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(To be sung loudly, possibly while drunk and dressed in a military uniform, most likely late at night, with incredible gusto on the last three syllables of each line. Wake up the sleepers. Celebrate life. Pretend you've been a journalist for a while in some war-torn country and maybe this is one of those group effort songs that makes you all laugh your heads off and drink more shots of whatever.)

Oh, Grandma drove a truck and she ate CORNED BEEF HASH
She paid for everything she ate in COLD HARD CASH
And when she passed away it was a BIG CAR CRASH
Oh, Grandma drove a truck and she ate CORNED BEEF HASH

Oh, Grandma loved the men. She had a WOO-DEN LEG
She’d take the men to bed and then she’d MAKE THEM BEG
And every Thursday she would drink a HALF A KEG
Oh, Grandma loved the men. She had a WOO-DEN LEG

Oh, Grandma worked on fighter planes in WORLD WAR TWO
She fixed the broken engines and the PLANES THEY FLEW
And once she punched a captain. He was BLACK AND BLUE
Oh, Grandma worked on fighter planes in WORLD WAR TWO

Oh, Grandma used to hunt and she would BRING HOME MEAT
She hunted with a knife and in her BIG BARE FEET
And Christmas dinner at her house could NOT BE BEAT
Oh, Grandma used to hunt and she would BRING HOME MEAT

Oh, Grandma married money. She liked OLD RICH MEN
She’d fuck them all to death and then she’d WED A-GAIN
And when the last one went it was an E-VEN TEN
Oh, Grandma married money. She liked OLD RICH MEN

Oh, Grandma played accordion and SANG REAL LOUD
She loved to hear the people sing so MAKE HER PROUD
And sing along with me, I mean the WHOLE DAMN CROWD
Oh, Grandma played accordion and SANG REAL LOUD

Hip hip HOORAY!
Hip hip HOORAY!
Hip hip HOORAY!

(repeat as necessary to make the police arrive.)

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Date: 14 Feb 2008 08:08 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porphyre.livejournal.com
Very Tom Waits.

Date: 14 Feb 2008 08:15 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skonen-blades.livejournal.com
Well, the wooden leg party, anyway. I picture it being sung a bit more joyously that Tom but hey, sure, definitely. I could hear him doing it for sure.

off of Rain Dogs

Date: 14 Feb 2008 08:25 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porphyre.livejournal.com
Cemetery Polka

Uncle vernon, uncle vernon, independent as a hog on ice
He’s a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse
Plays accordion for mr. weiss

Uncle biltmore and uncle william
Made a million during world war two
But they’re tightwads and they’re cheapskates
And they’ll never give a dime to you

Auntie mame has gone insane
She lives in the doorway of an old hotel
And the radio is playing opera
All she ever says is "go to hell"

Uncle violet flew as a pilot
And there ain’t no pretty girls in france
Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint
They say he never keeps it in his pants

Uncle bill will never leave a will
And the tumor is as big as an egg
He has a mistress, she’s puerto rican
And I heard she has a wooden leg

Uncle phil can’t live without his pills
He has emphysema and he’s almost blind
And we must find out where the money is
Get it now before he loses his mind

Uncle vernon, uncle vernon, independent as a hog on ice
He’s a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse
He plays accordion for mr. weiss

Cemetery Polka

Re: off of Rain Dogs

Date: 14 Feb 2008 09:01 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skonen-blades.livejournal.com
Yeah, that's *exactly* the song I mean when I referred to the 'wooden leg' part. However, I don't hear my song in the same style. But god bless your little pink socks in any case.

Date: 14 Feb 2008 09:02 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porphyre.livejournal.com
Great minds!

Jonny Vancouver

Date: 14 Feb 2008 10:23 (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Awesome sir. I'm going to go and listen to your song now about the "stupid little dog" at the end of the podcast we did. Your genius shines through again.
Hysterical.

Re: Jonny Vancouver

Date: 14 Feb 2008 18:48 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skonen-blades.livejournal.com
Great stuff. Good to hear. It's too bad we didn't get that "The year was 1894. The great Charles DeVorna was heading an archaeological dig in the Sudan." thing that I did. That was kind of funny as well.

I love that you love the dog bit. : )

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