dfawley wrote:One of my favorites - Tom Waits' "Eggs and Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson):"
Nighthawks at the diner
of Emma's 49er, there's a rendezvous
of strangers around the coffee urn tonight
All the gypsy hacks, the insomniacs
Now the paper's been read
Now the waitress said....
It's from his "Nighthawks at the Diner" album - great song, great album, much better listened to then read.
Lyrics by Andrew Durkin wrote:The fruits and vegetables are out to get me.
I can see the kumquats making their way to my plate.
My biggest fear, though, is the cucumber patch: one of them might ask my wife on a date.
But they won't get me with their health or their hygiene.
No, they won't get me with their charts or their graphs or their facts.
Why should I care if there's a salisbury steak that's rotting in my intestinal tract?
Yes, I know the cows and sheep take up too much land,
and we treat them poorly, but you don't understand:
what would I tell the fellows?
How could I say that I'm a "tofu and potatoes" kind of guy?
germuska wrote:I don't think it qualifies as "serious" but I like Spearhead's "Red Beans and Rice" (certainly one of the single most popular dishes for people to write songs about!)
nr706 wrote:Another song about beans - Farmer's Market - Annie Ross' vocalese to an Art Farmer tume
Thanksgiving Day is coming, so Mr. Turkey said.
No professional singers were harmed (or even heard from) during the making of these recordings.
Well I keep on thinkin' 'bout your
Sister's boysenberry pies
And the sweet potato casserole
Brings teardrops to my eyes
White meat, dark meat, no room for ham
Take the gravy boat to Tryptophan
Just mashed potatoes, no candied yams!
No sweet 'tater casserole -- that's not the type I am.
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'Latke Clan' wrote:The sun is setting, get home as fast as you can
We'll put the oil into the pan
So come and join our latke clan
'Cause we are latke fans
'Goyim Friends' wrote:All my goyim friends, they're eating up their ham
Honey-glazed, baked to perfection
With dinner rolls, gravy boats and turkey
Creme brulee, cherry pie and fruitcake (yuck)
But we, we will march on
With General Tso and egg foo yong
Takeout's not wrong
And we will march on
'Applesauce vs. Sour Cream' wrote:Applesauce vs. sour cream, applesauce or sour cream?
It's the choice you're gonna have to make:
Which to put on your potato cakes?
Applesauce vs. sour cream, applesauce or sour cream, now,
It's the choice you're gonna have to make.
Tell your mom to fry, not bake.
I'm going to San Bernardino, ring-a-ding-ding
Milkshake mix is thus my thing now
These guys bought a heap of my stuff
And I gotta see a good thing shooting up now
Oh my name is not Croc, that's Kroc with a K
Like crocodile but not spelt that way now
It's dog eat dog, rat eat rat
Kroc style - Boom, like that!
Folks line up all down the street
Now I'm seeing this girl devour her meat now
And then I get it wham as clear as day
My pulse begins to hammer then I hear a voice say
These boys have got this down
Ought to be one of these in every town
These boys have got the touch
It's clean as a whistle and it don't cost much
Wham bam don't wait long
Shake fries plenty of gum
How about that friendly name, heck
every little thing gotta stay the same
Or my name is not Croc, that's Kroc with a K
Like crocodile but not spelt that way now
It's dog eat dog, rat eat rat
Dog eat dog, rat eat rat now
Oh it's dog eat dog, rat eat rat
Kroc style - Boom, like that!
You gentlemen are to expand
You're gonna need a helping hand now
So gentlemen well what about me?
We'll make a little business history now
Or my name is not Croc all the way
Like crocodile but not spelt that way now
It's dog eat dog, rat eat rat
Kroc style - Boom, like that!
Well we'll build it up and I'll buy him out
The man they made me grind it out now
They open up a new place flippin' meat
So I do too, right across the street
I got the main I need town
Sell 'em in the end and it all shuts down
Sometimes you gotta be an S.O.B.
You wanna make a dream reality
Competition sent 'em south
They're gonna drown or we're hosing 'em out
Do not pass go go straight to hell
I smell a lotta meat, da smell
Or my name is not Kroc that's Kroc with a K
Like crocodile but not spelt that way now
Oh it's dog eat dog, rat eat rat
Dog eat dog, rat eat rat now
Oh it's dog eat dog, rat eat rat
Kroc style - Boom, like that!
djenks wrote:Mark Knopfler wrote a song about the story behind McDonald's. It's an awesome song musically, and lyrically it's also very interesting. Boom, Like That is the name of the song.
Ugh.
There were plums and prunes and cherries,
There were citrons and raisins and cinnamon, too
There was nutmeg, cloves and berries
And a crust that was nailed on with glue
There were caraway seeds in abundance
Such that work up a fine stomach ache
That could kill a man twice after eating a slice
Of Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake.
'E Eats Everything' on Here Come the ABCs by They Might Be Giants wrote:E eats everything
Yeah, E eats everything
So toss in on a plastic plate
Or stick it with a fork
Serve it with a shovel
Or serve it on a spork
Yeah, E eats everything
Yeah, E eats everything
F is far too fussy
And only eats with fancy wine
G eats only gourmet
But never can decide
"Steak and Black Onions" by Rapeman
Why don't you stuff it, man
Plant eating p* !!!
I think Bourdain would like it
We eat a lot of fish, baby,
Both smoked, raw and rotten....