Keep On Loving You Parody - Keep On Betting You

Did I ever mention what my job was at night? I realized that I mentioned that I had a night job, but I don't remember ever saying what it was. I work at Pizza Hut as a delivery driver. One Saturday night when we were pretty dead, there was nothing to do, so my manager and I started playing cards; Jin Rumme. I like Jin, but I'm not a fan of Rumme. So I jokingly said "You want to play some Texas Hold 'Em?" Greg, my manager asked if I had any money to lay down. I laughed thinking he was joking. He got up, pulled out a black bag filled with chips, and laid down a five dollar bill. I laughed again as I put down my own five and he dealt the chips and cards.

Greg was good. He had me dwindled down to like three chips three or four times. In the middle of the game I had to take a delivery, and Keep On Loving You was on the radio. So, the chorus and second verse was spontaneous right then and there. The rest I made up the next day. By the way, I finally won. Greg was so angry it was hilarious. For anyone who knows how to play Texas Hold 'Em, we both went all in and I beat his three of a kind with a full-house on the river. The river is why he was so upset. X-D

Original: Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgT_mJXbvCQ
Keep On Betting You

You should have seen by the look in my eyes, Greg
That I had something.
You should have known by the way that I called you
That I wasn't bluffing

And you never knew
That I wasn't new
But still you thought "I'll take this kid out
In a hand or two."

We both know it happened three or four times

You almost had me beat

But every time you knocked me down

I got back on my feet

And I worked hard

With every single card

And I knew that in order to win

I had to keep on betting

And I'm gonna keep on betting you

'Cause it's the only way you're gonna lose

I don't want to check

I just want to keep on betting you

And I worked hard

With every single card

And I made sure that surely

That you would lose eventually

And I'm gonna keep on betting you

'Cause it's the only way you're gonna lose

I don't want to fold

I just want to keep on betting you

I'm gonna keep on betting you

'Cause it's the only way you're gonna lose

I don't want to work

I just want to keep on betting you

Dream On Parody - Skin Care

After Chicken On the Run was written, my parodies came to me more easily. I wrote this one the same day. The first line was basically the foundation of the whole song. When people look in the mirror and mention their face, it's mostly about acne. (Or maybe that's just me). Either way, I was listening to Dream On and changed the first verse past the mirror-face stuff. The first part of the song was spontaneous up to the naming of products. From that point to the end, it was thought of. Just FYI, I don't have horrible acne, just average I suppose. But I have tried just a few. Formula 29 was the best ever, but it was discontinued :-( Anyway, this is just fun.

Original: Dream On by Aerosmith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAglUR-KXfQ

Skin Care
Every time that I look in the mirror
My skin isn't gettin' any clearer
Just more acne
I don't know what to believe
With all these lies
From all these skin care products that I buy

Well, they all say they're the best
So much better than the rest
And they lay it on so thick
So that we pay for another trick

In our lives we all want to look great
But it's so hard when our skin outbreaks
You know that I
Just don't know which one to buy

Neutrogena and Old Spice
I've tried them all once or twice
And all of them from Mary Kay
They didn't work but what'd you expect me to say

Proactive, Noxzema
"The best way to get clear skin" blah blah blah
Clearasil and Clearpores
I've tried them all and their ultra forms

Skin care
Products
I've tried
And I still have my acne

Skin care
I've tried
So much
And they just don't work on me

Skin care
Products
There are
Many
How do
I know
Which one
Will work

Zenmend, Acnezine
Oxy Balance, Formula 29
Maybe if I use them all day
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord'll take it away

I tell you, I'm not bitter
I just wish my skin was clearer
Oh no, I'm not angry
I just wish I didn't have so much acne

Take It On the Run Parody - Chicken On the Run

Yay for ten parodies!! If I was in any way "techno-savvy" I would make a CD, or at least some music videos...sadly, I'm not savvy in that area.

So, it had been about a month since I had written a parody. I finished "You Are Snoring", left Minnesota, and went on with my life. I was actually pretty depressed that I hadn't written anything in a while. Writing parodies apparently made me happy; go figure. Anyway, I was driving with Amanda one day when we passed a restaurant that she used to go to every Halloween. She told me "My parents would always take us to Chicken On the Run every Halloween."

