^Sh^{apes of S}h_ad_ow

Reprinted from Songworm 1
This parody was sung by Heather Alexander on Tapeworm 1

Parody of “Shades of Shadow”, words by Mercedes Lackey , music by Leslie Fish

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Parody lyrics ©1987-11-22 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.

Am Past

where patterned

D path

ways lie,

Am Mag

ic works, and

G there

work

E I

.

Am Scaf

fold boards left

D far

behind,

Am I

mold

F forms

in

D side

my

Am mind

.

C Forms

that kill, and

D forms

that cure.

F Forms

to teach, or

D to

obscure.

Am Forms

in which the

F mind

’s eye

D delves

.

F Forms

for

G for

ming

Em forms

them

Am selves

.

Chorus:

D You  build worlds with  Am steel  and stone.  C I  build worlds with  D words  a Em lone .  Am Skilled  tradespeople,  G long  years  Em taught :  C You  shape  Am mat ter.  Em I shape  Am thought .

Soft, where your works rigid stand, 
My works change as times demand. 
Yours take years to redesign; 
One night’s thought can alter mine. 
For you must stop to forge new tools. 
I need only change my rules. 
You discard old stock in stores; 
I discard old metaphors.

(Chorus)

Some would say my work exists 
In the mindless maze’s twists.
They confuse their beer and gin 
With the glass they buy them in. 
The second’s made to hold the first,
And, empty, cannot quench your thirst.
Like the poet’s scroll and ink:
Less important than you think.

(Chorus)

Softly through the fertile night,
My work sheds its own clear light.
You still let your lives be run
By the dictates of the sun.
Fearful caveman that you are,
Scurry to your home or bar!
Long before your brain need tire,
Huddle ’round your neon fire.

(Chorus)