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Thread #20144   Message #209010
Posted By: Susan A-R
08-Apr-00 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: High Hopes (S Cahn, J Van Heusen)
Subject: Lyr Add: HIGH HOPES (parody)
Oh yes.

She had high hopes, she had high hopes
She had nuclear free by and by hopes
And you know those foolish men
They'll be giving in,
They can't cope with my Aunt!
Oops there goes another nuclear
Oops there goes another nuclear
Oops there goes another nuclear plant

Once I had a humanist Mom
Thought she could stop the building of bombs
No one could keep my Mom calm
She kept saying No Bomb
Cause she had high hopes, . . .
Bread and not bombs by and by hopes
And you know those fighting men, they will never win
Not against my dear mom
Oops there goes another dismantled . . .

Once I had a good friend Irene
Thought she could keep the ground water clean
No one could make Irene lean
She kept cleaning up streams
She had . . .
She had clear sparkling streams floating by hopes
And you know polluting pests, busy fouling nests
They can't stop my Irene
Oops there flows another clear running
Oops there flows another drinkable
Oops there flows another sparkling stream.

Not subtle, but then neither was the original.