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Song Parodies -> "Target Weight"
Original Song Title:
"Separate Ways"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Journey
Parody Song Title:
"Target Weight"
Parody Written by:
Jeff Reuben
The Lyrics
Here I stand: On the scale, ate nothing but soup...soup...soup!
Sleepless nights: Losing pounds but reaching for food...food...food!
Eating only sa-a-a-lad...at dinner time
Can't go to McDo-o-o-o-o-nalds, or Popeye's...no french fries!
Someday, lunch will find you
Break those, belts that bind you
One bite will remind you
How to munch, forget your target weight
If your stomach hurts you
Chow down, Eat dessert too
Cupcakes, Captain Crunch too
Time for lunch, forget your target weight
Flabby thighs: Swimming laps my legs were in pain...pain...pain
Exercise: Two aerobics classes in vain...in va-a-ain, in vain
If you must ru-u-u-n, I wish you luck
You'll never dine alo-o-o-o-ne, prepare your lunch, don't miss your lunch
Someday, lunch will find you
Break those, belts that bind you
One bite will remind you
How to munch, forget your target weight
If your stomach hurts you
Chow down, Eat dessert too
Cupcakes, Captain Crunch too
Time for lunch, forget your target weight
Sleepless nights: Losing pounds but reaching for food...food...food!
Eating only sa-a-a-lad...at dinner time
Can't go to McDo-o-o-o-o-nalds, or Popeye's...no french fries!
Someday, lunch will find you
Break those, belts that bind you
One bite will remind you
How to munch, forget your target weight
If your stomach hurts you
Chow down, Eat dessert too
Cupcakes, Captain Crunch too
Time for lunch, forget your target weight
Flabby thighs: Swimming laps my legs were in pain...pain...pain
Exercise: Two aerobics classes in vain...in va-a-ain, in vain
If you must ru-u-u-n, I wish you luck
You'll never dine alo-o-o-o-ne, prepare your lunch, don't miss your lunch
Someday, lunch will find you
Break those, belts that bind you
One bite will remind you
How to munch, forget your target weight
If your stomach hurts you
Chow down, Eat dessert too
Cupcakes, Captain Crunch too
Time for lunch, forget your target weight
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Another good one, Jeff! If you're really trying to lose weight, you should try the Survivor Diet... Day One, you can eat all the bugs you can find. Day Two (see Day One) etc... ;)
(ABC3) A very Yankovistic parody, in the Food/Obesity category. Nice job.
(ABC3-T) Excellent! I love the first two lines.
A diet parody? Interesting....MM
:-D
ABC - Nice
Thanks a lot Jeff, now I'm hungry
(ABC3-T) DKTOS, but it reads well, like a great recipe.
(ABC3T) Good effort.
(ABC) A bit on the short side...but a great send-up of an OS I absolutely LOATHE!
(ABC3T) wow, a VERY early one of yours Jeff - aside from the repeated chorus stanzas (it was early Jeff though!), some nice and witty rhymes - 555
(ABC) Now THAT's a parody with gravitas!
(ABC3T) I didn't realize you'd been around here that long, Jeff. Good parody to a great old OS. 555
(ABC3T) Gee: I wasn't even thinking about writing parodies when you put this one together, Jeff. Solid effort, which gets 5s simply for introducing me to a cheesy but fun Journey tune.
(ABC3-T) I never knew the OS name, though I love it and have heard it a million times. Excellently stuffed, err, excellent stuff, Jeff, with the carried syllables indicated and what not. My target weight is whatever doesn't break the scales and allows me to fit into the clothes I have. 5s.
One note: Usually I pay no attention to URLs, but how was this listed as a Survivor song?
One note: Usually I pay no attention to URLs, but how was this listed as a Survivor song?
Thanks for the comments, one and all! RA, I botched the original performer when I first submitted the song. Chucky was nice enough to switch it to Journey for me, but the URL stayed the same.
ABC...ha! I don't know that I've ever read this one before but it totally made me giggle, Jeff!
Loved it! 5s
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