Sundown Parody - Daybreak

Well, it took me a bit longer to recover from my surgery than I thought. A lot happens in three weeks. One of the Pizza Huts that I work at, the one that hired me, closed down and nobody called me. So I have some more free time. Yay.

The title for this parody was the first spontaneous part of this parody. Just the opposite of Lightfoot's title. And then I went on to describe the entire day. "We've been through the day" was the only other spontaneous part. I hope you enjoy it.

Original: Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8rR7E6NfY4

Daybreak

I wake up in the morning when the day is new

And in the crisp morning air the ground is covered in dew

Daybreak I see the sunrise

The first sight of dawn is very nice

Daybreak I see the sunrise

The first sight of dawn is very nice

I've been working all day in the blistering heat

I'm not even halfway done but I'm already beat

Noon high the sun is so hot

I need to find some water so I can cool off

Noon high the sun is so hot

I need to find some water so I can cool off

I want to sit down in my favorite chair

And watch some T.V shows without a single care

Twilight it's time to relax

Time to settle down and rest my aching back

Twilight it's time to relax

Time to settle down and rest my aching back

But alas everything must come to an end

Got to wait 'til tomorrow just to do it again

Daybreak I see the sunrise

The first sight of dawn is very nice

Noon high the sun is so hot

I need to find some water so I can cool off

Twilight it's time to relax

Time to settle down and rest my aching back

First star the end of the day

I'm really tired now so I guess I'll just hit the hay.

A Tear in the Fabric of the Universe

Alright. I don't even know if anyone is reading my parodies anymore, so maybe this won't affect anyone. But just in case, I'll post this.

Today is Monday the 21, in two days I am going to have jaw surgery. My jaw will be broken and re-aligned. I'm supposed to be inactive for three weeks; I need to do nothing assertive. I don't know how incapacitated I'll be, so I don't know when I'll be feeling up to posting again. It might be by Friday the 25, it might be July 15 at the end of my three weeks. I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see. My hope is that I'll make up some new parodies during my absence (I only have 4 written in advance now). Either which way, for anyone keeping up, I'm not stopping Parody Universe just yet, I'm taking a....vacation we'll call it.

See ya all when I come back!

Summer of '69 Parody - The Best Songs of My Life

Hello friends! I'm cutting this one close to the end of the week, but life's been hectic. A lot is going on and I've been focusing on reality instead of fantasy lately. I'll explain more in my next post.
I changed the word guitar to piano, because the piano is my favorite instrument. If I had the time and patience, I would love to learn how to play it. Bryan Adams had the same type of wording as my title, but it wasn't his title. I like my use of the wordings better, so the title isn't in the same place. (I know what I'm talking about and that last statement was confusing to me). Anyway, the first two lines were spontaneous and the rest was thought of.

Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg(not too sure about the ending...)

The Best Songs of My Life

I got my first piano
Got it at the guitar store
Now I know what you're thinking
Why was it in that kind of store
I'm not exactly sure
What it was doing there
But there is one thing I do know
I really did not care
Well I just sat down
And played some of my favorite songs
Heart and Soul and Chopsticks
And I played them for oh so long
Those were the best songs of my life
I knew I had to buy it
But it was so expensive
Seven-thousand freaking dollars
But I needed it to live
I know that sounds dramatic
But the piano was very cool
And as an added bonus
Now I couldn't pay to go to school
I played the best songs of my life
Oh yeah! Just playing my piano. Oohh!
I played it for a long time
I learned to play some new songs
I learned to play all mine
I hope all my songs last forever
And never fade! Yeah!
And now the music's changing
All of the songs are getting remixed
Sometimes I will play my classics
Heart and Soul and Chopsticks
Yes the piano cost much
But there's one thing that I need to know
Was it ever worth it
I like to believe it was so
I played the best songs of my life
Oh yeah! Just playing my piano.
Uh-huh. Just playing my piano.
Oh yeah! Me and my awesome piano.
Oohh! Oh!
I was just playing, playing, playing my piano.
Oh yeah.

Dear Prudence Parody - Miharu

What? Two Beatles parodies back to back? I've never done anything like this before! I'm going crazy!!

