Music in the 21st Century

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Original: Cicero in the 21st Century (Steve Savitzky)

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Times were good two thousand years ago

It’s obvious, just take a look

Everybody was a poet

Although most couldn’t read books

Well it’s been a long time since ancient Rome

But look around and you can see it plain

Though most are in decline we are just doing fine

And we’re whistling a new refrain:

Refrain:

Yes these are wonderful times that we live in

Though society does not like our ilk

Children have some independence

And we are all writing filk

Writing songs used to take a lot of work;

But parodies are a snap

You just change some words and it’s over

Though a lot of the time it is crap

Kanef has come along showed how to write a song

It is important to conserve more then one song a tune can serve

And ninety-nine percent of them do

So now we’re going to a new filk con

And everyone will sing what they please

It may be off key and off meter

Not everyone can be performance wiz

Some come all you need is some lyrics

And a tune to serve as your base

If it’s popular at all we’ll sing and have a ball

We have fun and just don’t care if you’re singing like a bear

So stay until the dawn I don’t think you’ll be alone

And we’ll sing ‘till we’re blue in the face