Dan-I understand how you feel, and I'm sorry if you're offended, but I hope you're not. I love the song, and it tugs on something inside whenever I sing it... my mother used to sing it to me when I was a kid.
On the other hand, it is one of those songs that I've heard a million and a half times, and after that many repittions, I can parody anything! Plus I can laugh at almost anything in the first place...
Just my unneccesary two cents.
-Jessica