Thursday, July 12, 2007

"Recess" (With Apologies to Amy Winehouse)

"Rehab" must be the catchiest song I've heard in a long time. Trouble is, I can't just go around singing it, since I've never exactly been a candidate for rehab. My version would have to go more like this--the theme song to my elementary school years:

They tried to make me go to recess
I said no, no, no
Yes, I'm a geek
But when I join a clique
You’ll know, know, know
I ain’t got the time
And if the library suits me fine
Just try to make me go to recess
I won’t go, go, go

I’d rather be inside today
I ain’t got no urge to play
There’s nothing, nothing you can teach me
That I can’t learn from Ernest Hemingway

Us'lly get a lot in class
But I know my next test’s hard to pass

They tried to make me go to recess
I said no, no, no
Yes, I'm a geek
But when I join a clique
You’ll know, know, know
I ain’t got the time
And if the library suits me fine
Just try to make me go to recess
I won’t go, go, go

Teacher said, “What are you doing here?”
I said “You know the idea:
I’m gonna, I’m gonna lose my grade point
So I always keep a textbook near."

She said "I think you're a bit obsessed,
Listen, the world won't end if you fail a test"

They tried to make me go to recess
I said no, no, no
Yes, I'm a geek
But when I join a clique
You’ll know, know, know
I ain’t got the time
And if the library suits me fine
Just try to make me go to recess
I won’t go, go, go

I don't wanna get teased again
I just, ooh, just need a friend
I'm not gonna play kickball
When everyone will kick my rear end

It's not just my pride
It's just so my grades won't slide

They tried to make me go to recess
I said no, no, no
Yes, I'm a geek
But when I join a clique
You'll know, know, know
I ain't got the time
And if the library suits me fine
Just try to make me go to recess
I won't go, go, go

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