How To Earn Beads (Nickelback Parody)
This one was written over the course of a few days, it was even harder to record. . .but the lyrics I just couldn't pass this one up.
A man writing parodies just because. .singing and writing is fun
I write parodies for fun and record them because I love performing. Check out my website at badave.com for more info! In case anyone is curious, my backing tracks are created by and used with permission by karaoke-version.com/en. They make some really cool karaoke tracks and are very approachable people.
Story behind the song
Not really a big story on this one. I wrote it because I hadn't released anything since Red Ant Surprise, which has topped 50 listens. . .that's about how long it is between most my songs when they slow down. . .I began this one back in 2002, but never did finish up. . .well I guess that's no longer true no is it?
Lyrics
Didn't get 'em in New Orleans
Couldn't earn them in St. Louis either
Tired of begging in the evening
I'm not too modest, but I'm scared of showing
and this is how you can earn beads
This is how you can earn beads
If I just drop my pants
This is how you can earn beads
'Cause I don't have no breasts
It's not that I'm embarassed
Scared that they'll say they're sorry
Now I start to shake and
The whole Avenue has been clapping
and I drop them, lift my shirt
My pride is swallowed as I show my whistle
Beads were wrapped 'round my head
and I felt like an airhead
yeah, yeah, yeah, oh no
yeah, yeah, yeah, oh no
Next year I felt like a champ
I said I'd earn 'em and I swear I still do
It's not like it's just a new fad
But showing pee-wee almost damn near killed you
and This is how I will earn beads
'Cause I'm not gonna bend
This is how I will earn beads
Mardi Gras I'm dropping
It's not like I'm a nudist
I didn't want to show it to be honest
This time someone's filming
Guys Gone Wild had caught me whoring
Now my Mom's mad, so's my Dad
and my ad is shown on every channel
Wrapped my beads 'round my head
My family said I'm not their bred
yeah, yeah, yeah, oh no
yeah, yeah, yeah, oh no
yeah, yeah, yeah, oh no
yeah, yeah, yeah, oh no
I never did understand them
Purple, yellow, green beads I'm wearing
and I guess that I have earned them
I guess that I have earned them
I guess that I have earned beads
but I'm not done just yet
I guess that I have earned beads
but why am I obsessed
It's not like I am crazy
I was drunk 'cause I drank some bubbly
Don't think I drank Burban
Just one drip and my body's shaking
and I'm headstrong, sometime's dumb
Should've bought 'em at the Dollar General
'Cause the beads 'round my head
Make me look so braindead
yeah, yeah
I am not an inbred
yeah, yeah
Swear I'm not a butt-head
yeah, yeah
Tired of trying instead
