_Co_ld ^Power

Reprinted from Songworm 3

Parody of “Cold Fire”, words and music by Carol Roper

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Parody lyrics ©1989-05-26 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.

A With

the brightest

G la

sers that money can

A buy

,

With mag

C ne

tic

G walls

impressively

E strong

,

We can

F brief

ly

G cap

ture the

Am heart

of the

G sun

,

But

Am can’t

make it

Em stay

to

C do

our bidding

A long

.

It’s the fiercest

G fi

re that mortals have

A found

,

Of whose

C dead

ly

G glow

the world is a

E fraid

.

And for

F years

it’s

G sty

mied the

Am phy

sicists’

G minds

.

Now

Am out

of the

Em blue

, some

C chem

ists say they’ve

A made

ÇChorus:È

Chorus:

Cold  A pow er, in a  G gar bage  E pail . Cold  A pow er, so  G sim ple to  Em coax . Cold  A pow er   how can  G this  be  E true ? It  D can’t  be that  A ea sy, so it  C must  be a  A hoax .

Now, you know full

G well

how it really is

A done

:

In ex

C pen

sive

G cham

bers of staggering

E size

,

With six

F feet

of

G lead

to pro

Am tect

flesh and

G bone

From

Am that

lethal

Em glow

and

C dead

ly pressure

A rise

.

And we did our

G jobs

with the greatest of

A care

And we

C told

our

G kids

,  Don’t try this at

E home

.

Now we’re

F told

all you

G need

is a

Am chem

istry set,

And the

Am kind

of de

Em vice

you

C use

for plating

A chrome

.

(Chorus)

We can only

G strive

toward a still distant

A goal

.

We can

C on

ly

G laugh

at the mad chemists’

E dreams

.

They should

F stick

with

G prod

ucts that

Am they

under

G stand

Like

Am mar

garine

Em spread

, and

C lad

ies’ facial

A cream

.

ÇChorusÈ

Chorus:

It  D can’t  be cold  A fu sion.  It’s il C lu sion, or  A hoax .