Parody of “Lies”, words and music by
Stan Rogers
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Parody lyrics ©1988-11-11 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
For | G once | , she may leave early for the | D/F# day | . |
She | Em fumb | les for the | C con | tact; her e | G qua | tions fade a | D/F# way | . |
A | G noth | er night to spend at home, a | D/F# lone | . |
But | Em this | time may be | C diff | erent, and she'll | G wait | beside the | D/F# phone | . |
She | G would | not have believed he was ro | D/F# man | tically inclined. |
The | Em tel | epathic robot, though, has | C read | it in his mind. |
She | G nev | er could have read it in his | D/F# eyes | . |
But | Am nev | er would a | D/F# rob | ot tell her | G lies | . |
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Is this the brainy outcast little girl,
Now a well-respected scientist, renowned throughout the world?
She still recalls her childhood too well
When other children's taunts could scorch, beneath her icy shell:
Well there goes Susan Calvin: The Thinker, done in drag!
No man will ever touch her. She’ll grow old an unloved hag.
No wonder, after that, if something dies. . .
But now she'll have the chance to prove them lies!
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The robot waits impassively below,
But he wrestles with a conflict, such as only robots know:
The man's no more enamored than he seems;
But perhaps it will work out somehow, like romance novel dreams.
He's made for serving humans, and keeping them from harm,
And he could no more break a heart than break a human's arm.
The First Law of Robotics still applies:
Her heart will break unless he tells her lies.
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