• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Before: They call me the workin’ man / I guess that’s what I am

    Now: They call me Totenkopf man / I guess that’s what I am

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    I tried and failed to write some parody lyrics. It proved impossible to shoehorn stuff in. The song has hardly any lyrics.

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      I had a go at it…

      kirby-jammin

      Started with nine-eleven, yeah

      This little career of mine

      You got no time for the livin’

      Workin’ for a merc’s next dime

      kirby-jammin

      It seems to me

      I could live my life

      A lot better than I think I am

      I guess I could be a better me

      But I’m mercenary, man

      kirby-jammin

      They call me mercenary

      I guess that’s what I am

      kirby-jammin

      Kickin’ doors & punchin’ clocks

      For almost twenty long hard years

      Say I’m doing it for my fellow man

      But summit else is goin’ on here

      kirby-jammin

      It seems to me

      I could live my life

      A lot better than I think I am

      Seat that’s not in some humvee

      And a senate healthcare plan

      kirby-jammin

      Totenkopf is just customary

      For a mercenary man

      kirby-jammin

      And they call me mercenary

      So I guess that’s what I am

      kirby-jammin kirby-jammin kirby-jammin

      (I forgot how to format so just used Kirby’s)

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        Nice.

        (I forgot how to format so just used Kirby’s)

        The only way I can format lyrics (and not lose my mind) is to write the lyrics in my text editor and use a macro to add the asterisks and the two spaces at the end. I select the text and end up with this…

        *And a senate healthcare plan*__

        I used “__” to show two spaces at the end.

    • Angel [any]@hexbear.net
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      The song has hardly any lyrics.

      Due to that long ass instrumental break right in the middle of the song. That’s Rush for ya!

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        I wish there were even fewer lyrics. Like this…

        [Verse 1]
        Well, I get up at seven, yeah
        And I go to work at nine
        I got no time for livin’
        Yes, I’m workin’ all the time

        [Chorus]
        It seems to me I could live my life
        A lot better than I think I am
        They call me the workin’ man
        I guess that’s what I am

        [Instrumental Break]

        [Guitar Solo]

        [Chorus]
        It seems to me I could live my life
        A lot better than I think I am
        They call me the workin’ man
        I guess that’s what I am

        [Outro]