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Song Parodies -> "Poems So Deranged"

Original Song Title:

"Home On The Range"

Original Performer:

Traditional

Parody Song Title:

"Poems So Deranged"

Parody Written by:

Tim Mayfield

The Lyrics

Oh write me a poem
Using tough palindromes
Show no fear when it comes to wordplay
If boredom occurs
We'll just read it backwards
If you're lost, just repeat what I say

Poems, poems so deranged
That the beer doesn't help what I say
My speech just gets slurred
And my vision gets blurred
And then people start catching my spray

Come and write a new verse
I'll cover your fee
But please keep it corny and trite
Else I'll tend to arrange
And might downright change
Most of the words that you write

Poems, poems so deranged
And the work isn't worth what I pay
It smells like some junk
That might come from a skunk
So I think that I'll throw it away

I'll give it a scan
Might become your new fan
Regard you with great esteem
If I truly grow fond
I'll hum right along
As they pump in my daily morphine

Poems, poems so deranged
And the humor is what I'd call frayed
The punchline is weak
Cause I'm missing the beat
And the laughter is somewhat delayed

Don't write to impress
So just give me your best
Good wages are a lot to earn
With the thanks of the giver,
Your heart then should quiver
Boy have you got a lot to learn

Poems, poems so deranged
That I don't think they'll give me a hand
It's not that its wrong
They will give me the gong
Cause my routine is salty and bland

Your money is tight
So I'll pay you to write
And it should last at least eighteen bars
Well, you might get a raise
If I am amazed
Or you might just get little red stars

Poems, poems so deranged
That I think I might die from the pain
Make my own tunnel
With a paper funnel
Better look out, there might be a train

Well, the audience glowers
Cause I'm up here an hour
And sometimes they tend to get mean
But I just let them razz
Cause I'm still quoted as
The funniest poet they've seen

Poems, poems so deranged
Palindromes though are so hard to rhyme
I'm missing the knack
Should it rhyme front or back?
Cause the people say 'look at the time'

'If I had a hi-fi', 'I saw I was I'
'Ed: a general, a renegade'
'too bad I hid a boot', 'drowsy baby's word',
'live evil', 'yawn a more roman way'

Poems, poems so deranged
That the crowd doesn't hear what I say
They simply get up
And then empty their cup
Then those people start running away
This palindrome is my favorite:
'Do Good's deeds live on? No, Evil's deeds do, O God.'

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Stuart McArthur - July 08, 2005 - Report this comment
"Doc, note, I dissent - a fast never prevents a fatness - I diet on cod"
is my favourite Tim, although Napoleon's "Able was i ere I saw Elba" is clever and meaningful, and each word is in reverse

oh btw, good job - do you really recite poems on stage? - 555
Phil Alexander - July 08, 2005 - Report this comment
Bre pus superb ('cause I couldn't be bothered to find a real one ;-) ).
Red Ant - July 08, 2005 - Report this comment
I'm not very good on palidromes but I'll give you an obvious one here Tim: 555
Johnny D - July 08, 2005 - Report this comment
Wow -- oh ho, wow! 555
Johnny D - July 08, 2005 - Report this comment
Not only Palindromes, but Anagrams are fascinating, too ....

A Chronological Story of "Orenthal James Simpson" in Anagrams

Orenthal James Simpson
OJ, He Seminal Sportsman
Host OJ, Primal Meanness
Mr. OJ, Meanness, Hospital
OJ, Immense Sharp Talons
Heisman Plot, Snare Ms. OJ
Moonlit James Sharpens
"Immense Harlot!" OJ Snaps
OJ Slashes Prominent Ma
Heisman Person Jolts Ma
Inept OJ Slashes Mom, Ran
She Enjoin Mortal Spasm
Ms. OJ's Ron, Lame Thespian
I'm OJ, Slashes Neat Ron, PM
Hapless Ron Join Tame Ms.
Patrolmen Hiss OJ's Name
Jam, Solemn Shapiro Sent
Ashen Patrolmen Miss OJ
Shapiro Menses Jolt Man
OJ's Solemn, Marsha Inept
Ron Set OJ, Heisman Plasm
OJ, Him Last Manson Spree
OJ, Less Mama, Then Prison
Orenthal James Simpson
Adagio - July 09, 2005 - Report this comment
Really good one! 5's
Mikey Squirrel - July 09, 2005 - Report this comment
Very good and clever. Here's another palindrome: 'Step on no pets'. Ye, I know. Whoopee.

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