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Song Parodies -> "In the Place That I live"
Original Song Title:
"On the Street Where You Live"
Original Performer:
My Fair Lady (Musical)
Parody Song Title:
"In the Place That I live"
Parody Written by:
Linda Koski
The Lyrics
I've wanted to write this one for forty years... since I enjoyed my first California earthquake. And now I have!
I have often walked down this street before
But the pavement never swallowed up my feet before -
All at once am I unprepared to die
From this quake in the place that I live!
Are there gaping cracks in the heart of town?
Are the buildings falling down in every part of town?
Watch the people pour out of every door
It's a quake in the place that I live!
And oh, the terrible shaking - will this last one minute or four?
The overpowering shaking - I'm so glad that I'm not on the eighteenth floor!
Now those ones and two, they don't bother me,
Holy crap, this one must be at least a 9.3!
"Oh dear God," I cry - "Please don't let me die"
In this quake in the place where I live!
But the pavement never swallowed up my feet before -
All at once am I unprepared to die
From this quake in the place that I live!
Are there gaping cracks in the heart of town?
Are the buildings falling down in every part of town?
Watch the people pour out of every door
It's a quake in the place that I live!
And oh, the terrible shaking - will this last one minute or four?
The overpowering shaking - I'm so glad that I'm not on the eighteenth floor!
Now those ones and two, they don't bother me,
Holy crap, this one must be at least a 9.3!
"Oh dear God," I cry - "Please don't let me die"
In this quake in the place where I live!
©2012 By Linda Koski
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Glad we don't have those in the place where I live!
I didn't feel Loma Prieta, but coincidentally, my wife was on the 18th floor of a highrise. She definitely felt it.
Nice woek. 555
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