I asked "Chicken On the Run?"

"Yes..."

"That's too obvious!" I had it. How could I not make a parody now? Take It On the Run. Chicken On the Run. Like I said, it was too obvious. So I went home, went on their website, and got all the information I needed and put it in the song. Everything about the restaurant in the song is on their website. The "double family friendly" part is because they said that they were family friendly twice, so... The whole song was thought of except for the eating around bit.

Original: Take It On the Run by REO Speedwagon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXi8QKId5g0

Chicken On the Run


Heard it from some guy who
Heard it from some boy who
Heard it from me you've been eating around

I've seen you eating fast food
But it's not what we're used to
You're eating at the more popular chains

And I'm not saying it's
An innocent snack here and there
I'm saying it's always everywhere

Well I'm telling you, girl
That that's not real food, girl
And even if it is remember this name

Chicken On the Run, honey
If you want some fun, honey
This is where you want to go
Sports for Queen City
Double family friendly
If you want some fun, go to Chicken On the Run!

Well I know our enemies
There's Popeye's and there is Lee's
And of course there's always KFC

Well I know they taste good
But it's not only about food
Do they have this kind of stuff too?

At Chicken On the Run, baby
They are open on Sundays
But only for Bengals games
Can you believe that
Chic-fil-A can't do that
So for football fun go to Chicken On the Run!

At Chicken On the Run, lady
And I'm not saying maybe
All their food's under ten dollars
Attire is casual
The cuisine is chicken
Obviously, it's CHICKEN On the Run!

At Chicken On the Run, sweetie
They're vegetarian friendly
I don't know how that is possible (pa-ha-hos-ibble)
Fifty-four people voted
Eighty-five percent liked it
You can't go wrong with Chicken On the Run!!

Heard it from some guy who
Heard it from some boy who
Heard it from me you've been eating around

Come Together Parody - You Are Snoring

I wrote this parody while I was in Minnesota, finding it hard to sleep at two in the morning (big surprise right?). But there was a good reason for why I was awake this time. It was my father.

On trips I have taken over my life - camping, famiy vacations, other miscellaneous - I could almost never fall asleep while my father was there. The reason: he snores so freakin' loud! I honestly have no idea how my mother sleeps through it! Anyway, I was woken up by his snoring, and I couldn't fall back asleep because of all the noise. I started saying to myself "You are snoring so loud that I can't sleep." Come Together by the Beatles was in my head all day and it was so that night too. So that one line fell into place; I just had to remove "that". Then the first line came naturally since it was true. I knew I had to write down my thoughts before I forgot them, and let's face it, I had nothing better to do. So, not wanting to wake my parents both up by turning on the room/bed light, I locked myself in the bathroom and wrote down the song.

First verse and chorus was spontaneous, second verse was easy, third I had to think of a bit, last verse was easy. It doesn't all fit exactly syllable for syllable, but it fits for the melody given.

Original: Come Together by The Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LZGQ4MkvQ

You Are Snoring

I'm just lying here thinking

"What should I do now?"

Thinking "What can I do now?"

Cause I can't go to sleep. I say

It just is no use

I can't go to sleep with all of this noise abuse.

It's heavy breathing.

It's na-sil congestion

It's your sleeping siren

It's your sleeping wail.

Every one will know you're asleep

Everyone will hear because they themselves can't sleep.

You are snoring so loud; I can't sleep.

You must rollover

You are sleeping on your back

You need to sleep on your side

Apparently you won't snore like that

I really don't care how it works

I just know hearing you all night does not have it's perks.

You are snoring so loud; I can't sleep.

When will morning come?

I wish it was here right now

I can't wait for it all night

Can't stay awake all night

I need to get and wear earplugs next time

Sleeping through the night; oh! it would be so sublime

You are snoring so loud; I cant sleep.

You are snoring. Yeah

You are snoring. Yeah

You are snoring. Yeah

You are snoring. Yeah

You are snoring. Yeeaahh.

You are snoring. Yeeeaaaaaaahhh.

You are snoring. Yeeeaaaaaaahhh.

Uugghh...

You are snoring. Yeeeaaaaaaahhh.