Feb 2022 fuc comedy silly iloveshortsongs monotron political but not really
Alternative title: 'By Royal Disappointment' :) yes that weird quiet scratchy noise is a monotron.
This is so British, I am slightly ashamed. So here goes with some footnotes (above the text)
1. It was revealed that the Queen's was upset her private nickname "Lillibet" had been used without permssion when Harry and Megan named their second child. Have a less catchy nickname, Liz! Like "Ugly" :)
2. I don't understand the fuss just because Liz has been in power for 70 years or why they are calling two extra bank holidays either side of the weekend a "Four Day Bank Holiday".
3. I am an absolute anti-Monarchist. A 'Roundhead' was the nickname for anti-royalist forces during the Civil War.
4. In the 90s, David Icke, goalkeeper turned conspiracy theorist, accused the Royal Family of being blood-drinking, baby-eating Lizards from Antarus (or somewhere spacey like that) in disguise.
Think that about covers it!
EDIT 10/02: Quick-Fixed that weird drag in the ukulele in the final verse. You're welcome.
Happy anniversary
Lillibet (1), Your Majesty
Well done for still living
Well done, you haven't died
(Cruel Britannia)
Hey, I am still alive;
(Rule it to your grave)
And for now, I'm still not dead. -
(You will never)
Where's my four day weekend? (2)
(Ever escape)
Buy a round for us roundheads (3)
Wouldn't want to do my job
For a long seventy years
But my pension won't allow
Me to sit around on my rear
(Cruel Britannia)
Cosseted by the state
(Rule it to your grave)
And my taxes. I could take
(You will never)
And take, thus live forever;
(Ever escape)
Giving sh*ts is much better.
If only you had proved to be
A lizard (4) you could earn your keep
Cage fighting for every penny
Then I'm sure we'd all dig deep.
@ambroise Apr 2022
Thanks for the footnotes ! You make all that universe so much interresting, with lizards and all...
I love how you make Britania a prison for Monarchs.
@zecoop Feb 2022
Perfect attitude and in-your-faceness. Thanks for the background info so I could follow along! I couldn’t have even told you that there was a baby in the family named Lillibet, although I am sure my wife knows. Really fun song, in a really cutting way. Perfect!
@bethkille Feb 2022
Ha! Great title and snarky lyrics!
@helenseviltwin Feb 2022
At least they gave us an extra bank holiday this time, rather than just moving an existing one! But yeah, it's one day extra, not 4. Fun biting lyrics. Nicely done.
@pooka Feb 2022
Heh - I like you're explaining the Briticisms for those who may not know!
This is both pretty and prescient. Bravo!
@starfinger Feb 2022
thanks for the footnotes. i like the beatles-esque keyboard part. yeah the arrangement and music in general is just great.
@sapient Feb 2022
Yes. This. All of it. Bloody weirdos, sitting on thrones and wearing fur and gems like it's the middle ages still. Tsk. ;)
@mikeskliar Feb 2022
ha! nicely done! guessing this won't be the theme song for the next season of 'the crown' ? Thanks for giving footnotes in your liner notes to us Americans here, I knew note 1 but not 2 3 or 4. well done!
@gordon Feb 2022
Some very good lyrics in there Paul. Suitably short in contrast to the longest reigning monarch blah blah blah. It's not the pistols, but it's close enough. Have you booked a boat to sail down the Thames? Lovely stuff!