Last summer, the summer of 2009, a friend of mine went back to his home in Japan for the summer. He asked me if I would stay at his apartment here and look after his cat, Miharu. Miharu (me-huh-roo) is a Japanese word meaning "Beautiful Spring." Miharu was a pretty cool cat. She was a calico which is a pretty rare breed of cat. Males are so rare that you could sell one for $5,000, but Miharu was a female. At first, Miharu was afraid of me (but she was afraid of everyone), and I didn't care for her too much either. I thought she was annoying; always meowing and never being quiet. After a while, Miharu warmed up to me. She started coming to me and letting me pet her. My friend said that I shouldn't let her go outside because he used to, but one time she ran away for three days and came back sick. But that was right before I moved in, so Miharu always cried to go out, and I finally gave in. So she stopped whining so much and I didn't think she was so annoying anymore. About halfway through the summer, Miharu started sleeping with me; all cuddled up in my arm or using my back-knees as a wall. I cannot express how much I loved that cat by the end. It was only for about three and a half months, but I loved that cat. I still do...which is kind of hard.


My friend came back and I told him that let Miharu out and she always came back. So, he decided that it was alright. Well, about a month or two after he came home, Miharu ran away again...but she never came back. Most likely, she is...gone to say it nicely. But I can't bring myself to think that. I like to believe that she is still alive and maybe someone thought she was a stray and took her in. (Yeah, Miharu never had a collar, so...) Amanda and I always like to joke that Miharu ran away from my friend because she missed me and went looking for me. Maybe, just maybe, she will find me one day.


Well, maybe some of you you decided to read the first couple of sentences and decided to skip the rest. It's fine. I like to write in case you never figured that out - I am writhing a blog. But anyway, this parody is for Miharu. A song I wish she could hear and understand. I thought of it one night when I was with Amanda and a friend of hers called her up while we were driving and they started talking. I knew I wasn't going anywhere in a while so I tried to come up with a new parody. There was a Burger King across the street, and the syllables matched up. Sometime during that wreck Miharu popped into my head and it worked out. It was a good idea to have a good-bye song for the cat I loved, I thought.
The first line in every verse except for the last one was spontaneous and so was the bridge.



Original: Dear Prudence by The Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-2lMstw6qs

Miharu

Miharu, where have you gone?
Miharu, what about all of our fun?
You ran away. Was it for me?
I'm touched if that is how you feel.
Miharu, where is it you have gone?

Miharu, won't you come back?
Miharu, without you my life lacks
A fun little, feline friend.
Will you live with me again?
Miharu, won't you please come back?

Oh, meow, purr, meow, purr, meow, purr, meow
Oh, meow, purr, meow, purr, meow, purr, meow
Oh, me-ee-ow purr

Miharu, there are tears in my eyes.
Miharu, are you still alive?
I do believe you are out there
Living happily somewhere.
Miharu, there are tears in my eyes.

Miharu, run free my friend.
Miharu, I guess this is the end.
I never got to say good-bye
This song will just have to suffice.
Miharu, run free now my friend.

Let It Be Parody - Let It Rain

I really like The Beatles' song Let It Be; it's my favorite song right now. (I change my favorite song like, every year or so). But, I found it disappointing that I hadn't made a parody of it yet. Late one night I was just singing it and putting nonsense into it and started thinking about how I wished it would rain. Then I had a flashback of a young boy of 12 who did not want to cut the grass. In his creativity he tried to make it rain by singing a song, rather, a parody. I thought that was cool. I had completely forgot about those words I spoke many years before. So, my first parody so far was this one technically. But I only made up the first chorus then. Now, from that, I created the rest of the song. Everything was thought of except the last verse. The last 5 lines aren't in Let It Be, but I added it for my parody. Ironically, it never rained when I sang it in my younger days. But after I finished this parody, it rained for three days straight. And it seems to rain the next day whenever I sing it now.

Original: Let It Be by The Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajCYQL8ouqw

Let It Rain
When It's time for me to cut all my grass
And I don't want the tired pain
Cleanse the Earth with water

Let it rain

I know it just postpones it

But I got out of doing it today
Cleanse the Earth with water
Let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Cleanse the Earth with water
Let it Rain
And when there's all those people
Who say rain takes happiness away
Never quiet your voice
Let it rain

For though they're narrow minded
And they think that you may be insane
Never quiet your voice
Let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Never quiet your voice
Let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Cleanse the Earth with water
Let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Cleanse the Earth with water
Let it rain
And when the night is cloudy
I know that it will happen again
With a clash of thunder
Let it rain
I wake up to the sound of water
Falling on my window pane
And I smile saying
Let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Cleanse the Earth with water
Let it rain

Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain
Never quiet your voice
Let it rain
With a clash of thunder
Cleanse the Earth with water
Never quiet your voice
Just smile and say
Let it rain. Let it rain.

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