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Song Parodies -> "Love Old Tenders"
Original Song Title:
"Love Me Tender"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Elvis Presley
Parody Song Title:
"Love Old Tenders"
Parody Written by:
Airfarcewon
The Lyrics
Love old tenders
On the track,
Locomotives, coal
Wish the world
Would bring 'em back
Those old trains had soul
Love old tenders
Swirling smoke
Trailing for a mile..
Giving land
A long gray cloak
Poll-ution - worthwhile
Of old freight trains
I would dream
As a young lad might
Loved their mournful
Cries of steam
Sounding in the night
Those old tenders
Rattled through
Prairies of the west
Diesel's now
Are fast and new,
But old trains were best
Progress, high tech
Rules the day
Missing one fine part..
Modern trains
Just streak away
Steam engines had heart
Modern trains
Just streak away
Steam engines had heart
On the track,
Locomotives, coal
Wish the world
Would bring 'em back
Those old trains had soul
Love old tenders
Swirling smoke
Trailing for a mile..
Giving land
A long gray cloak
Poll-ution - worthwhile
Of old freight trains
I would dream
As a young lad might
Loved their mournful
Cries of steam
Sounding in the night
Those old tenders
Rattled through
Prairies of the west
Diesel's now
Are fast and new,
But old trains were best
Progress, high tech
Rules the day
Missing one fine part..
Modern trains
Just streak away
Steam engines had heart
Modern trains
Just streak away
Steam engines had heart
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Nicely nostalgic. I watched about fifteen westerns this weekend so I've had steam trains on the brain.
Steam trains ruled............I wonder ..if and when Jets will go the same route ...and we will say....ahhh, I rememer how neat it was when the sky was full of all those trails........Nice work and theme.......
Shiver your timbers, Sir L'air deFarce, on this fine St Joseph's Day!
Reminds me of the reminiscing and melancholy of Robyn Hitchcock's "I Often Dream of Trains" (don't worry, no one's ever of him, but he's a personal favorite artist). Elegantly phrased and easygoing. A pleasant ride.
Thanks, Porfle, Dave W., LadyShamRock, (St. Joseph's day?) and WarrenB.
Don't worry sir, L'air . . 'Tis a Great Lake thing! St Joe's day is March 19; I am descended from a long line of derJosephS.
I must thank derJoe, for having such nice descendants..
Yes! Someone had to play about "tender". Now waiting for a ballad "from the Steam Loco to its Tender".
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