Monday, August 17, 2015

Funky Monkey

This song is a parody of Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) by US3

Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
What's that?
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
Funky Monkey
How 'bout a banana?
Wait… Wait a minute
Ocean motion, crashin' caution, ships dips tips
As we sail the turbulant sea
Stomach stops churnin', with a pail o' dramamine
Yell sailor man, sailor man hands
Hands on deck, hands help the helmsman and
I sing and groove as the sea men move
Every poem's relay'n what the brave men do
I'm your lore man and your troubadour
Singing my thing, out in the evermore
Booty seeker, livin' adventure
Snap map, dig that treasure
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
What's that?
Dig it.  Dig it up
Ooop… 
Dig it.  Dig it up
Funky Monkey
Read the sea chart, freed from black heart
Pirate papers lead us and speed our start
Sea skiff lands on, isle of the simian
Destination vegitation confrontation
Up down, grind the ground, seek the X
Where buccaneer's gold is bound to be found
Tangly trees, humid heat, soggy feet
They keep the beat and speed with the need
Back to the map in the pack that I'm wearing
The way I use the clues keep the beat on our bearings
A machete swingin' singin' bringin' branches down
Cuttin' a trail to the trove renouned
Many bitey bugs buzz our ears as we go
In an infinate swarm of kamakazi mosquitos
Here we go, off I take ya
Slap gnat, dig that treasure
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop
What's that?
Dig it.  Dig it up
Ooop… 
Dig it.  Dig it up
Funky Monkey
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
What's that?
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
Funky Monkey
Head to the end, jungle temple, and then
Tune the tempo up before we begin
Tricky tippy trap attack brings a boulder down
Rollin' bowlin' bold men back with a thundering sound
They dodge the darts, I play my part
Framing fearless lyrics cheering spirit and heart
Quibble riddle gristle as I ponder temple puzzle
But no lyrics or locks can defy my razzle dazzle
Next to the X, feel the flow that I flex
Get on the go, go get the chest
Priceless prize by any measure
Trip trap, dig that treasure
Now
What's that?
Dig it.  Dig it up
Ooop… 
Dig it.  Dig it up
Funky Monkey
What's that?
Dig it.  Dig it up
Ooop… 
Dig it.  Dig it up
Funky Monkey
Hear the gate drop, fearful heart flop
Footfalls down the hall, coming near, so don't stop
Drums a beating, feet a fleeting
Take ya to the chamber of the monkey meeting
Gibbons growlin', howlers howlin' and yowlin'
Rhesus and orangutauns pacing and prowlin'
And what do I see past the chimpanzee's
But King Kong's uncle starin', glarin' at me
So ya all know I'm the pro with the stanza
The way I play my verse'n, I'm a ballad bonanza
Pretty poem freely flowin', growin' into the sound
Monkeys ah'd and oogled as they gathered around
Many primates danced in wild wonder that day
But when they saw the chest we made our get away
Hang on to that chest I mentioned
Git quick, with that treasure
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
What's that?
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
Dig it.  Dig it up
Funky Monkey
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
What's that?
Ooop… 
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
How 'bout a banana?
Funky Monkey
Skip time, slip vines, zip line, in time, escape the apes that chase
As we race through the jungle we flee
Bracken a crackin' comes gorilla posse
Feet beat the path, beat the path fast
Best you keep fast past the great marsh grass
I go right through the big bamboo
With my verbal machete to our rendevous
Feet fly, load the skiff by high tide
Rowing that boat, burning off the cellulite
Speed it up, 'fore that ape gets ya
Zip trip, dig that treasure
Ooop…   Ooop…  Ooop…
What's that?
Ooop… 
How 'bout a banana?
Funky Monkey
Dig it.  Dig it up
What's that?
Dig it.  Dig it up
Funky Monkey

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Sea Food Again

Freeform parody of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain"


Spent three days stranded on this lonely stand
of rock and sand at sea
My sunburned skin is peeling painful
But that's not what's eating me
Oh, I've seen fruit and I've seen grain
I remember gravy boats and sausage chains
I've seen burdened banquet tables bending with the strain
And I always thought that I'd see food again
My beaten ship was stormy tossed
And sunk beneath the waves
Though everything aboard was lost
Alone my life was saved
Oh I miss fruit and I miss grain
I miss those yummy gravy boats and sausage chains
I'd even eat my vegetables and never once complain
If I only got to see food again
Spent three years stranded on this lonely stand
of rock and sand at sea
My suntanned skin's no longer painful
But that's not what's feeding me

