Parody of “Heretic Heart”, words by
Catherine Madsen
, music
traditional
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Parody lyrics ©1996-08-12 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
I am a bold and a lemming soul a-tunneling through this land.
I've plunged down holes ten times my height that I dug with my own hand.
And if you wonder how I came to die so graphically,
My walks, my climbs, my lemminglike falls are done instinctively.
My step-mom was a builder of ramps, my father a mining man,
My natural mom, an atomic bomb that made this holey land.
I can't tell Mom and Dad apart, but somehow they made me.
My walks, my climbs, my lemminglike falls are done instinctively.
They say that someone's using me, but I'm sure that I have free will.
For how can a man change a lemming's mind, or a mouse change a lemming's skill?
Though loam and lava, stone and steel have all obstructed me,
My walks, my climbs, my lemminglike falls are done instinctively.
I once was trapped, but now I've gone away from the milling throng
Of those who think good strategy is to stay where you belong.
And if I cannot save my clan, I'll die explosively.
My walks, my climbs, my lemminglike falls are done instinctively.