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Thread #7522 Message #46683
Posted By: Songbob
24-Nov-98 - 04:46 PM
Thread Name: Most un-favorite song topics
Subject: Lyr Add: I FEEL, I FEEL (Clayton/Kraemer/Sprung)
Well, I guess whin(ge)ing (note the bilingual/bihemispheric spelling) sonoger-singwriter songs are my least favorite "topic," but what really gets me is ones with the typical new-age (rhymes with s....) topics of sensitive men, strong women, urban legends and lower taxes that aren't even crafted well. There was one local songstress with a song about the Baltimore-Washington Parkway that used to set my teeth on edge (she insisted on singing it) because it had this damnedly-poor meter to the chorus.
Of course, some friends and I couldn't leave well-enough alone, giving rise to this:
I Feel, I Feel
I feel I should tell you how I feel, I feel it's important to you. I'd like to share my inner self; you must listen while I do. My ruminations solipsistic You might perceive as narcissistic, But I think they're mystic -- Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? -- Of course you do.
I feel the pain of every bite, and I feel you should, too. I bear the stain of every slight -- I'll show them all to you. These deliberations so dramatic From my hidden-horrored mental attic I prefer to spoken social static -- Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? -- Of course you do.
Oh, I have so much to say, I cannot think of a better way Than to offer you my song today, and tomorrow, too. I really feel you'll understand, it's all within a master plan, You can believe, I know you can, and feel the way I do ....Be do be do...
I feel so in touch with my feelings at last; come walk a mile in my shoes. I'll show you the place where I keep my face, in a case with a trace of the blues. I bring these thoughts to you tonight, My intellect is my delight, I think I'm captivating, quite! Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? -- Of course you do.
Oh, I have so much to say, I cannot think of a better way Than to offer you my song today, and tomorrow, too. I really feel you'll understand, we're all part of a mystic plan, So reach out for my grasping hand, and feel the way I do .... Be do be do...
Since childhood days I knew I had the strongest tendency Toward tuning in the universe, and sensitivity -- These gifts I know are very rare, I think I've got so much to share -- And modesty beyond compare, Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? -- Of course you do!