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SONG LYRICS
  written by   MICK TERRY
( Lyricist / lyrist:   From funny songs to romantic love songs,
from ironic, humorous, witty song lyrics
to serious, touching, emotional, story song lyrics )
WARNING: Not all these lyrics are politically correct !!  *

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  Brutal2ThEar 

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  Periodically rotated.  More recent additions toward top of category.
  Most recent =   ( 8-8-08 ) ]

$=(     RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES

Over-Athenated? - [Begin the Beijing Olympics - China]
Bin Laden, Bin Laden - [driver wanted - Guantanamo]
Illegal Alien - [11% decrease in illegal immigrants - US]
The World is not Your Ashtray - [FDA to control tobacco? - CA]
The Big One - [5.4 earthquake SE of LA - CA]

(;~}     MISCHIEF & FUN

Not Unlike Tom Dooley - [I've been hanging around]
The Last Time I Saw Elvis - [died (?) 30 years ago] - [jitterbug]
Smarterer - [duh]

~o=o/     ROAD WARRIOR

What Makes You Think - [You've Got a Compact?]
Open Season on the Freeway - [road rage]
Pimp My Walker - [nice ride, Granny]

'-(     HEAVY IMPACT

The Innocent Toy - [bang, bang, you're dead]
Plastic Rivers - [the animals speak their minds] - [pop-rock]
Ehawee Is Gone - [1 in 3 Native American women is raped]

\:o     TELL ME A STORY

If I Could Breathe - [mining disaster]
Why are They Shooting at Me? - [I haven't zapped them once]
Invasion of Privacy - [not so inviting neighbors]

= $$$     POLITICAL BACKLASH

Hocus PotUS - [campaign strategies]
My President, Right or Dumb - [Norm Crosby couldn't match]
Death or Taxes - [standoff in VT]

NOW, WHAT RHYMES WITH GLOVE ? ...

Talking to Myself - [brilliant conversationalist]
Somebody's Moving In - [dustballs trip me up] - [ballad]
If You're So Clever - [then why ... ?]

%>(.     TECH DRECK

I Sold My Wife on eBay - [got a good price, too]
This Phone is a P.O.S. - [you can hear your call drop]
Little Surfer - [don't get too wrapped up in the Net]

#:-)     KIDS' STUFF
[ Do you have a note from your mother ? ]

Peanut Butter Pancakes - [& pizza-pie ice cream]
Big Bird's Missing - [lunch ?]
The Whistle Song - [hum, clap, stomp, laugh]

(-!     WAR GAMES

Dick Cheney Asked me to go Hunting - [should I go ?]
Can We Talk - [impromptu Presidential chat ?]
I Want Him Back from Iraq - [& all in one piece]

[;?{     GRAB BAG

The Big Fade - [ forgets he can't remember ]
Stories - [the lies get all twisted & tangled] - [pop-rock]
That's Swell, Mel - [Gibson]

* * ** ** ** ** ** **** ** * ***
***** ****** * ***       [ do not eat the yellow snow ]

ONLY 364 SHOPPING DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS

The Ugliest Christmas Tree - [ugly duckling]
Tired of Christmas - [getting an early start]
The Easter Bunny & Santa - [pooling resouces]

[|-!     CRIME TIME

Close, but no Horseshoe - [the luck of the draw]
It was a Noir & Horny Night - [private eyeing is my game]
Eddie, Get off the Damn Phone - [cops coming to bust you]

{:-)     PARODY PARIAH

Santa's been a Bad, Bad Boy - [... Coming to Town]
Out on the Left Coast - [Under the Boardwalk] - [moldy oldie]
Who's Afraid of the Big Blair Witch? - [... Wolf]

:-l     +     :~)     CORRABOLATORS  ( sic )

Alien Inside Me - [with Jimmie Haskell]
I'm Going Home - [with Ed Bennett]
Fairy Godfather - [with Stewart Sher]

<:+)>     SON OF A MICK
Jordan Terry, Mick Terry's son,
after graduating Summa cum Laude
from University of Maryland School of Architecture,
married a wonderful Australian woman
& will be working on a Doctorate in Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Shine - [about Jordan Terry]
Looks Like It's Forever - [by Jordan Terry + Mick Terry]
In Sleeping & In Waking - [by Jordan Terry]

*   ( The 400+ song lyrics on this site written by  Mick Terry
are not necessarily politically correct.
If you are offended by reading any of these lyrics,
then we are sorry that we underestimated
your senses of humanity & humor. )

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