And another parody from Les Barker
Everything Glows
- In olden days, how well a fella feeled,
Now they're not well in Sellarfield, and it shows.- Everything Glows.
- Nowadays your humble peasant is,
Likely to be fluorescent, from head to toes.- Everything Glows.
- One hundred watts, they say,
- You can spot today,
- Every male today,
- In Winscale today,
- And the tramps today,
- Are like lamps today,
- With an incandescent nose.
Parsons, Priests and Monks and Deacons,
All look like Belisha Beacons, They say "God Knows !"- Everything Glows.
- Plutocrats don't have plutonium,
They leave those Vats of Odium to the proles.- Everything Glows.
- Acid rain and radiation,
Our gifts to other nations, both friend and foes.- Everything Glows.
- In the West today,
- We fluoresce today,
- And the rain today,
- Rots your brain today,
- And the Manx today,
- Don't give thanks today,
- For the waste that we dispose.
Cows that once just ruminated,
Are now illuminated from head to toes.- Everything Glows.
- On the hills the sheep are numerous,
Shining in their illuminous sheepskin clothes.- Everything Glows.
- On the hills and mountain passes,
Sheepdogs all wear dark glasses, perched on their nose.- Everything Glows.
- The sheep today,
- They may sleep today,
- But their sleep today,
- Is not deep today,
- For the night today,
- Is too bright today,
- And they've all got extra toes.
Why is there this sense of doom in us,
Must be because we're luminous, I suppose.- Everything Glows.
Words:Les Barker
Tune:Anything Goes - Cole PorterLike most of his parodies, it's UK orientated, but if any non-Brits want an explaination of references mail me at operag@bridge.anglia.ac.uk
AndyG
And if anyones got the words to his "Three Bears" parody
(My husbands got no porridge in 'im) PLEASE post them.