[Coral Snake]

As a general rule I don't do too much rock 'n' roll because of possible copyright problems. I usually stick with songs before 1922 which are sure public domain. Therefore I would probably be thinking of Bird in a Guilded Cage for a more appropriate Terri spacific song. I am a firm believer that a goal of song parodists should be updating these good old songs from the 19th and early 20th century with lyrics relevant to our current time and that is what I do.

[Graymatter]

Bird In A Gilded Cage is about a young lady who married an old rich man. Lovely tune, but few people know it anymore.
Refrain: "She's only a bird in a gilded cage, A beautiful sight to see; But her beauty was sold for an old man's gold, She's a bird in a gilded cage."

I feel SO old!

[supercat]

Therefore I would probably be thinking of Bird in a Guilded Cage for a more appropriate Terri spacific song.

Do you mean this song?

"A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900) Sung With Great Success by May A. Bell. Words by Aurthur J. Lamb, 1870-1928. Music by Harry Von Tilzer, 1872-1946.
1. The ballroom was filled with fashion's throng, It shone with a thousand lights, And there was a woman who passed along, The fairest of all the sights, A girl to her lover then softly sighed, There's riches at her command; But she married for wealth, not for love he cried, Though she lives in a mansion grand. (CHORUS) 2. I stood in a churchyard just at eve', When sunset adorned the west, And looked at the people who'd come to grieve, For loved ones now laid at rest, A tall marble monument marked the grave, Of one who'd been fashion's queen, And I thought she is happier here at rest, Than to have people say when seen. (CHORUS)	CHORUS She's only a bird in a gilded cage, A beautiful sight to see, You may think she's happy and free from care, She's not, though she seems to be, 'Tis sad when you think of her wasted life, For youth cannot mate with age, And her beauty was sold, For an old man's gold, She's a bird in a gilded cage.

If so, I see no reason not to use it (note the date).

[supercat]

I am a firm believer that a goal of song parodists should be updating these good old songs from the 19th and early 20th century with lyrics relevant to our current time and that is what I do.

Awhile ago I was thinking about a song--wish I could remember which one--that would have fit very well. The melody of the chorus seemed perfect for Judge Greer, and since all aspects of Terri's case seem to be directed back to him, it would seem appropriate that the Greer Chorus be inescapable.

[pickyourpoison]

I like the older songs, so many were based on true stories.

A writer would take a true story and put music to it, like you've done.

My father would sing them to me when I was a child.

I remember one about "little Mary Fagan"
I'm not positive about that title but I was a child and that's the way I remember it.