Parody of “Everybody Here”, words and music by
Kathy Mar
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Parody lyrics ©2010-01-09 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
The year was 1982,
And no matter just how ancient you are,
Chances are you’ve long since forgotten
What was asked of you by Kathy Mar —
Long before she put her songs online,
For any Technese speaker to see:
“I want everybody here to pick up a pencil
And write down your address for me.”
Now, when she used the word “address,” well,
It didn’t mean the same thing back then,
But the kind she’d copy, all by hand,
On an envelope with ball-point pen.
So it’s time to update that request
For the twenty-first century:
“I want everybody here to open your laptop
And email your address to me.”
There’s something about the year twenty ten
That makes it very hard to recall
That we never sent that five-man crew
Out to Jupiter after all.
But by now you all have a Facebook account,
So I-M me your user id.
And I want everybody here to go to Live Journal
And make yourself a friend of me.
And one of these days, when I get the chance,
I will twitter you on AOL.
Or if you have a blog, I just might post a comment,
So email me your URL.
And the day has come where the Internet
Is a place where even hippies can be.
So I want everybody here to open your laptop
And email your address to me.
Now some of you people may not have a laptop —
So texting me will do just fine.
Tomorrow morning, log onto my feed
When you get home and you’re back online.
While we may not see our kids go to space,
At least they got MySpace for free.
So I want everybody here to open your laptop,
And email your address to me.
I want everybody here to write down your email,
And send it to my Blackberry.
I want everybody here to take out your iPhone,
And email your address to me.