Take me out of the parasite city
Where glass pipes gleam
And my life's so shitty
Oh won't you please take me home
Just a bum living on the street
Crack habit's really hard to beat
I've become a charity case
Begging for money at your feet
Promise I'll pay it back some time
I just need that one last line
Riches to Rags
In just one day
I gotta
Have another and who's to blame
Try to speak but can only ramble
Can't even remember my name
I'm now committing major crime
Pretty soon I'll be doing time
Sleep in the trash at the local gas station
How I got here I really can't remember
The awful stench makes it hard to breathe
Still taste good when the flame hits the glass
Now can't you see
This parasitic place is hard to conceive
Addicted to crack right from the start
Now a regular in the local courts
My family's dying from broken hearts
I always promise to turn it around
Try as I may I seem to fall apart
I've already destroyed my mind
I must be freaking blind
Some how end up back here every time
I want to leave
I need to grieve
Oh won't you please take me home
I want to flee
I can't look at me
Oh won't you please take me home
Take me out of the parasite city
where the glass pipes gleam
And my life's so shitty
Oh won't you please take me home
I'm so far down
Oh God
Just don't beat me down
Oh won't you please take me home
I want to leave
I need to grieve
Oh won't you please take me home
I want to leave
Take one look at me
Oh won't you please take me home
Take me out of the parasite city
where the glass pipes gleam
And my life's so shitty
Oh won't you please take me home
Author notes
This was a parody from the Gun's and Rose's song Paradise City. Peachfuzz feels funny
Written August 8th, 2006
A contest entry
- Broken Past by Meyeryakov.
300 points, ended April 26, 2007, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - The real World.......prewrites allowed so ENTER by trace3grls.
525 points, ended November 24, 2007, 9 entries
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great write well done but so sad
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some strong truths in your lines. Good luck in the contest
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good read
that was good went on a bit at the end repeating ur self but apart from that you shit was tight -
Thank you for the kind comment. I wish "Don't Fear The Reefer" was not already in a contest. If you have chance you might want to check it out. this one would have perfect. I have several other ones if "The Parasite City isn't what you were hoping for. Let me know! thaks for commenting!
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This was suprisingly sobering [no pun intended]. Not exactly what I was looking for in the contest, but it's good. I loved the refrain, it sounded like something Weird Al would write himself! Well done!
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Thanks for entering!
WOW! I am very impressed by your entry. This is a song I would not have chosen to re-do, it's not as regular as some. You get your cool/brownie points haha. Nice job! I like it also because of how you conveyed the meaning, agreeing with nickiwick here with the humor in a serious matter. Good work! -
ROFL! I loved this...the beginning was halarious and then the song turned serious and sad
So true, so true.
Great job writing this! .........as usual! -
Great write I am not familiar with the original but I loved this piece.well done
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I was laughing so hard, I couldn't breath for awhile, I thought I was dead, thank you for trying to kill me! - Lance Ryan Williams: This poem was awesome, keep up the good work, and don't die!
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haha. i know the original so i had the melody in my head and it was awesome. great job.
~Sam -
Take me out of the parasite city
Where glass pipes gleam
And my life's so shitty
Oh won't you please take me home
I love the refrain(or chorus of this song) as well as lines these lines:
Addicted to crack right from the start
Now a regular in the local courts
My family's dying from broken hearts
I thought these lines were really original and although I've never heard the song for which this is a parody this is a very serious and well written song. Good luck with the contest.
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