Best Paul Shanklin parody
Posted by Richard on September 20, 2010
In response to my "Obamaville" post, someone asked me offline what I considered Paul Shanklin's best parody song. That's tough, but I know which is my favorite: Elvis Presley (or someone like him) singing "In a Yugo" (to the tune of "In the Ghetto"). The lyrics are just priceless — and timeless.
As the snow flies…
At a used car lot on the edge of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo
And they drive with pride'cause if there's one thing that this world needs
It's environmental friends who'll take the lead
In a YugoThey say, "People don't you understand?
Those Suburbans are ruining the land!"
But they'll wish they had a full-size van one dayThey're pointing fingers at you and me
They say we're too blind to see
But do we simply use our heads
And choose a better way
As those small wheels turnFifty miles to the gallon and their knees on their chests
We're gonna save enough gas for all the rest
In a Yugo
Then one day on the interstate
They suddenly lose control
They swerve to miss a baby duck
And are squashed beneath a produce truck
But they drove with prideAnd as the crowds drive past the little flat car
You know they saved a lot of gas but they didn't get far
In a Yugo
And as they're trapped insideAt a used car lot on the other side of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo
And they drive with pride…
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