My favourite music, part two
As I said, I don't have many favourite songs. That's because, other than David Devant & His Spirit Wife, there's not many songs about being ginger. If there were, then I'm sure that I'd pay more attention to music. But as it is, I have no choice but to alter songs that already exist. I don't mean remixes or anything like that. I just change the words to make them appropriate. If I were a Smiths fan, then I'm sure that I'd make some reference about songs saying nothing about my life, but I wouldn't know about that sort of thing.
No, instead I have to change the lyrics to songs to give them added meaning. It's quite easy, all you have to do is choose a significant word from the song, & replace it with a different word. I use the word ginger. If I do this, my second favourite song go something like this...
"She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
That's where I
Caught her eye
She told me that her Dad was loaded
I said in that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola
She said fine
and in thirty seconds time she said,
I want to live like ginger people
I want to do whatever ginger people do
I want to sleep with ginger people
I want to sleep with ginger people
like you
Well what else could I do
I said I'll see what I can do
I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere
so it started there
I said pretend you've got no money
she just laughed and said
Oh you're so funny
I said yeah?
Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here
Are you sure you want to live like ginger people
you want to see whatever ginger people see
you want to sleep with ginger people
you want to sleep with ginger people
like me
But she didn't understand
she just smiled and held my hand
Rent a flat above a shop
cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play some pool
pretend you never went to school
But still you'll never get it right
cos when you're laid in bed at night
watching roaches climb the wall
if you call your Dad he could stop it all
You'll never live like ginger people
you'll never do what ginger people do
you'll never fail like ginger people
you'll never watch your life slide out of view
and dance and drink and screw
because there's nothing else to do
Sing along with the ginger people
sing along and it might just get you through
laugh along with the ginger people
laugh along even though they're laughing at you
and the stupid things that you do
Because you think that poor is cool
I want to live with ginger people"

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