And licking flames surround me
And I realize that he's been kerosening.
There goes the barn; the roof was dry shakes,
Five alarms, and there's no firebreak--
Shouldn't have torched the mean green grass that's grown.
Then the law comes to see me,
When the area is smoke-free.
They cuff me and say, "Green grass should have been mown!"



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Pacing: 4.8
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Overall Rating: 4.7

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alvin rhodes - September 16, 2005 - Report this comment
that's one way to keep the grass under control...5s
Bob Gomez - September 16, 2005 - Report this comment
It's not unusual to be drugged while doing lawns
It's not unusual to have plugs for any lawn...
Michael Pacholek - September 16, 2005 - Report this comment
Maybe you'd be able to mow the lawn if your pants weren't as tight as Tom Jones'.
John Barry - September 16, 2005 - Report this comment
Thanks, Alvin, Bob, Michael--who wears pants?
LucidLupin LeeBee - September 16, 2005 - Report this comment
5s again here..... Man: Doctor - I can't stop singing "The Green, Green Grass of Home". Dr: That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. Man: Is it common? Dr: It's not unusual
Yet Another Dutchman - September 17, 2005 - Report this comment
I liked this parody. I also like the green, green grass of home, so I could say this paced well.
Michael Pacholek - September 17, 2005 - Report this comment
Who wears pants when mowing the lawn? Doesn't everybody? Well, not Eva Longoria. For which we are all grateful. Right, Spaff?

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