The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1421   Message #2793888
Posted By: Acorn4
21-Dec-09 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Ride On (from Christy Moore)
Subject: RE: Ride On (from Christy Moore)
Drone On,


1.The band they played the finest songs
That you will ever hear,
Songs of love and songs that brought us
Laughter and a tear
But as the evening drew to an end
And we all begged for more
There's no prizes for guessing the song
They chose for their encore..

Chorus:-

Drone on, won't you
Why must I always hear this song
Whenever I'm not wanting to
Drone on, so slowly
Just like a bad dream
I keep coming back and haunting you.

2.So let's drone on into the second verse
As if one were not enough!
Let's have a competition to see who can be
The last one to nod off.
Won't someone shoot that bloody horse!
Put it out of its misery
Instead of leaving it to die a slow death
And we're not even on verse three, so,,,

Drone on…etc

3.Just when you think this song will end
Things go from bad to worse
Because after the next chorus has finished (oh yes)
I've written another verse
And put in an instrumental break
Just to prolong the pain
Which will give me the excuse to go back to verse1
Then sing the chorus all over again (six times) so…

Drone on.. – (sing chorus accompanied by heavy yawning)


4. And so at last we're near the end
Let's have one final yawn,
Sing it to you one more time
As night-time turns to dawn.
It's been like watching wet paint dry
Half the audience are deceased
You think you've been listening to Sir Geoffrey Howe
Reading "War and Peace" so..

Drone on…

(final chorus accompanied by yawning then snoring leading to final fade out)

Actually it is s good song, but done to death unfortunately. It actually only covers a span of four notes so is, in fact, quite ingenious.