A New Song Everyone Has Heard

Skunk Jugglers

Pop Music Satire · Recycled Hitmaking · Singalong Fun

#INTRO

#VERSE
I’m gonna write a new song
Everyone has heard
Undeniably unoriginal
Burglarizing every word
I’ll blend the Beatles, Billie Eilish
And Taylor Swift
And from that Hallelujah guy
I’ll swipe the major lift

#PRE-CHORUS
Record executives will say
“Sounds like we’ve heard it before
And that’s what makes us love it
More, more, more!”
Give us…

#CHORUS
A new song everyone has heard
A new song everyone has heard
An earworm offspring
That can’t be deterred
Give us a new song
A new song
A new song
A new song everyone has heard

#VERSE
The crowds are gonna love it
They’ll be singing along
Cause they’ll already know
Every piece of the song
The hand-clapping intro
The earworm refrain
The call-and-response climax
Pre-baked in their brain

#PRE-CHORUS
It’s going viral online
Climbing Billboard to its peak
With dance moves duped from disco
And nothing unique

#CHORUS
A new song everyone has heard
A new song everyone has heard
Nostalgic as a jukebox classic
Same chords, same melody—just reversed
Give us a new song
A new song
A new song
A new song everyone has heard

#BRIDGE
The record labels love
The copycat plan
Stealing flowers from graves
Of hit songs by other bands
Labels dig up old songs
Carve them apart
Sew them together like Frankenstein
And call it art

#INSTRUMENTAL

#BRIDGE
I almost joined the game
Of old hits boiling in a stew
But I’d rather bleed my heart out
Than fake it for you
I’ll choose to follow in footsteps
Of songwriters I admire
But I admit I’ll clap and sing
With any song that has fire

#INSTRUMENTAL

#PRE-CHORUS
In music or in life
To our own selves be true
I’ll just do me
And you do you
But let’s not blame ourselves
If we get in the groove
Of…

#CHORUS
A new song everyone has heard
A new song everyone has heard
A grab-bag of grooves
That already occurred
Another new song
A new song
A new song
A new song everyone has heard

#CHORUS
A new song everyone has heard
A new song everyone has heard
You and I can’t help ourselves
We’re hooked, singing loud with the herd
When they give us a new song
A new song
A new song
A new song everyone has heard

#CHORUS
Here comes another new song
A new song
A new song
A new song everyone has heard

#OUTRO
A new song everyone has heard
One part genius—two parts absurd
A new song everyone has heard
A new song everyone has heard
A new song everyone has heard

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