I suck sea snails from their shells
They're pretty hard to chew
Though my aching jaw rebels
There's not much else to do

Oh I miss fruit and I miss grain
I miss those yummy gravy boats and sausage chains
I'd even eat my vegetables and never once complain
But all I've got is sea food again
I'm chewing on this sea food again
Is it escargo or sushi? I don't know
I just know it's sea food again
Gritty, sandy sea food again

Friday, July 3, 2015

Squirrel of the Seas

This is a parody of Alan Parson Project's "Eye in the Sky"

I've got treasure hot in my hands
I'll try burying it in the sand
And there's a secret spot that I know
In seven hours I've got a hole
No peeking
Blistered my soles
To bury the gold that they're seeking
Maybe this spot's too easy to find
Maybe this spot's erosion inclined
I'll dig that treasure up to secure it
And polish it up just to ensure
It's pretty
Then dig a new hole
And bury it below preceiving

I am the pie-are-at guy
Moving my jewels
'Til they're hard to find
I am the squirrel of the seas
Scratching at fleas
Jewels are on my mind
I should move that treasure again
To know that
Treasure's hard to find, Treasure's hard to find
Maybe this hole's poorly disguised
Maybe it won't decieve prying eyes
I'll dig another hole like before
Diggin' treasure's not such a chore, it's real fun
Then I'll make a map so I know which hole's the real one
Just tell me which map's the real one  (in a confused mumble)

We Will Rob You - We are the Buccaneers

This is a parody of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions"

Buddy you're a drunk, can't walk a straight line
Getting' hit on the head - in a alley - shanghai'd one day
You got hauled on a ship
Your big fat lip
Yo-a pirate now, betta get a grip
We will, we will rob you
We will, we will rob you
Buddy you're a hard man, want'd man
Treasure in the sand, gonna get your gold back someday
You got back on your ship
Map at your hip
Raisin' your roger, better get a grip
We will, we will rob you
We will, we will rob you
Buddy you're an old man, tired man
Guzzlin' your grog, gonna sleep a little long one day
Turned your back and your're hit
You just got gypp'd
Gonna walk the plank, betta get a grip
We will, we will rob you
We will, we will rob you

******************************************

I've shed some blood
Sunk more than a few
I've fired my cannons
And defended my crew
I lost my hand
A foot and an eye
I had a belaying pin shatter my groin
I still didn't cry
We are the buccaneers - my friends
And we'll steal your treasures in the end
We are the buccaneers
We are the buccaneers
Grog swilling boozers
We are the buccaneers - with your pearls
I've taken your gold
And plundered your jewels
They bought me grog and puffy shirts and prosthetic limbs
And more for me crew!
But we lack social graces
We're stinky too
We're flea-bitten misfits with cut-throatin' keel-haulin' ways
But there's one thing we do
(and we do it well!)
We are the buccaneers - my friends
And we'll steal your treasures in the end
We are the buccaneers
We are the buccaneers
Grog swilling boozers
We are the buccaneers - with your pearls

The Pirate Code

This is a parody of Everclear's "Everything to Everyone"

You've got your prisioner bound in braces
Where your monkey throws it's poo
It's vocations flinging feces t'entertain your crew
I think you like to be a pirate
I think you like to be so cruel
I think you live by code of pirates
Breaking every single rule

You take what you take
You slew who you slew
And now, you be pirating your Pirate's Code
You got all the right sea skills
You pay with your bright blade
And always try to be pirating your Pirate's Code
Yeah you got gold again
You got treasure to gain

You say they taught you how to steal and fight
Yeah, they taught you to play fow-well
I say they taught you how to stab a back
And watch your buddies bleed and drow-en
I think you like to wear your eyepatch proud
I think you love to wear a frow-en
I think you are blind to the fact
That the code you live is the code that cuts you dow-en

You slay who you slay
You took what you took
You always try to be pirating your Pirate's Code
You got all the right sea skills
You pay with your bright blade
You always try to be pirating your Pirate's Code

Feel the sound of cannons (Got gold to gain)
You tumble and you crawl
Yeah your sails begin to burn
Feel the sound of cannons (Got gold to gain)
You tumble and you crawl
Your sundered ships timbers start to burn
Yeah your ship's gonna burn

Bad monkey!  No!  Very very Bad monkey!

