Parody of Witnesses' Waltz, words and music by
Leslie Fish
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Reprinted from
Songworm 1
This parody was sung by
Leslie Fish
on
Tapeworm 1
Parody lyrics ©7/7/87 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
| C Come | along | F Harr | y and | C Mary | and | G Joe | , |
| Am Check | out your | C suits | and get | G read | y | C to | G go | . |
| C Fill | up those | Am trucks | with to | F day | s load of | G sands |
| To be | F shipped | back to | C Earth | when the | G space | shuttle | C lands | . |
| Chorus: |
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Its those people we left back on Earth that get me.
While were living the dream, they sit watching TV.
Their metal supply now comes mostly from here.
And they put half of that into cans for their beer.
(Chorus)
Television ignores us; it seems theres no place
For covrage of homesteads were building in space.
The reason for this lack of interest is clear:
The ones who would watch are all working up here.
(Chorus)
Were geologists here, astrophysicists too,
And plain old hard workers like those in our crew.
With one thing in common: we yearn for the stars,
And we will not stop building until they are ours.
(Chorus)
Someday well be living in pressurized domes
As warm and secure as Earths safe little homes.
But Earth folks wont visit, because of their fear
That the T.V. reception is lousy up here.
(Chorus)
So come, lets start building our homestead today,
Where a world of foot-draggers cant stand in our way.
And when no dependence on Earth goods remains,
We can all say goodbye to those Earthbound mundanes.
(Chorus)



