Hey Nineteen

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A parody of a song by Steely Dan.
Recorded by John Fitzpatrick in Arlington, VA
Recorded: 02/23/2014  Released: 02/14/2014  First aired: unaired

Lyrics

For the Dan Fans.....

I recut this with a new front end in honor of Tony's most recent existential crisis

"Hey Grandpa [redux]"

Not quite yet
Age sixty-seven
Up not much later
Than PTI
Wakes up too early
Job prospects dwindling
Looks to the heavens asks
Who the hell am I?

Hey Grandpa
No you won’t host the today show (he won’t sit with Savannah)
Matt Lauer’s job is secure
Please check on him
When he gets so down

Hey Grandpa
Know 'retha Franklin?
Are you AARP members with
The Queen of Soul?
Can’t text or twitter
And only pays cash
He thinks he’s genius
But he’s just growing old

Hey Grandpa
Now read those emails and faxes (read those emails and faxes)
Now read us all those notes
It won’t be long
‘til the Browse About...

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A parody of "Hey Nineteen" by Steely Dan

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  • @FitzJohnP in Arlington, VA
    Just FYI, I recut this one with a new front end in honor of Tony's latest existential crisis. He can't talk at all...on the Today show set, anyway
    3787 days ago.
  • joeythejammer in Ellicott City, MD
    Damn good points I must say! We can't talk at all....
    3794 days ago.
  • @FitzJohnP in Arlington, VA
    And Joe, Gaucho was a 1980 release, so TK would have been in his thirties, primo for a Dan Fan. And the whole idea of turning a song originally that was implicitly about an aging guy into a song explicitly about an aging guy is also kind of fun. Maybe if there were an English major around, or a Style writer, it could be an essay.....
    3794 days ago.
  • @FitzJohnP in Arlington, VA
    Thanks for thinking it Brad, but indeed this one is two steps down from the original - and still it's at the limits of my range. But you inspired me to dust off the ol' falsetto and there you have it!
    3794 days ago.
  • joeythejammer in Ellicott City, MD
    Bahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! 80's Steely Dan may be too current but I love it!!
    3795 days ago.
  • bradweiss in Carrboro, NC
    Oooh! No transposing either. Hews close to the original. Tops!
    3795 days ago.