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Texas Spring Break

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I hope this isn't going to offend anyone, and I tried not to post it to the lists I know have a pretty strict policy about OT posts.  If I screw up, please forgive me--I tried.  I just thought that we could use a lighter moment, what with the shuttle tragedy.  I was trying to distract myself at the computer when I ran across a song parody site, and I thought, "This might do it.  I haven't written any song parodies in a long time."
This is what resulted.  'America' by Neil Diamond is a very stirring anthem to the American dream.  Galveston isn't quite as notorious as Palm Springs for Spring Break hijinx, but it's high up on the paryting list.  
The original lyrics to Neil Diamond's "America" are at the end of the song parody.

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Texas Spring Break
by Scribe
(to the tune of 'America', by Neil Diamond, whom I LOVE)

School
I've been stuck at school
where the closest to sun
and surf is the local pool.

Break
Feel like I can't make
it through the last few weeks
to spring break.

On the road in my Dad's Capri
I'm goin' down to Galveston!
Got my thong and my fake ID.
I'm goin' down to Galveston!

My legal age is still far away,
but I'm twenty-one today
far as the bar's concerned,
far as the bar's concerned.

All along that Gulf coast shore,
they're comin' down to Galveston.
Frats and brats and teens galore
They're comin' down to Galveston.

Got a dream of what they'll find,
They're goin' down to Galveston.
Beer, and sex, and weed, and wine.
They're goin' down to Galveston.

They're goin' down to Galveston.
They're tossin' beer cans by the ton,
They're boozin' in the shinin' sun,
Got all the tourists on the run...
Par-tay!  Par-tay!  Par-tay!  Get laid!  Par-tay!

Oh, Spring Break I adore!
(Par-tay!)
Debauchery by the shore
(Get laid!)
Chastity's death
(Get laid!)
Quick, smell my breath!
(A raid!)

(Sound of sirens and whining teenage protests rise up
behind the music)

*Scribe ducks under desk and peers out, awaiting
results*

****

America
Written by: Neil Diamond

Far
We've been travelling far
Without a home
But not without a star

Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America

Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're travelling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm

Home, to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm

Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Every time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America

Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America

They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, today, today, today, today

My country 'tis of thee
(Today)
Sweet land of liberty
(today)
Of thee I sing
(today)
Of thee I sing
(today)

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