They took what they took from you
You're chained in their chains
And cry, they be pirating their pirates code
You jump when they say frog
You'll pay for your bright blade
And cry, they're pirating their pirates code

Feel the sound of cannons (Got gold to gain)
You tumble and you crawl
Yeah they got gold to gain
Feel the sound of cannons (Got gold to gain)
You tumble and you crawl

The Greatest Gourmet Swedish Chef in Bucaneer Bay

This is a parody of the classic "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"

He was a famous Sweedish chef upon a ship to Brazil
He made the meanest meatballs spiced with savory and dill
He was the best chef in his field
But then some pirates came along and now he's making their meals
He's with the pirates now.  He's baking swill souffle
He's the greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay

They made him boil seaweed for the crew to eat
It really brought him down because they had no meat
The captain seemed to want a treat
For the next day captain commandeered a fishing fleet
And now the buccaneers cheer, and scarf flounder flambe
He's the greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay

A root, a toot, a ladle in his boot
He bakes them grog-lemon beans - So have no worries
For although they make a flatulant team
They prevent scurvy
And now the buccaneers cheer, as they eat shark fillet
He's the greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay

He was the greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay
And when he made his greatest gourmet dishes
He was spicy as a salty spray
And when he made those meals the buccaneers ate all night and day
He's the greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay

Lickupa lickitylipa lickitylipa lick lick
They dined all night and all day
On mackrel chowder and oyster-lime puree
They got no scurvy
And those buccaneers cheer for their swordfish souflee
He's the greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay

He fills those bucker's bellies with goodies every night
And they gobble down some more in the early bright
They raise their grog and lick their plates
And they'll be coming back for thirds before it gets too late
Arr arr they cheer for him at the end of the day
For that greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay

A sip, a slurp a sat-is-fying burp burp burp
Those pirates once thrived on risk
Now they dine in style on grapefruit lobster bisque
Say - so long - scurvy
And those buccaneers cheer for their pirate buffet
And the greatest gourmet Sweedish chef in Buccaneer Bay

Skull and Bones

This is a parody of Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll"

Just raise our jolly flag up the mast
That ship's a runnin but we're gainin' fast
They'll give us jewels or meet with Davy Jones
I got my flag of skull and bones

Don't try to make me be a cobbler
I'd give 'em peg legs and I'd take their gold
If they don't like it they'd be floatin' home
I'd wave my flag of skull and bones
Still like that flag of skull and bones
My jolly roger just makes 'em moan
The open seas are where I like to roam
With my flag of skull and bones

I'd never make it as a gardener
Rather be a smuggler or a restless rogue
You won't catch me with a garden gnome
I've got my flag of skull and bones

Say I'm a pirate say whatever you will
Call me a buccaneer or Bloody Bill
Old sour grog's my kinda cologne
I like that flag of skull and bones
Still like that flag of skull and bones
My jolly roger just makes 'em moan
The open seas are where I like to roam
With my flag of skull and bones

Sea Bird

This is a parody of Sam & Dave's "Soul Man", properly sung in a squawky parrot voice

Comin to ya - on the open seas
Take ya earring - if n when I - please
Pirate parrot - with a salty wing
I'm not furry - I'm a featha thing

I'm a sea bird (squawk)
I'm a sea bird
I'm a sea bird
I'm a sea bird

Hey I like jewelry - it's good to chew
If it's bright and shiny - well it's mine not you'n
So honey - don't try to pet
Cause - rings and fingers - well, I'm gonna get

I'm a sea bird (squawk squawk)
Sea bird (pretty bird)
I'm a sea bird
I'm a sea bird

Listen
Don't try to br-i-be me - some cracker - treat (listen here)
Just gimme your gold - it's what I wanna eat
I'm pirate parrot - I ain't no duck
Don't wanna give me nothin' - You you you outta luck

I'm a sea bird (squawk)
I'm a sea bird (hi bird)
I'm a sea bird
I'm a sea bird (squaaaawwwk)

I'll take your rolex - and your necklace and
Eat your bracelet - and be your only bird friend
Squawk, squawk, (whir-a wheet whistling), Squawk

I'm talkin about - a sea bird
I'm a sea bird
A pirate singin' sea bird
(squawk, squawk) sea bird
I'm a sea bird
I'm a sea bird

I Like Big Booty

This is kind of a parody of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back", for opening line at least, though it has it's own tune.

