Lyrical Re-writes
The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps:
I look at you all see the orcs that are fighting
While my dark warg silently creeps
I look at the moors and I see it needs stalking
Still my dark warg silently creeps
I don't know why
Nobody told me
How to up my Audacity
I don't know how
Someone one-shot me
They fought and owned me
I look at my raid and I notice it's losing
While my poor warg silently creeps
With every mistake I must surely be learning
Still my poor warg silently creeps
I don't know how
I was defeated
Everyone else retreated too
I don't know how
My power depleted
There was nothing I could do
I look at the moors see the orcs there are fighting
While my sad warg silently creeps
Look at you all
Still my sad warg silently creeps
Owwooooo!
Genesis, Mama: (dedicated to Samwise Gamgee)
I can't see you Frodo
When you wear the One Ring
I can touch and feel you Frodo
Oh I just can't see a thing
Oh the heat and the steam of Mt. Doom
Oh you know its where the One Ring we must take
So I say I'll help you Frodo
Cuz the mission's so hard, Ooooh!
Now I can help you Frodo
Cuz you know I'm always there
I'll follow, you lead me Frodo
And I know how much you care
So I'm down, down here beside you
Oh I ain't going nowhere
Yes I will help you Frodo
Cuz the mission's so hard, Ooooh!
Ha ha! Heh!
Ha ha! Heh! Oh...
Ha ha! Heh!
Ha ha! Heh! Oh...
Can't you hear me here Frodo
Frodo Frodo Frodo please
You must destroy the Ring
You must destroy the Ring
You must destroy the Ring, oh
Now listen to me here Frodo
Frodo Frodo
We've only got one last chance
To throw it away
You must destroy the Ring!
Ha ha! Heh!
Ha ha! Heh! Oh...
It's hot, too hot for me Frodo
And you know how much is at stake
And my eyes they're burning Frodo
And I can feel your body shake
Don't stop, don't stop now Frodo
We'll make the Ring, make it go away
Cuz I will help you Frodo
Cuz this mission's so hard, Ooooh!
The Passenger, Iggy Pop:
I am a Rohirrim
And I ride and I ride
I ride through Riddermark's backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am a Rohirrim
I ride over grass
I look to Edoras so bright
I see the torches come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's ripped-back sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Get onto a horse
We'll be the Rohirrim
We'll ride through the Wold tonight
See the warg-riders's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight
Oh, the Rohirrim
How-how he rides
Oh, the Rohirrim
He rides and he rides
He looks to his king now
What does he see?
He sees the silent hollow man
He sees Gandolf the White tonight
He sees that Wormtongue's words are lies
He sees his king come back alive
And everything was great for you and me
All of it was great for you and me
'Cause Rohan belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and see what's mine
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Oh, the Rohirrim
He rides and he rides
He sees things from over the grass
He looks to Theodin's sign
He sees the orcs he knows are ahead
He sees the dark and ashy sky
He sees Helm's Deep attacked at night
He sees his king ride out tonight
And all honor is yours and mine
And all glory is yours and mine
Oh, let's ride and ride and ride and ride
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Luventhariel, looking back on this thread has shown me that you can write wonderful lyrics! Perhaps a discussion is in order regarding a band or some such...hmm.. hehehehe
Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
She was afraid to come out of the wardrobe
She was as nervous as she could be
She was afraid to come out of the wardrobe
She was afraid that somebody would see
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!
It was an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Mithril Steel Chainmail Bikini.
That she wore for the first time today.
An Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Mithril Steel Chainmail Bikini.
So in the wardrobe she wanted to stay.
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more!
She was afraid to come out in the open
And so a long robe around her she wore.
She was afraid to come out in the open.
And so she sat bundled up on the shore.
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!
It was an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Mithril Steel Chainmail Bikini.
That she wore for the first time today.
An Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Mithril Steel Chainmail Bikini.
So in her long robe she wanted to stay.
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more!
Now she is afraid to come out of the water.
And I wonder what she's gonna do.
'Cause she's afraid to come out of the water.
And now the poor little girl's turning blue.
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!
It was an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Mithril Steel Chainmail Bikini.
That she wore for the first time today.
An Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Mithril Steel Chainmail Bikini.
So in the water she wanted to stay.
From the wardrobe to the long robe,
From the long robe to the shore,
From the shore to the water
Guess there isn't any more.
Got Me Under Pressure - ZZ Top (from my Winterfest 2019 set)
She likes shovels and picks.
She'll dig like a wolverine.
But she won't let me use my cave claw,
Unless she went first, dowsing
She got me huntin' treasure.
She got me huntin' treasure.
She knows where the gold is.
She don't use a hunting dog.
She fun at the dwarf camp.
She likes dancing on a log.
She don't like other hunters,
Sniping her wild berries.
She likes Huge Chests,
And digging them with great ease.
It's about all I can handle.
It's too much for my knees.
She got me huntin' treasure.
She got me huntin' treasure.
When it ends you won't get a message,
Nothing at all to say:
"It's all over."
