RWP Prompt 115: Write a list of what you believe in.
This horrendous song came to mind immediately.It is one of those songs that you can never forget because it is invasive and sticks to you like a fish hook.
I dedicate this poem to AUSTIN CARPENTER inventor of blu tak.
I do hope this is not one of his favourite songs and that he likes parody.
I Believe
I believe that every drop of rain that falls,a flower grows
Hardly ever in Australia
I believe that somewhere in the darkest night a candle glows
Don't be bloody stupid,not with our fire regulations
I believe that everyone who goes astray,someone will come to show the way
Of course, and just when you're having the best time ever
I believe
fervently in Austin Carpenter inventor of blu tak
I believe
that the four people who wrote this song should apologise
I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard
Well then how come my neighbour is still performing piano butchery
I believe that someone in the great somewhere hears every word
If that's the case he must be tone deaf
Every time I hear a new born baby cry or touch a leaf or see the sky
I realise how terribly mawkish this all is
Then I know why I believe
this song sounds as if it has been written by a committee
Your piano playing neighbor gave me a chuckle!
ReplyDeleteOh Willow he doesn't make me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with the song in question, but I like how you juxtapose your own lines with the song lyrics.
ReplyDelete-Nicole
I Believe by Frankie Laine is on you tube.
ReplyDeleteWarning:
This song may haunt your brain.I haven't heard
it since I was in primary school and I still recall it vividly.
In the words of another era put in a character's mouth in Noël Coward's Private Lives, "Strange how potent cheap music can be." I too haven't heard this song since, school days and just reading your title on RWP's GYPO brought the music back in full detail. Now I can't get rid of it. Darn it!
ReplyDeleteI too love the "smallest prayer"/"piano butchery" juxtaposition. Enjoyed it, rallentanda!
Now how can I get that blasted song out of my head?
Sorry Paul..it is potent isn't it! Glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for my first laugh of the morning! You are going to have to poison that damn Russian!
ReplyDeleteDuring Laine's single's stay at number one, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, Mount Everest was climbed and the England cricket team won back The Ashes after 19 years.
ReplyDeleteNow I know whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy eyiiiieeeeeee beeeeeleeeeeveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(you should hear it done with a southern accent. We add extra vowels anyway)
That's an interesting point about the southern accent Barbara.Do you know that it never occurred to me that you have a southern accent.
ReplyDeleteThat song would be more hilarious with a southern accent.You should make a video of it singing the song and put it on you tube.
I hope you are going into the wordle competition this week.Thanks Dawlin'
Thanks Cynthia.You have given me an idea. When my wordle competition is over I should run a competiton on how to deal with Vlad.
ReplyDeleteGiggles - this is soooo funny. Love it. Like a dialogue with a deranged relative who just doesn't get it and that not getting it has FINALLY broke the ubiquitous camel's back....
ReplyDeleteHow very astute Julie! It does sound exactly
ReplyDeletelike that and I've got the relatives to prove it.
I think that song came to me right of the bat also.....but i didnt dare go there....actually not a bad melody.....just horrible lyrics....like so many...actually heard Dylan sing it onece if you can BELIEVE...and anything Bobb sings is good...I believe....good one Rall
ReplyDeletefrom Therese -- Hilarious! I love how you juxtapose both the sober belief with the wise-cracking skeptic. Both are part of life, arent't they? Welcome comic relief for this quite serious RWP prompt. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteFun read!
ReplyDeletegood humor, enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteI am laughing out loud -- this is wonderful!
ReplyDelete...rob
Moonfall
I also love your used of humor.
ReplyDeleteI do remember this song and yes, hummed it for a long time but the words were so treacly that I eventually quit believing. Then I quit humming. A terrific trap you've set.
ReplyDeleteAh Tumblewords I'm Devil Woman setting traps
ReplyDeleteRemember 'Devil Woman' and the Bee Jees.
I hear you were a disco queen.Barbra Seville was too.Maybe the three of us should make a comeback!
Rob and Therese
ReplyDeleteI knew this prompt would be serious and full of angst so I thought a bit of levity would be in order.Besides I find it very difficult to expose my serious side but then again most people find it very difficult to be humourous
so maybe we should all swap!
Lay your hands upon that dashboard radio or this keyboard here! Are you healed yet of this song? Or did you just drive it further in!
ReplyDeleteAmusing, yes (in a couple ways)! (Gladly I kept the volume tuned down. No replay going on, else I might have had a moment of angst!)
“Write,” said the challenger,
ReplyDelete“a gathering of words.
List them with expectation
of future glory.
What stops
you, my friend?
Believe
in yourself!”
I'm not quite sure ma petite Jinxette but thankyou for the encouragement anyway.
ReplyDeleteRall,
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious! I never gave much thought to that song and never liked it either. Now I won't be able to get it out of my head (thanks a lot!, lol) You did an excellent job with this prompt. I am still laughing!
