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03 Apr 24 - 04:26 PM (#4200355) Subject: Life Ain't Like the Movies (Shel Silverstein) From: GUEST Hi everybody - I'm looking for some info on a song written by Shel Silverstein (maybe co-written with Bob Gibson), called "Life Ain't Like the Movies". It's a parody spoofing classical movies (in particular, iirc, 'Psycho' and 'Casablanca'). Can't find any information about the song on Google; had been trying but came up empty-handed. Can't find lyrics, recordings, nothing. Hit me up if you've got any deets or if you've heard of this song before. Really appreciate it! |
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03 Apr 24 - 04:58 PM (#4200357) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Life Ain't Like the Movies (Silverstein) From: GerryM You're not thinking of "More Like the Movies", recorded by Dr Hook, https://youtu.be/cnviamrQOck?si=DMPDg9OJSYfS5nOV, are you? |
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03 Apr 24 - 05:09 PM (#4200358) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Life Ain't Like the Movies (Silverstein) From: GUEST No. Pretty sure it was written by Shel Silverstein and mentions Norman Bates and the pianist in Casablanca. I thought Bob Gibson made a recording of it but seems I was wrong. |
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03 Apr 24 - 05:22 PM (#4200362) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Life Ain't Like the Movies (Silverstein) From: GUEST Cannot find anything about the song except a Chicago Tribune article saying that Gibson and Camp did the song at their 1990 reunion concert. |
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03 Apr 24 - 05:44 PM (#4200363) Subject: ADD: More Like the Movies (Silverstein) From: Joe Offer Well, here's "More Like the Movies," written by Shel Silverstein and recorded by Dr. Hook. MORE LIKE THE MOVIES (Shel Silverstein) I guess the dance is over now So you just curtsey and I'll bow And ask the band to play us Auld Lang Syne Then I'll just take what's left of me Right back to where it used to be And you'll go sail your magic carpet, far across the sky I wish I could have made it More like the movies for you Some pretty Technicolor way it's never been I'm sorry when I kissed you You only heard me whisper You never got to hear those violins Did you girl? No, you never got to hear those violins, no The castles that you built so high Were just too steep for me to climb And I guess these dirty streets of mine Were just too rough for you I wish I could've helped you see Just one of your sweet childhood dreams But though I tried, I could not make not one of them come true And I wish I could have made it More like the movies for you Some pretty Technicolor way it's never been I'm sorry when I kissed you You only heard me whisper You never got to hear those violins Did you girl? No, you never got to hear those violins Oh, I'm sorry when I kissed you You only heard me whisper You never got to hear those violins No, you never got to hear those violins Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Shel Silverstein |
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19 May 24 - 04:33 AM (#4202677) Subject: Lyr ADD: Life Ain't Like the Movies (Silverstein) From: Jason Xion Wang LIFE AIN'T LIKE THE MOVIES (Shel Silverstein) I went down to the Bates Motel To give myself a little bit of rest. While I was in the shower, some crazy little faggot Came in in his mama's dress. He had a little gray wig, screaming With a butcher knife over his head. So I kicked him in the nuts, and as he puked out his guts, I looked at him and I said, Hey, life ain't like the movies. It ain't what you might expect. Sometimes you get the realistic shit Instead of the desired dramatic effect. So before you buy your ticket And settle down in the second row, You better know, life ain't like the movies. I was riding through the magical forest On my princely milk-white steed. When I saw a pretty princess lying on a slab With a lot of little dwarves around her feet. They said she'd been bewitched, but if you give her a kiss, You could save her from a magical trance. So as I bent down to kiss her, she opened one eye And said, "That'll be twenty bucks in advance!" She was singing, life ain't like the movies. It ain't what you might expect. Sometimes you get the realistic shit Instead of the desired Disney effect. So before you buy your ticket And settle down in the second row, You better know, life ain't like the movies. So I went to Casablanca, Bought myself a bar named Rick's. One night I found my old black piano player Singing one of my songs to one of my chicks. I said, "You played it for her, now play it for me, Sam, I just gotta hear it once more." He said, "Fuck you, you honky motherfucker!" He grabbed her and he split out the door. They were singing, life ain't like the movies. It ain't what you might expect. Sometimes you get the realistic shit Instead of the desired Disney effect. So before you buy your ticket And settle down in the second row, You better know, life ain't like the movies. |