Parody key

Be sure to get down what I tell you.

This page lists things you see in the parody lyrics and what they mean.

• Green, underlined text is words that remain unchanged from the original lyrics. For example, if the parody says She’s a loner in green like that, it means the original song said that too.
• If, in the parody, multiple short words take the place of what was originally one longer word, they are hyphenated together. For example, if the parody says say he is where the original song said genius, it is written say-he-is.
• If, in the parody, one long word takes the place of where the original song used multiple short words, the word is broken up. For example, if the parody says Is he sensitive? where the original song said Are you restless? She said . . . this is written Is he sens - it - ive?
• If extra syllables need to be added, those words are in parentheses. For example, changing Bleeding heart and the soul of Mrs. Teresa to Bleeding heart and the soul is a twisted creature meant an excess syllable before the last three words of the line. It is thus written Bleeding heart and the soul (is) a twisted creature.
• If the original song was explicit, the parody indicates the location of the curse word(s) with strings of red asterisks (e.g. ****).