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Song Parodies -> "Mister Self Improvement"

Original Song Title:

"The Major Generals Song"

Original Performer:

Gilbert & Sullivan

Parody Song Title:

"Mister Self Improvement"

Parody Written by:

Peter Wyllie

The Lyrics

With apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan - The Major General's Song from The Pirates Of Penzance. This was inspired by the title of an article in The Readers Digest
=Mr Self Improvement=
I am the very model of a self-improvement specialist
And clients come from miles around who want to join my waiting list
They know that I have ways to make them into what they want to be
And back up all my claims to them by offering a guarantee.
My methods are well proven and acknowledged as the best there are
(Though some have said they are extreme or even just a touch bizarre)
With NLP and PMA and Critical Sub modalities
I give the music of their lives a full range of tonalities!

=Chorus=
He gives the music of their lives a full range of tonalities!
He gives the music of their lives a full range of tonalities!
He gives the music of their lives a full range of tonalities!

=Mr Self Improvement=
I experienced reframing and sensory acuity
Synesthesia, eye-assessing cues - resolving ambiguity
And so, to those consulting me about their mental parity
I lead them on a journey with great focus, strength and clarity.

=Chorus=
And so, to those consulting him about their mental parity
He leads them on a journey with great focus, strength and clarity.

=Mr Self Improvement=
I have read the works of Robbins, Chopra, Ziglar and Kiyosaki
And have studied Paul McKenna, who does it all hypnotically
I quote the words of Jesus, Clement Stone and Waldo Emerson
Old Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and even Thomas Jefferson.
I have travelled round the world attending courses and symposia
And each one I attended made my world seem so much rosier.
So now I am attractive with a smile that draws, magnetically,
And I will share my faith with you, so very energetically

=Chorus=
And he will share his faith with you so very energetically
And he will share his faith with you so very energetically
And he will share his faith with you so very energetically

=Mr Self Improvement=
Then I can change your thinking with the power of my influence
As you are mesmerised by every nuance of my eloquence.
And so, to those consulting me about their mental parity
I lead them on a journey with great focus, strength and clarity.

=Chorus=
And so, to those consulting him about their mental parity
He leads them on a journey with great focus, strength and clarity.

=Mr Self Improvement=
When you know all there is to know of Integrated Anchoring,
The meta-outcome is to get the things for which you're hankering.
The well-formed outcome, clearly seen, in every way is visualised
With all the demons of the past identified and exorcised.
When you have learned to understand what is Perceptual Filtering
Then your reframed perceptions will lead to better modelling.
In short, when you've a smattering of elemental NLP
You will live your life forever with greater flexibility.

=Chorus=
You will live your life forever with greater flexibility
You will live your life forever with greater flexibility
You will live your life forever with greater flexibility

=Mr Self Improvement=
For my Self Improvement methods have been very good indeed to me,
I now have two Mercedes and a mansion down in Tennessee.
And so, to those consulting me about their mental parity
I lead them on a journey with great focus, strength and clarity.

=Chorus=
And so, to those consulting him about their mental parity
He leads them on a journey with great focus, strength and clarity.
(c) Peter Wyllie 2004 Site name.

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Phil Alexander - September 06, 2004 - Report this comment
Another excellent submission, Peter - from the look of your website you've been doing this sort of thing for a while: do we have a whole tranche of Wyllie parodies to look forward to?
Adam Eccleshall - September 06, 2004 - Report this comment
Great stuff. I couldn't quite get some of the pacing, but I think that's down to you using some words I can't pronounce :-) 5's

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