A one-off diversion into a parody of an 80s pop song … David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes … I should really stick with stuff I'm familiar with … I'm far happier tearing the ass out of The Ducks of Magheralin or Phil The Fluter's Ball or Nell Flaherty's Drake. But there you go. How could anyone resist parodying "Ashes to Ashes" in this thread?
By the way … if you think the following is a tad oblique, you ought to read the original!
Do you remember your sister, Jude?
I moved out to Iowa
I got a pain in my chest today
Oh no, don't say it's true
I got a visit from the Reaper Grim
I'm happy, hope you're happy too
Got a call to come pick you up
Sordid details following
This perpetual nothing is killing me
Pictures of suburbs replaying
Too little money and way too much hair
It's time to get going
Ashes to ashes funk to funky
Judy chucked me on the junkheap
Better kiss heaven bye bye
I'm at an all-time low
Time and again I tell myself
They'll find me tonight
But the passing of time just deepens me
Oh no, not again
I'm stuck with a dead rat again
I'm happy, hope you're happy too
One lick of flame and I'm like a smoking pistol
I never done good things
I never done bad things
Relocated to Iowa out of the blue
Which I'd listened to mum's advice
I want to come home right now
Ashes to ashes funk to funky
Judy chucked me on the junkheap
Better kiss heaven bye bye
I'm at an all-time low
My mama said you'll not go far
If ever you move to Iowa
(repeat ad nauseam)