She might put away her spare picks,
And save them for another day,
To find tokens in a ditch.
She got me huntin' treasure.
She got me huntin' treasure.
She got me huntin' treasure.
She got me huntin' treasure.
I've never tried my hand at this, so please be kind, haha! Here's my attempt at a humorous lyrical rewrite about a very confused hobbit with a problematic infatuation....
Rewrite of "Beauty School Dropout" from Grease - Originally by Richard Finch / Harry Casey
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My story sad to tell
A lonely ne'er-do-well
Most mixed-up Hobbit Warden in the land
Free People fight for Gondor
But I can't go on no more
He roared at me and I threw down my spear
(La, lalala, lalala, lalala etc)
Mordor Black-Arrow,
Ranged Resolution's not for you
Mordor Black-Arrow,
Your tusky snarl pierced my heart through
Well I'll have to move to Mordor now
I'm yours forever after
Not the Shire for us- cause I
Can't take you home to meet my Gaffer!
Need a new place now
(Need a new place now)
Talath Urui ain't so bad
Can't show my face now
(Can't show your face now)
Gandalf and Frodo will be mad...
If we go down south to Nurn, perhaps the King would let us be
Put down your Mornaur-bow, and then come fish with me
Mordor Black-Arrow
(Mordor Black-Arrow)
Would you protect me from your chums?
Mordor Black-Arrow
(Mordor Black-Arrow)
They'd want to gnaw off both my thumbs
I just couldn't hurl my javelin
I feel like such a dummy
We're at war and I should fight, but I
Just want to pet your tummy
Pippin won't get it
(Won't get it)
He'd want to jab me with a fork
I might regret it
(Regret it)
Who wants to marry a big orc?
Now my shield is down
But you still frown
And- O, the world is cruel
Might I just ask that you not boil me in your gruel?
Let me be bolder
Put your bow down and toss me up
Over your shoulder
I'll pour your grog into your cup
I would wait on you
And stay so true-
You're free from any guilt
My humble home is where you're free to hang your kilt
Mordor Black-Arrow
(Mordor Black Arrow)
Let's just go fishing
Mordor Black-Arrow
(Mordor Black-Arrow)
We'll smoke some pipe-weed
Mordor Black-Arrow
(Mordor Black-Arrow)
Please, just don't eat me
I've never tried my hand at this, so please be kind, haha! Here's my attempt at a humorous lyrical rewrite about a very confused hobbit with a problematic infatuation....
Rewrite of "Beauty School Dropout" from Grease - Originally by Richard Finch / Harry Casey
Haha! Wonderful! Missed this earlier in the week, because of everything. Nice work!
So, we were all listening to Rheniogil play "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by the Police, and Foxfern suggested that "this song needs lyrics". So I stole her idea and made lyrics.
As told from The One Ring's point of view...
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You consider me the luckiest find
Won from Golum through some skills and some rhymes
Hypnotizing you so I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger
I was made from Saurons darkest knowledge
Things they will not teach you in the 3rd Age
I am now the destiny that he holds
turned into a shining band of gold
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
My Dark Lord Sauron is not your name
I will bring you to him just the same
I will make you ignore your tuition
You will see me come to my fruition
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
Nazgul and the Uruk-hai behind you
Vanish in the air they'll never find you
I will turn your soul to alabaster
When you'll find your servant is your master
You'll be wrapped around my finger
You'll be wrapped around my finger
You'll be wrapped around my finger
So, we were all listening to Rheniogil play "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by the Police, and Foxfern suggested that "this song needs lyrics". So I stole her idea and made lyrics.
As told from The One Ring's point of view...
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This fits perfectly! :o Exactly what the Ring would say.
Also thanks for your kind words about my silly song XD
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive :)
I'm waking up, to ash and dust.
I wipe my brow, and my sweat, my rust.
I'm breathing in, the smell of blood.
I'm not quite dead, I'm getting up,
then looking out on Cirith Gorgor.
This is it, the Apocalypse.
Whoa
The Nazgul's Dread! I feel it in my bones!
Enough to give my faith a blow.
Hoping for a new age, for a new age!
Hoping for a new age, for a new age.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm attacking Sauron, at the Morannon.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm attacking Sauron, at the Morannon.
I raise my eyes, and raise my hope.
Gwaihir and eagles fighting foes.
To Aragorn, to now fight on.
Whoa, whoa
I'm killing orcs, they're closing in,
Surrounding us, on Cirith Gorgor
This is it, the Apocalypse
Whoa
Now Sauron's Dead! I felt it in my bones!
The orcs around us were laid low!
Welcome to the Third Age, to the Third Age!
Welcome to the Third Age, to the Third Age!
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm attacking Sauron, at the Morannon.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm attacking Sauron, at the Morannon.
Now Sauron's Dead! I felt it in my bones!
The orcs around us were laid low!
Welcome to the Third Age, to the Third Age!
Welcome to the Third Age, to the Third Age!
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm attacking Sauron, at the Morannon.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh,
I'm attacking Sauron, at the Morannon.