ADD: (theres no hope for) Mediocre Me

03 Feb 11 - 02:48 AM (#3087728)
Subject: Lyr Add: theres no hope for mediocre me
From: GUEST,scummy

please help- me i remember a song in 1968 i loved it but the only   
lyrics i can remember are these " thiers no hope for mediocre me" thankyou [e-mail]

---

03 Feb 11 - 04:09 AM (#3087749)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: theres no hope for mediocre me
From: Joe Offer

Boy, I didn't have any luck finding this at all. Good luck, scummy. Keep checking this thread, and maybe somebody will find an answer for you.

-Joe-

---

18 Aug 23 - 01:16 AM (#4179369)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: theres no hope for mediocre me
From: GUEST

Mediocre Me - Staines Glass
https://youtu.be/HduOCH2Ws5I

---

18 Aug 23 - 06:03 PM (#4179406)
Subject: RE: ADD: (theres no hope for) Mediocre Me
From: Helen

Yes, the second guesses in these lines are correct:

"A present from the stork"

Something just passed me by

And prescribed a crystal ball

Something just happened by

Note re "just happened by": I vaguely remember hearing this UK expression, usually in UK TV shows, but I haven't heard it in a long time and I've never heard it here in Oz.

---

19 Aug 23 - 12:30 AM (#4179445)
Subject: RE: ADD: (theres no hope for) Mediocre Me
From: NightWing

Helen, I listened several times to the YouTube video again, at different speeds. I think you called every one of my 'not sure' words correctly. Good job!!!

BB,
NightWing

---

19 Aug 23 - 12:46 AM (#4179446)
Subject: RE: ADD: (theres no hope for) Mediocre Me
From: Helen

Thanks. So watching lots of Brit TV shows was not a waste of time, eh? LOL

---

22 Aug 23 - 03:03 PM (#4179667)
Subject: RE: ADD: (theres no hope for) Mediocre Me
From: keberoxu

THis reminds me of "mediocre Fred,"
a song routine written by someone else -- Pat Paulsen? --
for the Smothers Brothers.
It has a twist ending though,
and generates big laughs, so it's a different sort of song.

---

24 Aug 23 - 03:26 PM (#4179851)
Subject: RE: ADD: (theres no hope for) Mediocre Me
From: GUEST

Well, here're the lyrics and a link to that Smothers Brothers song, then too:

Mediocre Fred
Music and Lyrics by Pat Paulsen
Recorded by The Smothers Brothers (1964: Tour De Farce: American History And Other Unrelated Subjects)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLyY-si0IP0

There once was a man who was none too good,
And then I'd say he was none too bad.
At times he was mighty good for a spell,
And sometimes he'd go out and he'd raise a little hell.
Mediocre Fred... Mediocre Fred

Fred went to work from 8 to 5,
And he punched a clock to show he was alive.
Went to church every Sunday morn',
Sometimes he wondered why he was born.
Mediocre Fred... Mediocre Dull Fred

Fred went to the movies every Saturday night,
Liked to watch TV and the western fights,
And he paid his taxes most every year,
And on a hot summer day, why, he drank a little beer.
Exciting Mediocre Fred... Mediocre Fred

Well the days went by, all dull and grey,
And he didn't think much and had little to say.
And when the full moon rose he'd climb over the moat,
Find some people sleeping and he'd BITE THEIR THROATS!
Mediocre Fred... Mediocre Dull Fred

BB,
NightWing

---