Every year since they were in the third grade my kids (more accurately, my daughters with some help from my sons) write a parody song making fun of me and how old/gray/geeky I am. It is referred to as my "birthday song".
Here are a couple old examples: 2009 2012 2013 They sang it to me at our family celebration and, as is traditional, I am returning the favor by posting the lyrics for all to see. It was the 10th anniversary of the tradition, so not only do I have the lyrics for you below, I also have an audio file of the proceedings. Because My Mommy Loves Me [i](sung to the tune of "When Somebody Loved Me" from the film Toy Story 2)[/i] Because my mommy loves me She taught me all I need to know From mowing down the Zergling armies to riding chocobo And when she was mad We would grind a field of skag And when she was laggy, so was I 'Cause she loves me Having all-out Halo Wars Mutilating zombie hordes Just killing things together Like it was meant to be And when I was out of ammo She'd lay down suppressive fire And I was glad that she loves me As the years went by I called to say Thanks for all the rainy days I've never felt alone Making it through every day We'd still say, "Die you Nether pig-man!" I've never once forgotten The truths that I have learned this way That every battle's worth the struggle and love is worth the pain Because my mommy loves me Every shot hits critical Every hour spent together Lives within my heart 'Cause she loves me This had some added weight due to me losing my own mother a couple hours before it was performed, but I know she would have been laughing her butt off at it, once some of the odder bits had been explained to her. There was a second song with was all four of my kids together using my Rockband instruments (and a custom drumskin they had me make to keep me constructively blind to other preparations) to do a parody of a song from the film "That Thing You Do", complete with my younger son doing a creditable imitation of the character Shades, but the recording on that one isn't as good because I was laughing too hard. So, with tears and laughter commingled, I'm older in the only way I'm interested in measuring it. Thank you, gang. Comments are closed.
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