{"id":2476,"date":"2008-02-21T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2008-02-21T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T23:51:00","slug":"and-then-there-was-filk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/and-then-there-was-filk\/","title":{"rendered":"And then there was filk&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This filk is called &#8220;Go Away Snot Boy&#8221; &#8211; It is a filk of S. J. Tucker&#8217;s amazing &#8220;Go Away God Boy&#8221;<img src=\"http:\/\/www.apolo.net\/images\/lj\/080221filk.o.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Now Public)<\/p>\n<p>Some notes on this filk:<\/p>\n<p>This filk is tied to the version of &#8220;Go Away God Boy&#8221; as performed on Sirens.<br \/>\nIt scans great to that version. It doesn&#8217;t do as well to the published lyrics on S.J.&#8217;s site.<\/p>\n<p>Two things about the chorus.<br \/>\n1st. There is a note (cough). The performer should actually cough on this beat. (Yeah it&#8217;s fast.)<br \/>\n2nd. The third line of the chorus changes each of the three times it&#8217;s sung. Insert the changes as noted.<\/p>\n<p>Liberties taken: Just make &#8216;shambling starspawned&#8217; work as best you can. It&#8217;ll fit if you try<br \/>\nDies should be pronounced in this song as one syllable. Yes I know it is two.. Just deal.<\/p>\n<p>Finally. There is a place where you can entirely freeform. It&#8217;s marked with ** with notes at the bottom.<br \/>\n<!--more And then there was the filk itself--><br \/>\n&#8220;Go Away Snot Boy&#8221; &#8211; Lyrics by Dru Freeman with suggestions from Autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Whoa whoa whoa whoa-aho!<br \/>\nWhoa whoa whoa whoa-aho!<\/p>\n<p>My healthy bod did not come here for you to bring disease<br \/>\nYou cough and I am your target, so close your damn mouth please<br \/>\nMinding my own wellness til you spread it to my friends<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve caught it, time to fix it, Let the medicine come in<br \/>\nYeah yeah yeah<br \/>\nand now I&#8217;m wheezing.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS:<br \/>\nGo away snot boy&#8230;. your illness doesn&#8217;t work for me<br \/>\nInfected, holy goddess (cough), I was well, but now I sneeze<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s <b>stuffed<\/b> inside my bloated head, <b>I think that I&#8217;m in<\/b> hell<br \/>\nJust go away, you vicious bug, why do you have to crush me like a (&#8212;)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for regurgitation, cause I have dosed up twice this day<br \/>\nIf I&#8217;m gonna weave and wobble, then I will have to rest up &#8217;til May<br \/>\nWho wants to go out dancing, when your running beats you there<br \/>\nBetter a shambling starspawned ugly<br \/>\nDont let the kleenex run out when you<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS (<b>jammed \/ I feel like I&#8217;m in<\/b>)<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t breath or talk I&#8217;m choked up on my lungfull of green phlegm<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll shake this yet, I&#8217;ll wear it down, go to bed and take NyQuil<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll strike this at the core of me; this crud I do condemn<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let it make me suffer like I asked for this at all.<\/p>\n<p>BRIDGE:<br \/>\nI&#8217;m wrestling this illness while I pout<br \/>\nbut it will not come out<br \/>\nDrain what&#8217;s inside my head<br \/>\nGo buy another bag of meds and get me magazines<br \/>\nAt least that way I&#8217;m occupied and then I might get well<br \/>\nor have a relapse<\/p>\n<p>Go away snot boy, plead dobt bake be ack agaid.<br \/>\nOh I have caught your cold and now it&#8217;s my turn I&#8217;ve sudafed<br \/>\nmy hanging head is near my ass, all sound is ringing ear<br \/>\nSo, Go away snot boy, this gook stops here your not giving to my peers<\/p>\n<p>Punk Solo Break<br \/>\nDies Irae, day of wrath! Save me from this new black death<br \/>\nDies Illa, day to morn! Save me with some porn.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS (<b>packed\/my life&#8217;s a living<\/b>)<\/p>\n<p>Go away snot boy&#8230;. your illness does a job on me<br \/>\nI&#8217;m stuffed inside my sinus with the mucus really messy<br \/>\nmy hanging head is near my ass, all sound is ringing ear<br \/>\nGo away snot boy, this gook stops here your not giving to my &#8212;<br \/>\nGo away now toxic boy, a bunch of drugs I get to share now with my &#8212;<br \/>\nGo away snot boy, this gook stops here your not giving to my peers<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>** If the performer is insane enough to go beyond mangling S.J. Tucker&#8217;s awesome song. The following can be dropped in hard right after the Punk Solo Break. It breaks out of the song entirely but works if you can break do it and break come back directly into the last chorus before the extended chorus.<\/p>\n<p>This works best if you&#8217;re performing in a group and can suddenly go into doo wop acapella<\/p>\n<p>Additional: (Filk of Breakdown from My Lovin&#8217; by En Vogue)<br \/>\n&#8220;Now it&#8217;s time for my breakdown!&#8221;<br \/>\nNever gonna get well, *5<br \/>\nOh my god<br \/>\nNever gonna get well *5<br \/>\nso you..<img src=\"http:\/\/www.apolo.net\/images\/lj\/080221filk.c.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2476\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/and-then-there-was-filk\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2476\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/and-then-there-was-filk\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2476\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/and-then-there-was-filk\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/21\/and-then-there-was-filk\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This filk is called &#8220;Go Away Snot Boy&#8221; &#8211; It is a filk of S. 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