Feb 2022 ss022722j superskirmish sausages
The skirmish prompt from the wonderful @ajna1960 was "sausages" -- I went with the "you don't want to know how sausage is made" but somehow, the final result doesn't have any sausage in it. This one was fun!
You Don’t Want to Know
© 2022 Peter A. Rafle Jr. All Rights Reserved
[SONG NUMBER 12 for FAWM 2022]
Our love is delicious
They all say it’s true
But they just see the picture
On the glossy menu
Eggs over easy
With coffee and tea
Airbrushed and perfect
That’s all that they see.
Stay out of the kitchen
I have a hunch
If you knew all our secrets
You might lose your lunch
The proof of the pudding
Is the taste when it’s done
Knowing too much
About just how it’s done
Is a sure guarantee
To spoil the fun
Trust me, you don’t want to know
I can tell you, you don’t want to know.
Though It may be delicious
when we serve it to you!
You want our recipe?
I’m not sure you do.
But our kitchen’s no different
From the one at your place.
The pot’s boiling over
There’s egg on my face.
The sink’s full of dishes
There’s roach in the stew
The chef is in tears
And the sous chef is too.
Stay out of the kitchen
I have a hunch
If you knew all our secrets
You might lose your lunch.
The proof of the pudding
Is the taste when it’s done
Knowing too much
About just how it’s done
Is a sure guarantee
To spoil the fun
Trust me, you don’t want to know
I can tell you, you don’t want to know.
The proof of the pudding
Is the taste when it’s done
Knowing too much
About just how it’s done
Is a sure guarantee
To spoil the fun
Trust me, you don’t want to know
I can tell you, you don’t want to know.
@beacon Mar 2022
Love the lyrics on this. So many good visuals, and your performance is such a nice a flood of enthusiasm. Nice job!
@sunnymae Feb 2022
Stay out of the kitchen
I have a hunch
If you knew all our secrets
You might lose your lunch
OMG...you got that right about sausages and restaurant kitchens too. Makes me not want to go out anywhere!
This is so funny and horribly true! Great write.
@nancycunning Feb 2022
I love this. That picture of an excellent marriage being a little rough and tumble on the inside is great. I'm thinking maybe it becomes a duet with one couple singing to another...Marriage advice...Great idea, and the sausage still lingers like the smell of yesterday's breakfast and grease spots on the wall.
@zeekle1998 Feb 2022
So true, I worked in a restaurant when I was a lot younger, taught me to never complain about the food...
This was brilliant, bright and upbeat. A great skirmish
@ajna1960 Feb 2022
Very clever and true song ! I enjoyed your vocal which gave the vibe of really enjoying the song.
When I read the liner notes I made a wrong assumption that you were going into how sausages are made (which I happen to know, graphically, even high end ones. It's the ingredients, not the sanitary conditions). If you knew you'd never eat them again !