The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102559   Message #2418768
Posted By: GUEST,Homer Didele
20-Aug-08 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Soylent Green (parody of Fiddler's Green)
Subject: Lyr Add: TRIBUTE TO PROCESSED FOODS (Homer Didele)
Sorry ... not out by September ... of this year, either. I just saw your thread, and thought I'd give you the whole thing ... and the title is actually "A TRIBUTE TO PROCESSED FOODS"

(I) Went down to my doc's on a Monday so fair.
He said I was wrinkly and losing my hair.
He said I should give up ... that this was my time,
But to lose all that protein would be quite a crime.

(CHORUS) Dress me up in my best suit and drop me
At the church by that big factory.
D'you know what's for dinner?
That's right, I'm the winner!
You'll have me someday as Soylent Green.

(II) Now, Soylent Green is the stuff that we eat,
Since the government told us we'd run out of meat.
I know that you'd like it, if try it you would.*
Who knew Uncle Benny would taste so darned good? (CHORUS)

(III) Now Charlton Heston may be quite upset,
But, if you try it, you'll like it, I bet.
It can taste like whatever you'd like it to taste.
It's so nice to know Grandma did not go to waste. (CHORUS)


*This line was originally "It's perfect for dinner, whatever your mood", but I wasn't enjoying the "mood/good" rhyme, so I rewrote it as seen here. Traditionalists should feel free to use the original version, and complain about people using altered lyrics. I know I complain about myself all the time.