Thursday, March 03, 2005

Revisiting the classics; or, I never knew it wasn't a Tesla original until right now; or, what the hell, did I accidentally load up McSweeney's?

In which the word "sign" is replaced by the word "blog" in the song "Signs" which I always thought was by Tesla but was actually by some band called the Five Man Electrical Band; somewhat in the style of "Quotes From the Movie 'Jaws' in Which 'Shark' is Replaced by 'Jimmy Page'" but probably not nearly as funny

And the blog says "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
So I put my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine outstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that, huh, me working for you"

[Chorus:]
Blogs, blogs, everywhere there's blogs
Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the blog

And the blog says "Anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight"
So I jumped the fence and I yelled at the house
Hey! What gives you the right!
To put up a fence and keep me out, or to keep Mother Nature in
If God was here, he'd tell it to your face, man, you're some kind of sinner

[Chorus]

Oh, say now mister, can't you read
You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't watch, no you can't eat, you ain't supposed to be here

And the blog says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" - uh!

[Solo]

And the blog says "Everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray"
But then they passed around a plate at the end of it all
And I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own fuckin' blog
I said, "Thank you Lord for thinking 'bout me, I'm alive and doing fine", oh

[Chorus 2x]

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