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Song Parodies -> "Say No More Naughty Words"

Original Song Title:

"Take Me Home, Country Roads"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

John Denver

Parody Song Title:

"Say No More Naughty Words"

Parody Written by:

Phil Alexander

The Lyrics

The only clue I'm prepared to give is that it doesn't look as bad centre aligned...
Almost never hear me swearing
Reckon uncouth terms are not for sharing
So I'll not talk 'bout the bees and birds
Even use a single.. four-letter word

Naughty words, make me groan
Up that creek, paddle's gone
Tone it down with euphemism
Say no more, naughty words

Fornication never will be mentioned
Utter filth that now off can be pensioned
Clever phrases used with discretion
Keep a rein on freedom of expression

Count swear words I have known
Realize I'm not wrong
Almost never manifested
Please me not, naughty words

So if you hear some slogan scatological
Heard on the radio and causing much dismay
I get a feeling when I'm speaking
That I should be careful what I say (what I say)

Country roads, take me home
Up to where I belong
North Dakota, mountin' momma
Take me home, country roads.

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Johnny D - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Bloody shagging brilliant parody, Philbo. 5's
Phil Alexander - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Thanks, JD... looks like you got the joke :-)
John Barry - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Great setup. And 5s for working "scatological" into a parody.
Adagio - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Good one!
EmiLoca - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Har har...somehow, I think I "get" it. Loved it, Mr. Alexander! 5-5-5
Ashkicksass - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
LOL, this is gosh darn fabulous!
Phil Alexander - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
:-) I was originally going to write a rather self-referential parody which spelt out "acrostic", but that was only going to be eight lines; then I looked at the lyric sheet for "Country Roads" and thought that four-line verses were much more fun.
M-Dawg - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
i don't get it! wut is it?
Phil Alexander - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
It's one of these: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acrostic
Johnny D - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Here's a hint to help folks solve this parody's mystery ...... Don't read too far into each line.
C. Mensk Wurter - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
It just came to me.
Royce Miller - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
loved it Phil
Melhi - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
LOL!!! (Ok, now I'm going to scroll back up and read the whole thing ;) )
Ashkicksass - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
I was just sitting at my desk at work, thinking about this song, and I had to come back and gush some more. Seriously Phil, this is brilliant...
Cookie-man - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
So tell me have you always been a genius How did you do it? Incredible! That was absolutely brilliant!!! Excellent work!
Ashkicksass - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Well, Mr. Cookie, aren't you clever!
Rod Worden - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Phil, this absolutely rocked! And I'm not going to pretend like I got it, either, thanks for teaching me something new! What a hoot!!
MasonR - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Brilliant! I laughed out loud, then I went back & saw the acrostic...and cracked up again! You've managed to parody in two dimensions! :-)
Billy Florio - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Holy Shi---OMG< I was staring at it for 10 minutes trying to figure it out....I cant beleive I missed that...brilliant....it would never work sung though lol
Meriadoc - July 08, 2004 - Report this comment
Well I did wonder why you were pickin' on Northdakota (not that everyone in the States DOESN'T - ha ha), but then I read some of the comments and went back to catch the words... very clever Phil!
Phil Alexander - July 09, 2004 - Report this comment
{blush}
MasonR - I've also managed to parody in N-Dimensions: http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/dustyspringfield4.shtml
Merry- well it obviously had to be "North", and Carolina didn't scan :-)
Cookie-man - My mother thinks so, but she's biased
Ashkickass - I feel I should say "thanks" three times..
Billy - I was thinking about that - reckon what you'd have to do is sing it through, then when nobody gets the joke, sing it through again with a verse at a time on caption cards (with initial letters in bold)... but it would have to be a video recording rather than MP3
...and thanks to everyone else for saying such nice things :-)
2Eagle - July 19, 2004 - Report this comment
Duh! I thought this was a real protest song until other comments pointed out the hidden swear bear words.
Arwen - August 05, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) I don't know how I missed this before! It's HILARIOUS!!! 5s!
Ahnonamis - August 08, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM I also don't know how Arwen missed it. 5^3
BLO-TOWN - August 08, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM-I voted...
Rick D - August 08, 2004 - Report this comment
When I was going through my nasty divorce, I sent my ex a lovely poem, just to confuse her. It was all happy and light and poetic and she called me to ask what the hell that was supposed to mean. I knew she'd never be bright enough to read the first letters down, which told her where to go and what to do when she got there. Mari and I got a big kick out of fact she never got it.
Leo Jay - August 09, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM Crikey! I don't know how you guys ever got the joke given the forced centering... you're much sharper than I am. Nicely done, Philbo.
Johnny D - August 09, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM July) Brilliant, Lots Of Originality, Delightful! You've Got Ribald, Extraordinary, Amazing Talent, philbo!
Agrimorfee - August 09, 2004 - Report this comment
Good stuff, Maynard. 534
Phil Nelson - August 10, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) Good one, 5's
Adagio - August 10, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) Funny
Dee Range - August 10, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM Hope Chuck doesn't delete this after he realizes the joke. Good work
Jake A Ralphing (Luke Brattoni) - August 10, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) That's what I had in my mind the whole time I was reading this: it was a tongue-in-cheek attack on Chucky G's new 'laws' on offensive parodies. Stupidly, I read the header note after finishing and re-read the whole thing with a whole new appreciation for your incredible writing skill. And Rick D, you are true evil! ;)
Melhi - August 14, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM -- wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, say no more... ;)
Know 1 can hear you dream - August 15, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM): And here I was thinking that youŽd always spelled that word shite.
Phil Alexander - August 20, 2004 - Report this comment
Peter - that's just for the rhyme...
Spaff.com - August 24, 2004 - Report this comment
Pluggers would probably say something like:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/julieandrewsmarypoppins5.shtml
I, however, am no plugger, so I would say:
Love it.
Bravo.
Or other such complimentary things.
Meriadoc - August 25, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) Still great!
Claude Prez - August 27, 2004 - Report this comment
Fave line: "mountin' mama".
Peregrin - August 30, 2004 - Report this comment
Like Claude : "North Dakota, mountin' momma" had me rolling!
Jeff Reuben - August 30, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM--Excellent Phil!
Phil Alexander - August 31, 2004 - Report this comment
Spaff- I'm sure this one must have been subconsciously influenced by your FCC tirade (incidentally, have you heard Eric Idle's "The FCC Song"? I think you'd enjoy it)
Claude & Pippin - my favourite is definitely the second verse...
Thanks, Jeff and Merry
Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd - May 04, 2006 - Report this comment
Yes, it was this one I was thinking of, and I hope some of the newcomers through the last two years finds it through this comment. :-)
Fed Up With Spam In Comments - January 17, 2007 - Report this comment
Doggone it, I wish these morons would stop hijacking old comment threads and posting random garble and percent signs and all that idiotic crap! QUIT POLLUTING OUR COMMENT THREADS!

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