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Song Parodies -> "Cash For Codgers"

Original Song Title:

"She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain"

Original Performer:

Traditional

Parody Song Title:

"Cash For Codgers"

Parody Written by:

Old Man Ribber

The Lyrics

There will be no attempt at fairness here. All of us learned satire from Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal". Obama Care will shaft the seniors (why do they still support him?).

If you liked or "Cash For Clunkers," here's the deal
We can make Obama Health Care cheap and real
Health care for the the young is cheaper
So let's help out the Grim Reaper
It's our "Cash For Codgers" plan and it's a steal!

Trade in your old folks for younger kids today
And five thousand bucks in cash we'll gladly pay
We will junk their ancient bodies
While you're getting brand new hotties
It's the "Cash For Clunkers" done a brand new way!

No more therapy and saving drugs to fill
Just pain killers and death coun-sling on the bill
For the savings will amaze ya
When we start the enthanasia
And we'll give those damn old people "The Big Chill"

No more surgery for old folks, that is good
More cheap boob jobs and face lifts for Hollywood
Those old coots have had their portions
We'll have free health care abortions
Bring them in, we'll put them in a box of wood

And your grandmother's pacemaker we will share
We'll reuse your grandpa's cane and his wheelchair
And your senile old Aunt Leah?
Sell her kidneys to Korea
We owe nothing to those sponges with gray hair!

ACORN knows these older voters won't behave
Over President Obama they won't rave
But it will be automatic
They will all vote Democratic
When ACORN submits their ballots from the grave

It's our "Cash For Codgers" program, you will see
That America will be much more healthy
'Though it offers much less choices
It's okayed by senior voices
We're endorsed and approved by A.A.R.P.

Dorothy Parker said it..."There's a hell of a lot of difference between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calesthenics with words."

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AFW - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
ROTF..Flat out raging funny..and what a great idea, favorite line, "Sponges with gray hair" LOL..Will I get the 4500 if I turn myself in? I guess I'm one of those old codgers?
Fiddlegirl - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
I worship at your shrine of wit and wisdom... TMGLTM about the current "Immodest Proposal".
Andria - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
Good one, OMR, and neither myself nor AFW would be eligible for "Cash for Clunkers" if we were cars, considering that we were both born before 1984. BTW, Obama's healthcare idea is like Dubya's "No Child Left Behind Act" in my opinion: it sounds good on paper and when first implemented, then it sucks more and more as time goes on. 5s to you.
Guy - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
So if this idea comes to pass and as your parody shows the downside of the slippery slope will the ones who pass the laws get the shaft when they get old and someone decides that it's time for them to go. Ah - Now that would be justice.

OMR - This is a screamingly hilarious knee slappin' piece of prose you did here. It's funny but scary at the same time. Maybe if I just died laughing someone would give my better half the $5,000.00. Kick 'em when they're up - kick 'em when they're down. You go OMR - This rocks! Oh and did I mention that this parody is funny? This is worth every cent of $5,000.00 dollars all paid in 5 dollar bills.
UnKnownVotress - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
oh dear . . . Cash for Cowboys ? ? . . . the next oBama scheme !
Mark Scotti - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
You can have a new hip replacement for onnnnly $555,000.00!!! Really great one, OMR!!! I did my commentary on that today as well..
John Barry - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
Great parody. Reminiscent of 1968 flick "Wild in the Streets."
Christie Marie M - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
You said it, OMR! Politically hilarious! Here we have Obama talking stimulus this, stimulus that!... Oh, wait, wrong comment on this parody. This is about Obama Health Care! Love parodies using the elderly to spoof about! Here's $555,000 for health insurance!
TJC - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
Clever and *really* well written, OMR
TT, Not SS - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
I think the seniors' adherence to the Dems started when FDR bribed them all to retire by paying them SS (Schutzstaffel, Hitler's execution troops) benefits even though they'd paid little or nothing in, thus pretending to "help" the unemployment problem. Afterwards, they had to keep voting Dem to be sure that the Gov would continue raping their grandchildren to keep this started-in-the-hole Madoff Ponzi scheme afloat.

555, and a spelling mnemonic: Remember "Youth In Asia" (euthenasia).
Timmy1000 - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
Sounds like the voice of many people over the weekend - can't run clunkers, then how do you run health care. Well done on this one.
alvin - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
flat out hilarious concept...especially liked the aunt leah line
Phil Alexander - August 04, 2009 - Report this comment
Marvellous fun :-) Great idea, beautifully executed.
LilCashCarrier - August 04, 2009 - Report this comment
No ~Cash for Cowboys~, Sir ? ? Why not crush his Pinto . . . or squelch his Mustang . . . Hammer his Maverick ! !
JMasta - August 17, 2009 - Report this comment
Dude, dude, dude, dude, dude! How can you do such a good job man? I think Obama is a scandel
Andria - August 17, 2009 - Report this comment
JMasta: I don't think Obama is a scandal, I think he's a swindle. I wish I could vote again. (voting from another IP address doesn't count.)
USS Ben - August 27, 2009 - Report this comment
Ha ha! Outstanding parody, with more than a kernel of truth in it! Well done! Brings new meaning to CAP and Trade.
metaphorsbwithu - August 27, 2009 - Report this comment
Very very funny and, like most things steeped in the truth, even funnier because of the reality behind the song. Pacing's a little rough in spots, I think, but that's easily tweaked.
Paddekaka - February 18, 2010 - Report this comment
Amazing! Freakin' good!

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