Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Thank you for being a jerk

I always thought "Thank You for Being a Friend" could take on a Ben Folds Five style and become something completely different.  The words would need some revamp, but all the arrangement lacks is a heavy dosage of bass fuzz.

Thank you for being a Jerk
Hit the road I want you gone
You're a fraud and a fake and I just don't want you around.

Thank you for being a Jerk
You run everyone over to get your way, no consideration for their feelings
Just what you want in the end.

And if found yourself on the edge of a cliff and called out for help
You would see people standing in a line hoping for the chance to push you off the edge

And as you fell everyone would yell,

"Thank you for being a Jerk!"
"Thank you for being a Jerk!"

And if it's a car you lack, we'd all pitch in to buy you a steamroller
To run you over, the way you did to us.

And when this job is over and we're all fired
We'll look each other in the eye
And not know what the fuss was all about
But everyone would still hate you all the same

Thank you for being a jerk.

2 comments:

Alt 255 said...

These lyrics weren't secretly written from Handrew to Handrew, were they?

By the way, I like how your new lyrics actually fit the original song. You should memorize your version and then do it at Karaokee somewhere. Of course, when the title screen came up people would probably throw stuff at you and boo, but the crowd would love the lyric changes. I think it really would be a hit!

the Handrew said...

I didn't think it was really a secret.

Of course, we're all a jerk sometimes, aren't we?

I mean, some people act like a jerk all the time. That's something to avoid, for sure.

Also, my wife has been wanting me to do Karaoke for quite some time now. I also don't think it'd be the same without the bass fuzz. They don't let you play bass during Karaoke do they?