Pamela
I really enjoyed your juxtaposition as well. Everyone can use a little tongue-in-cheek humor, especially with song lyrics like those!
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish you hadn't done that! Now I know I'll find myself at the most inopportune time singing this! This is utterly hilarious! It made me laugh out loud, especially at this:
ReplyDelete"I believe
that the four people who wrote this song should apologise"
I'm still chuckling!
Good to give you a giggle Karen
ReplyDeleteGiggles to Pamela Melanie Rob and all .
A big raspberry to barelybreathing for being
an anguished smarty pants!
Not sure you grasped the significance of what I wrote? "Write a list of what you believe in" are the first words in the lines reading downwards...just thought I'd hammer the point home, rather than sit in a corner singing 'I believe'
ReplyDeleteDo Oz and the US and the rest of the world have an analgesic ointment called "Ibuleve"? Do you see where this is taking us? "Ibuleve" allegedly has almost magical pain relieving properties. But I doubt that it could rid the world of the chronic pain inflicted by "I Believe"
ReplyDeleteNote - "Ibuleve" sponsors the BBC words and numbers game "Countdown" - and I believe things can't get more painful than that.
Final point - Rall . . your parody is splitting my sides. Pass the Ibuleve.
Oh BOTHER! "Countdown" isn't BBC. It's UK commercial Channel 4.
ReplyDeletePlenty of references to this end-of-life show on WIKI.
WIKI will also tell you that Austin Carpenter, inventor of Blu Tak, was an Englishman. See! See! We're bluddi hopeless at cricket and rugby but we are brilliant at inventing wonderful stuff like Blu Tak. Blu Tak allows you to stick flies to the wall when you want to overhear other folks' norty conversations. Three Cheers for Blu Tak!
ReplyDeleteI take it you're not a musical person Jinksy
ReplyDeleteQuel dommage!
I like a Blu Tak supporter.It's very British.
ReplyDeleteYes you are bloody good at those inventions.
Not many know that a Brit invented corrugated iron.Now that was a really good invention.
Yes we have Ibuleve here but not in ointment form.It's liquid (brown with white froth)
ReplyDeletecomes in a 6 pack..cures everything.
Side splitting at you age could be dangerous
Take it easy Dawlin'..I buleve in youuuuuuu!
Corrugated iron a good invention! Yes I know! I hear nearly all Australian roofs are made from the stuff, even these days. Just joking.
ReplyDeleteThanks to you:
ReplyDeleteA. My sides are hurting from laughing
and
B. I will not be able to get this song out of my head for days and days
That's right Erin...it's a real shocker!
ReplyDeleteI think 'My Sharona'is worse.It took months to get rid of that one.
You bloody wisecracker, you! That was awesome. No whingeing, just straight up mad fun.
ReplyDeleteYour last sentence said it best, I think.
Aha.. a titanic libran not into whingeing.I detect a bit of Oz in there somewhere!
ReplyDeleteI believe Rolf Harris is the World's Most Talented Man
ReplyDeleteI believe Sydney Harbour-Bridge is unfaithful to Mrs. Sydney Harbour-Bridge.
I do not believe in the Bungle Bungles never mind what Mrs. Mangold says.
I believe Shane Warne likes showing cricket fans his swinging balls.
I believe Alice springs. (It's good exercise!)
I believe the Outback is where Oz keeps its ashbins.
I believe in the Murray basin, Darling!
I believe Perth is in Central Scotland, not W.A. Check yer maps, Oz.
I believe Tazz Mania CAN be cured.
What is all this ratbaggery Footesque?
ReplyDeleteTasmania is for sale if you're interested.
You would fit in well there.
As I spent many happy year as a lady barbershopper singing the baritone part of this very song, I feel duty bound to hold up the honour of the chorus, by giving you this offering:-
ReplyDeleteI believe for every drop of blood that falls
A big scab grows,
I believe that out there in perpetual flight
A phantom crows,
I believe for every fag-end black astray,
Someone will come to clear away,
I believe, I believe.
I believe below the skin a smallest germ
Will still be heard,
I believe that viruses in evil clouds
Hear every word,
Every time I make a tearduct start to cry,
Or cut a knee,or catch a fly,
Then I know why,
I believe.
Every time I make a tearduct start to cry,
Or sqash a flea, or score a try,
Then I know why,
I believe.
Last verse
ReplyDeleteI believe that you may be
a crazed nutt-er
and that's for sure
I believe that Footsie
is in league with you
so both behaaaaaave
stop teasing meeeee
cos I'm so
sennnnnnnn
siiiiiiii
tiiiiiive
'
Rall - you've sussed me out! Nutter of the first order. And what hope is there for me with a name like jinksy?! LOL Shall we sing a duet for the last verse encore, perhaps?!
ReplyDeleteThis is very funny.. hoo! hooo! Thanks much, it made me laugh out loud.
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