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Taming the World--for now
Here is a song I wrote this afternoon when I was supposed to be working in the studio on something else. (Naturally.) Rougher than a mile of bad road but you can get the idea. Listen here.

The Nigerian Prince
c.Dave Morehouse2009

(Chs) Yippee! Yahoo! I’m gonna be rich
Thanks to a sick Nigerian Prince
I’ll wallow in that lap of luxury.
Oh, Boy! Woo hoo! I’m gonna be wealthy
At last I’ll be financially healthy
Now don’t you folks wish you was just like me?

Late last night after drinking some ale
Well I sat down to check my mail.
I could hardly believe what it was I read.
Thanks to electronica
I found a friend in Africa
Who nearly made my heart stop dead.

He’s gonna make it real easy for me
A routing number ,three I.D.s,
And of course he’ll need to see my credit cards.
What will I do with all this money?
It’s just like stealing from the Easter Bunny
I probably need to hire some bodyguards.

chs

I’m sure glad he’s in a hurry to send it
There must be a thousand ways I can spend it
The pockets of my pants are spewing smoke.
A house, a car, a ranch, a yacht,
Just wait til you see what all I got
When I show my friends that this is not a joke.

chs

I check the phone, my bank is callin
They tell that I’ve surely fallen
For the oldest trick in the laptop book.
Now if you go to Nigeria
In deepest darkest Africa
You’ll find a prince who has a stately look.
And even though he is quite rich
That dirty rotten S.O.B.
Got to where he is cause he’s a crook.

Yippee! Yahoo! I’m gonna be rich
Thanks to a sick Nigerian Prince
I’ll wallow in that lap of luxury.
Oh, Boy! Woo hoo! I’m gonna be wealthy
At last I’ll be financially healthy
Now don’t you folks wish you was just like me?
Now don’t you folks wish you was just like me?
 
You really have missed your calling, haven't you?

You should be writing for the stage. You have a real gift for sardonic satire. I'm reminded of the dry humour of Tom Paxton or Arlo Guthrie. And there is such uninhibited joyousness in your singing.

Terrificf! I enjoyed every second!

Now get back to work in your studio!!
 
Work is good right now.

It is nice to be able to pay the bills doing something I love. I'm afraid I am a bit of a musical prostitute in that respect.

Thanks for the kind wordage regarding the Rich Nigerian Prince. It is a gag song and although my voice is suited well for that type of music I try to stay away from it as a rule. I think they are called "gag" songs because they make you smile the first couple of times you hear them and then they make you gag every time after that. (Remember the Chicken Dance, Achy Breaky Heart, and the Macarena?) I would much prefer to write songs that people like for their contents and musical ability and that they like to keep coming back to listen to again. That's the brass ring for me.......it also eludes me most of the time.
 
I have a work account full of spam that I have been saving to base a song on.

You know you shouldn't fight - you have got a talent for this sort of material!

Your irony serves you well when you sucker punch in a piece like this or when you jab in something like 'the dancing' illusion in the 'Brown' song a couple months back.

You don't have to sing then you could just sell them on. I did stand-up in London for 5 years and most of my act consisted of dirty ditties - but I actually made some real money writing satirical songs for a weekly news review show and bigger money when some of the people went onto BBC radio.

Could be your rent payer!
 
I dunno about princes, but apparently there are a lot of rich people with my last name in the Nigerian area. Sad thing is, they all die in plane crashes. If I EVER become rich and famous, I am NOT flying over Nigeria!
 
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