'Breaking', really ?
Posted on 01/18/2019 8:09:24 AM PST by FirstFlaBn
No Ticket to Ride (with apologies to John and Paul)
I think I’m gonna be sad,
No bus ride today.
The man that’s driving me mad,
Is making me pay.
He took my ticket to ride,
He took my ticket to ride,
He took my ticket to ride,
And he don’t care.
He said if dealing with me,
I must be in town.
Those sites I won’t get to see,
I’ll sit on the ground.
He took my ticket to ride,
He took my ticket to ride,
He took my ticket to ride,
And he don’t care.
By now I should be flying so high,
He wouldn’t play nice,
He always sticks it to me.
Before I even said a goodbye,
He wouldn’t play nice,
No plane will take off with me.
He took my ticket to ride,
He took my ticket to ride,
He took my ticket to ride,
And he don’t care.
'Breaking', really ?
Lame...
Not quite lame, it rhymes and fits the meter.
Breaking?
Break dancing.
with apologies to John and Paul
Then I remembered the schmaltzy globalist airhead song “Imagine.”
Much worse, the living Paul McCartney hugging Hillary at a gathering in the ritzy Hamptons on Aug.30 before the Nov, 2016 election. He and Bon Jovi sang at a Hillary fundraiser with $25,000 a head while raising 3.7 million dollars.
Shameful and naïve-—or evil.
So no apologies to those two but you have every right to satirize Pelousy.
This isn’t “breaking.” This isn’t even “news/activism.” This is chat. Grow up.
Hmm... a mixed response so far. Don’t take it badly. I vote a thumbs up.
Makes capital of the original song’s theme and title, which is the whole point, as well as the sound of the words. All within the correct meter.
Thanks, glad you liked it. My first thought was to use “Jet” but I got stuck after the first verse. See if you can do anything with it.
No Jet
I will always remember their funny faces,
The time they thought that they would be taking off soon,
And Schiff, I thought the only lonely place was on the bus, Jet!
Should Jet! be changed to Nyet!
Trump: All congressional delegation travel needs White House approval during shutdown!
by Melissa Quinn
| January 18, 2019 01:11 PM
The White House on Friday banned the use of all government aircraft for congressional delegations without approval from the White House chief of staff during the partial government shutdown.
In a letter to the heads of all federal agencies and departments, acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told officials that Trump asked him to explain these temporary policies regarding “legislative branch travel.”
“Under no circumstances during a government shutdown will any government owned, rented, leased or chartered aircraft support any congressional delegation, without the express written approval of the White House chief of staff,” Vought wrote. “Nor will any funds appropriated to the Executive Branch be used for any congressional delegation travel expenses, without his express written approval.”
The formal notice came a day after Trump called off a trip to Afghanistan and Brussels for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other lawmakers.
Trump notified Pelosi the trip was canceled, which he did by revoking her access to military aircraft, just as lawmakers were departing the Capitol.
The White House said Trump wants to ensure Pelosi is in the country for future negotiations on a deal to reopen the federal government, parts of which have been shut down since Dec. 22.
Trump’s move was viewed as an escalation in his battle with Pelosi over funding for a wall along the southern border. Trump wants Congress to include $5.7 billion for the barrier in legislation to end the government shutdown, but Pelosi is opposed to his demand.
With apologies to John and Paul’s original, I think your lyrics fit beautifully with the tearful tone of Karen Carpenter’s cover of it. The original was too joyful for Nancy’s reaction and the voice of another female who couldn’t tolerate her own appearance fits better. Not that Pelosi was ever as pretty as the tragically departed Carpenter, nor her gavel playing worthy of Karen’s drumming.
“Should Jet! be changed to Nyet”
Answer: both yes and no.
“Jet” is so appropriate, and instantly connects the reader/listener with this specific event.
And “Nyet” is hilarious too.
Maybe only use it in one out of three verses?
I’d try my hand at the song parody, but I don’t like using someone else’s clever idea! Credit where it is due!
+2!
“Picture yourself on a plane on a tarmac
With Pelosi’s porters and lurking glass eyes
Somebody texts you, you read it quite slowly
The girl with the lift-and-tuck eyes . . . “
Oops. Rhymed “eyes” with “eyes.” Need to fix that.
Back in the US
Back in the US
Back in the US of A!
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