Song Parodies -> The Unemployment Song

Original Song Title:	"We Didn't Start The Fire"
Original Performer:	Billy Joel

Parody Song Title:	"The Unemployment Song"
Parody Written by:	Agrimorfee

Burger flipper, ditch digger, bus driver, nit picker
Place kicker, stamp licker, chauffeur for the Pope
Rug cleaner, plate spinner, window washer, switch hitter
Bubble blower, babysitter, milker of a goat
Car attendant, professor, Santa Claus, assessor
Bed warmer, horn blower, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
Stock boy, bell ringer, lounge singer—kitschy!
Piano tuner, buzzard shooter, Hollywood's newest star
(Chorus) I just wanna get hired
I got a yearnin' to get some earnin'
I just wanna get hired
Here's an application for your consideration
Tune-up man for your car, or the tender of the bar
Oyster shucker, chicken plucker, darner of a sock
Answer phone on your own, vendor of a sno-cone
Taxi driver, pearl diver, loader on the dock
Mortician, beautician, an electrician, trade bargainer for Japan
Corn husker, fireman, butcher, baker, candlestick maker
Auctioneer, musketeer, just get me a good career! (Chorus)
Timekeeper, hygienist, beekeeper, a typist
Jeweler, brick layer, any kind of manager
Movie usher, editor, garbage man, creditor
Shipping clerk, soda jerk, boyoboy, I gotta work!
High priest, neurologist, astronaut, psychologist
Guru, medico, emcee on a game show
Engineer, ringmaster, ballerina, sand blaster
Player of the bongos, that's the way this song goes! (Chorus)
Senator, Congressman, riveter, ice-cream man
Tapper, flapper, topographic mapper
Ruler of Albania (or maybe Transylvania)
Chorister, bandleader, brewer of a good beer
Collect income tax, advise on how to have good sex
Taster of Beaujolais, I just got to get some pay! (Chorus)
Tennis player, ghost buster, deer slayer, claims adjuster
Lobbyist, podiatrist, big man at the chopping block
Preacher, entrepreneur, bleacher, or French masseur
Urologist, proctor, monologist, actor
Pillow stuffer, maintenance, vinyl buffer, manifest
Street cleaner, lion tamer, bird feeder, Hall-of-Famer
Lifeguard on the shore, waxer of the kitchen floor
Do not begin to be a whore, that's one thing I must implore!
I just wanna get hired
I got a yearnin' to get some earnin'
We just wanna get hired
But the unemployment line just goes on and on...

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Know 1 can hear you dream - November 05, 2003 - Report this comment

I thought this was really funny! It´s not perfect, there´s choruses missing and you REALLY should use empty lines to separete verses and choruses etc. But because I haven´t seen your name before, and it did make me laugh, I´m gonna give you the newbie encouragment treatment. 455.

Diva - November 05, 2003 - Report this comment

Very fun to read!

Rick D - November 05, 2003 - Report this comment

See? Spacing, spacing (Or I can use that as an excuse to plug my version, "We Didn't Quite Retire")

Johnny D - November 05, 2003 - Report this comment

Wow! Intense!

Michael Pacholek - November 05, 2003 - Report this comment

Pretty good, but a little off. Still, a good message for a lousy Bush economy, be it 1990 or 2003.

Rod Worden - March 30, 2004 - Report this comment

Whew!! What a pace, great job, fives sir.

Agrimorfee - March 30, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks, Rod!

Phil Alexander - October 19, 2004 - Report this comment

This came up on a random selection, but given the timing, had you considered using it for the ABCs U round? IMO, it's excellent.

Matthias - March 30, 2007 - Report this comment

"I Need Some Career" too, maybe a job fair will open up soon

Johnny D - April 04, 2007 - Report this comment

(ABC) What Johnny D said in 2003!

Wolverine - April 04, 2007 - Report this comment

(ABC-U) Thanks for breaking this out for ABC's Agri. I'll send you 555 applications.

bobpiecheese - April 06, 2007 - Report this comment

(ABC3-U) That's one hell of a resume. Kinda like Homer Simpson's. Awesome job Agri!

Michael McVey - April 09, 2007 - Report this comment

Funny now, but in about 2 years this one will be getting a 5-1-5.

Red Ant - April 11, 2007 - Report this comment

(ABC3-U) Damned excellent work for a 17 year old parody. Only complaint was the format made it hard to follow in spots. 5s.

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Song Parodies -> The Unemployment Song

"We Didn't Start The Fire"

Billy Joel

"The Unemployment Song"

Agrimorfee

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