I like big booty and I can not lie
It's a penchant I do not deny
When there's booty near this buccaneer
Gotta get my hands upon it and when I wanna make it clear
I say ARR.    (Arr in a very stong, piraty tone)
AAR.    (Arr in a weak and shaky, "don't you know what arr means" tone)
All ye pirate folk will agree
Big booty's what it's gotta be
That sets you rogues to sea
And far from land, you make your plan
To get big booty right in your hand
AAR.
It's every pirates duty
To get a hold of big booty
Say AAR.  AAR.
Well I got beautiful booty on my mind
When this booty full ship goes passing by
And I think it's best, I get my hands on her chest
And make her booty mine
AAR.  AAR.
Now all you pirate's gotta take your time
And rub your big booty til it shines
AAR.
Well I got beautiful booty on me hold
Booty so big and shiny gold
And I think you might, want to avoid a fight
Cuz this here booty's mine
AAR.  AAR.
But the problem with pirates
And I think you'll all agree
Is that they want to put their hands on your booty
It's every pirates duty
To get a hold of big booty
To rub it fine until it shines
And shout out, "This big booty's mine"
AAR.  

** Repeat last stanza, as if there is a pirate congo line going on.  

I Don't Feel Like Fightin'

This is a parody of Scissor Sisters' "I Don't Feel Like Dancing"


Woke up in the morning with a ship that's full of gold
The greatest rags to riches pirate story ever told
Now the tide is turnin, need a map, a place to land
On some deserted island bury treasure in the sand
But this ship's weighted down, draggin' low and movin' slow
Too much gold, who'd of thought of such a plight
Grab those oars and row, wind's weak, we need to go
On the h'rison black flags h'come in sight
But I don't feel like fightin'
And your Jolly Roger's raised
Just put that boney flag
And those coal black cannon balls away
You think that I could swagger up a little swashbuckler display
But I don't feel like fightin'
No sir, no fightin' today
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Cuz' I've way to much gold to lose
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Can't you see I'm just out on a cruise?
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Bailin' out this salty ship with the wealthy pirate blues
Ships will come and ships will go, my future's lookin' swell
Gonna build mansion and a swanky, posh, hotel
Gonna get some decency, say goodbye t'this pirate life.
Settle down, raise family, w'some saucy pirate wife.
So I'll try to stall, your little pleasure call
This finder's keeper's gold is rightly mine
So please, don't be mean, to my hopes and dreams
If you sail away, I'm sure you'll stop my cry'n
Cuz I don't feel like fightin'
And your Jolly Roger's raised
Just put that boney flag
And those coal black cannon balls away
You think that I could swagger up a little swashbuckler display
But I don't feel like fightin'
No sir, no fightin' today
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Cuz' I've way to much gold to lose
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Can't you see I'm just out on a cruise?
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Bailin' out this salty ship with the wealthy pirate blue-who-whos
You can't come and take my goh'
Sink my ship and we'll both be poh'
Just let me go - and when we meet in town I'll by you gro-ah-og
But I don't feel like fightin'
And your Jolly Roger's raised
Just put that boney flag
And those coal black cannon balls away
You think that I could swagger up a little swashbuckler display
But I don't feel like fightin'
No sir, no fightin' today
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Cuz' I've way to much gold to lose
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Can't you see I'm just out on a cruise?
Don't feel like fightin', fightin'
Bailin' out this salty ship with the wealthy pirate blue-who-whos

Just a Pirate

This is a parody of "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz

I know I'm just a pirate
But I try
To lead these scurvy pirates
And raise my roger high
I know I'm just a pirate
And it's true
That these treasures I'm treasuring
Really come from you
Someday I'll sail by midnight star
And find myself where rich ships are beside me
Where cannons chill their hearts with dread
And fill the air with balls of lead
That's where you'll find me
I know I'm just a pirate
Bloodbeard I
Give me all of your treasures
If you don't wish to die

Someday I'll sail by midnight star
And find myself where rich ships are beside me
Where cannons chill their hearts with dread
And fill the air with balls of lead
That's where you'll find me
I know I'm just a pirate
Bloodbeard I
Give me all of your treasures
If you don't wish to die
If you like living, don't you cry
Just hand it over
Aye, it's do or die