Parody of “Arise, My Love”, words and music by
Cynthia McQuillin
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Parody lyrics ©1990-02-10 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
Blondie and Dagwood meet Faulkner, Poe, and McQuillin.
The | A mid | morning sun lights the | Em bed | where he lies, |
And he | G rolls | on his stomach and | A cov | ers his eyes. |
His | A wife | calls upstairs that the | Em coff | ee is ground, |
And he | G use | s her pillow to | A muff | le the sound. |
A | A rise | , my | Em love | , for | G morn | ing’s | A here | . |
You | A can | not | Em sleep | for | G ev | er, | A dear | . |
Knowing not how to budge this most lazy of men,
She fears that he’ll surely miss work once again.
She sighs in despair as his breakfast grows cold,
Then once more climbs the staircase to fretfully scold,
Arise my love: your carpool’s here.
You cannot sleep forever, dear.
Her husband’s still senseless to all worldly cares
When a workman arrives to make chimney repairs.
If he can wake up to instruct him and pay,
She might still have time to run errands today.
Arise, my love: the mason’s here.
You cannot sleep forever, dear.
Her husband’s still snoring at quarter to two,
As she stares out the window to wistfully view
The brick layer’s muscles agleam in the sun
As he skillfully lays every brick, one by one.
Lazybones are, my husband dear,
As lazybones do each day, I fear.
He wakes in a darkness as deep as the tomb,
And a curious staleness envelopes the room.
His hand, reaching out, finds the room is too small,
And her voice filters back to him through the brick wall:
Go back to bed, for night is near.
Now you can sleep forever, dear.
Lazybones are, my husband dear,
As lazybones do each day, I fear.