Two things to note about this song. First of all, I have no idea what Ben Wakeman is going to think when he finds out we turned his beautiful song into this parody. I hope he’ll forgive us.
Second, this is really all for cadhla. Or all because of her. Or something.
Outbreak
by Rob Wynne and Larissa March
To the tune of: “The Overall Distance” by Ben Wakeman
Thirty miles from Memphis
There’s a wreck on the Interstate
Some folks burn and die,
While the rest reanimate.
They start to shamble towards my car
I think my time is running out
At first I feared they’d want to eat my brain
But now I don’t have any doubt.
It’s not the overall death toll,
But all the zombies on the way,
That send you fleeing from your home,
Make you run further every day.
There’s a dead woman next to me,
Right outside my Oldsmobile.
Half her body’s gone,
She’s too horrific to be real.
So young to be undead,
But she’s clawing at the door,
I think I could take her out myself,
But here come half a dozen more.
It’s not the overall death toll,
But all the zombies on the way,
That send you fleeing from your home,
Make you run further every day.
There’s a corpse standing by the on ramp
Gnawing on a dying man
His coat is stained with blood
He’s got a brain clutched in his hand
I could chop him into bits
And at first I think I will,
But his friends are closing in on me
And there’s more of them than I can kill.
It’s not the overall death toll,
But all the zombies on the way,
That send you fleeing from your home,
Make you run further every day.
There’s a terror I start to feel
I turn and run through open fields
I know the zombies are hot on my trail
And i won’t have a future if I fumble and fail
I’m a man on the run and I don’t know how long my life will last
I must escape the undead
I must escape the undead — run fast!
Run fast!
redaxe
Now what, Shaun?
Um, Shaun?….
brains….yum…. 😀
(*applauds*)
technoshaman
Sounds like a follower to Jonathan Coulton’s “All We Want To Do Is Eat Your Brains”… 🙂
kitanzi
That would certainly work. Perhaps we should work them up as a set.
technoshaman
*snort* ‘twould be fun to have you guys and and in a set together… (those two are where I’ve heard the Coulton in question…. along with a lot of other cool stuff that if you haven’t heard, you should… 🙂
Top that with a huge pic of Jeff Bohnhoff and a certain Urban Tapestry song, and you’re getting on towards the Perfect Filk… 🙂
(are you getting caught up on your snuggle quotient, I hope? 🙂
kitanzi
Oh, I am, I am. I told ACat this morning that if it’s gonna be like this when he gets home, I should send him off to England by himself more often. *EG*
technoshaman
Hee. Good on you both.
cadhla
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…I inspire my friends to horrible, wonderful things. Oh, how I love you both.
kitanzi
Awww! Well, thanks for sparking this one, since one of my very favorite ways to kill time while NOT working (because they have no work for me to DOOOOOOO) is to tagteam write songs with ACat. It’s a lot of fun. 🙂
Rob Wynne
I’m really glad you like it! I was hoping you would! *huggle*
bardling
Heh -- yes, that inspiration is well taken & executed! 🙂