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Song Parodies -> "Zamboni"
Original Song Title:
"Lemon Tree"
Original Performer:
Fool's Garden
Parody Song Title:
"Zamboni"
Parody Written by:
Rocky Mak
The Lyrics
I've spotted a parody called Zamboni, but it was the different version of "Lemon Tree". I was going to do a Cantonese and maybe Mandarin version of this as well (just like how the original song got translated), but let's not get myself too far yet.
This is the first song I heard when I can finally hit the ice for the first time ever, but this song isn't completely autobiographical as places has been swapped. For the sake of the song, the rink has only me in it, who is also the Zamboni driver to add a little element of "Cinderella" on it.
This is the first song I heard when I can finally hit the ice for the first time ever, but this song isn't completely autobiographical as places has been swapped. For the sake of the song, the rink has only me in it, who is also the Zamboni driver to add a little element of "Cinderella" on it.
[Intro: I'm trying to walk on my toes]
[Fell, tried to get up, dusted himself off]
(Clears throat)
I'm skating here in the rink in Kowloon
On the hottest day that's ever been recorded in June
I've learnt nothing new
I've got nothing to lose
I'm wondering around
'Til I trip on my boots
Yet I still can't get my balance
And I wonder
[Gets up, then suddenly]
I'm skating around!
How bizarre!
I'm skating like a pro
Yet I still cannot stop
And have I learnt a brand new skill
To compensate the fact that I can't bike to school?
Then I tripped and lost my balance
And I wonder ([spoken] "At least I stopped".)
I wonder how
I wonder why
Beginner's luck had hit me
With no crowd in sight
When all that I can see
Is just my empty Zamboni
I'm making my tracks
Up and down
I'm skating, spinning, jumping, turning
Mucking around
Yet, all that I can see
Is just my empty Zamboni
[Trying to sing and dance at the same time]
(Swing!)
Da-da-da-da-da-di-da-da
Da-da-da-da-di-da-da
Da-di-di-da
[Slips, regains balance]
(Oops, Exhales)
I thought to myself
I'm Mr. Brown [Charlie Brown, referring to Kurt Browning's 1991 gala program]
Entertaining everyone
While making Mom frown
Now I am very dizzy
Feeling I dread
[But] I feel so high
Never would want to rest
So, I skate and I start clappin'
To song unknown
Disorientation
Is not good for me
Disorientation
I don't want to damage my Zamboni
I'm skating around in my own rink of joy
Then I have to leave, the traffic I must avoid [referring to the traffic outside, as well as skaters skating during public session.]
Soon, yes, everyone have their fun
While I'm unknown
I wonder how
I wonder why
Beginner's luck had hit me
With no crowd in sight
When all that I can see
Is just my empty Zamboni
I'm making my tracks
Up and down
I'm skating, spinning, jumping, turning
Mucking around
Yet, all that I can see
Is just the my empty Zamboni
Spell I'm under
I wonder:
I wonder how
I wonder why
Beginner's luck had hit me
With no crowd in sight
Yet all my greatest feat [the skating tracks left by the skate]
Must go, they have to leave
My skates are off my feet
I have to drive my Zamboni
[Fell, tried to get up, dusted himself off]
(Clears throat)
I'm skating here in the rink in Kowloon
On the hottest day that's ever been recorded in June
I've learnt nothing new
I've got nothing to lose
I'm wondering around
'Til I trip on my boots
Yet I still can't get my balance
And I wonder
[Gets up, then suddenly]
I'm skating around!
How bizarre!
I'm skating like a pro
Yet I still cannot stop
And have I learnt a brand new skill
To compensate the fact that I can't bike to school?
Then I tripped and lost my balance
And I wonder ([spoken] "At least I stopped".)
I wonder how
I wonder why
Beginner's luck had hit me
With no crowd in sight
When all that I can see
Is just my empty Zamboni
I'm making my tracks
Up and down
I'm skating, spinning, jumping, turning
Mucking around
Yet, all that I can see
Is just my empty Zamboni
[Trying to sing and dance at the same time]
(Swing!)
Da-da-da-da-da-di-da-da
Da-da-da-da-di-da-da
Da-di-di-da
[Slips, regains balance]
(Oops, Exhales)
I thought to myself
I'm Mr. Brown [Charlie Brown, referring to Kurt Browning's 1991 gala program]
Entertaining everyone
While making Mom frown
Now I am very dizzy
Feeling I dread
[But] I feel so high
Never would want to rest
So, I skate and I start clappin'
To song unknown
Disorientation
Is not good for me
Disorientation
I don't want to damage my Zamboni
I'm skating around in my own rink of joy
Then I have to leave, the traffic I must avoid [referring to the traffic outside, as well as skaters skating during public session.]
Soon, yes, everyone have their fun
While I'm unknown
I wonder how
I wonder why
Beginner's luck had hit me
With no crowd in sight
When all that I can see
Is just my empty Zamboni
I'm making my tracks
Up and down
I'm skating, spinning, jumping, turning
Mucking around
Yet, all that I can see
Is just the my empty Zamboni
Spell I'm under
I wonder:
I wonder how
I wonder why
Beginner's luck had hit me
With no crowd in sight
Yet all my greatest feat [the skating tracks left by the skate]
Must go, they have to leave
My skates are off my feet
I have to drive my Zamboni
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Zamboni was one of the buzzwords in Peanuts. Charles Schulz was married to an ice skater (Jean) and owned a skating rink. One of the characters in his comic strip was a girl named Peggy (Fleming) Jean.
I once had to do community service at a county-owned ice rink, doing things like swamping out the bathrooms, washing windows, and sweeping the parking lot, and I often seriously considered taking the Zamboni for a joyride around the ice rink and the county fairgrounds, but was stopped by my conscience. 5s.
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