The first single from our latest project, and it's another inspirational Jeff King song, no less! Great lyrics on here. Also, we recently got a clearer mic for Jeff, so he sounds a lot better here than he does in our older tracks.
nerds while azn
Lyrics
Nerds While AZN - Once Upon a Time
featuring: DMK
"Never, in all my early childhood, did anyone
address to me the affecting preamble: 'Once upon a time!'
I can but think that my parents were in error
thus to exclude the imaginary from my outlook
upon facts. They desired to make me truthful;
the tendency was to make me positive and skeptical.
Had they wrapped me in the soft folds of my fancies,
my mind might have been longer content to follow
their traditions in an unquestioning spirit."
- Sir Edmund Gosse, 1907
(chorus)
Once Upon a Time, Once Upon a Time
People told me I should grow up with my rhymes
Once Upon a Time, Once Upon a Time
People told me I should rap with adult rhymes
But I didn't know what it meant at the time
Except that I loved those Dr. Seuss Rhymes
Once upon a Time, Once Upon a Time, Once Upon a Time
My parents, they said I need adult dreams
That I'm no longer a kid, I need adult themes
Only I told you before, I can't take those demands
The real world too hard for me to understand
'Till 9th grade, I thought you got a kid by kissing
People laughed at me, didn't know what I was missing
People working, why they want to get paid?
With my Pokemon cards, can't we just trade
Oh, can I have that Charizard and Charmander please?
I'll give you my Scyther and my old Navy Fleece
No not that blue one, I could never leave it in peace
And when I'm deceased, it'll be on me in one piece
But hey, um, I can't make it to that dinner
I have an online tournament, have to be the winner
I guess I could cancel, but hey, er
Wouldn't that make me a sinner?
Oh hey, what's up?
Can I say a few words before I shut up?
My parents keep telling me I need a woman
But I rather spend time with Pokemon
I should take a sip of that wine?
But nah, it's ok, 7 Up'll be fine
Oh, you're leaving? I'm a kiddy bore?
Oh well, then I'll show you out the door before...
(chorus)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
My parents gave me the wrong fish in the dish
I wish they'd stop treating me like an adult
Only be the kid with his childish faults
Hey, they tried to give me these growing pills
Only I faked it, threw 'em out the window sill
'Cause they expect me to wine and dine with manners
It's time to pull out the Nerd Pride Banner
To say I'm socially challenged, that's an understatement
My childhood, nerd pride, sealed this moment
They try to take away my Nintendo Gamecube
Replace it with GTA and PS2
Shoot people, screw people, steal from people
But they say I'm kiddy if I want to save people?
Others use curses from time to time
But I only use Dr. Seuss to help me rhyme, 'cause...
(chorus)