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Loyal friend, gifted pundit and Weird Al wannabe GREG AUMAN offers this salute to the 2014 World Cup, Barry Manilow, and the strip of sand that brought them together….
Copa Bananas
–Lyrics by Greg Auman, with a little help from the dude who wrote Mandy (and in case you need a refresher)
His name was Juergen
He was a savior
He started circling the dates
And leaving Landon in the States
He was a realist
Said we won’t win this
Still they thronged into Grant Park
Saw Jozy hobbled from the start
The fans would hold their breath
All hooked on soccer meth
With the Americans advancing from the Group of Death
At the Copa
Copa Bananas
The strongest, the fittest, the tannest
There at the Copa
Copa Bananas
Joyous eruption
And FIFA corruption
At the Copa
We fell in love …
His name was Suarez
He was a striker
And in a lapse of sanity
He got a taste of Italy
He wasn’t carded
Despite his history
And though he held his mouth in pain
The victim’s evidence was plain
He drew a four-month ban
The World Cup dental plan
But in his own defense the coach had said to mark his man
At the Copa
Copa Bananas
Devouring the world
Like piranhas
There at the Copa
Copa Bananas
Yellows unending
And #flopping was trending
At the Copa
He headed home …
(interlude)
His name was MÜLLER
He was a scorer
And in the semis with Brazil
The Germans had them seven-nil
His name was Messi
Argentine captain
And though the match went on for days
Albiceleste won it in PKs
The final’s coming soon
It’s been a ratings boon
And the next thing you know Tim Howard’s got his own cartoon.
At the Copa
Copa Bananas
The final awaits Maracana
There at the Copa
Copa Bananas
Limited scoring
But don’t call it boring
At the Copa…
Nice job on the Copa lyrics, but even more topical is the theme from the 70s comedy “Welcome Back Kotter.” You really don’t need to change them to update them for Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Perfect lyrics about going home where they “need him.” I suppose the owner’s name hasn’t changed, but otherwise on the mark:
Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.
Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.
Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they’re turned around.
Who’d have thought they’d lead ya (Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Here’s where we need ya (Here is where we need ya)
Yeah we tease him a lot cause we’ve got him on the spot, welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.
Link to the youtube video of the original song by John Sebastian (I liked the show so much I had the 45 of this song).
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! Between this & the ode, the paen, the mash note to the Men in Blazers penned on Newsweek by our very own jdubs, the 2014 World Cup needs no other summation.
Tiny bananas for all! 🙂