From: "Capcomop" (capcomop@prodigy.net)
Subject: Parody Song: It's a Fine Life
Date: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:08 PM
It's Fine Life (from the Broadway musical Oliver!)
by Capcomop
(a verse by the skaters)
Fair measures, fair measures
Why'd they deny us these?
New scoring, no treasure
Fixes it all, oh please!
We'll rough it, they'll love it
The sport is a game of chance,
They'll never tire of it---
Playing their games in Japan.
If you don't mind having to deal with Speedy
It's a fine life
Though he's made the whole sport rather seedy
It's a fine life.
And the grass is green and dense
On the pro side of the fence
And we'll take good care of it
So we'll get our share of it
It's a fine, fine life.
(a verse by ISU officials)
Whose cares if sportswriters
Sneer at us in the press
Our future looks brighter
Even with all the mess
We wander through Kyoto
Who knows who we may find
There's judges left standing
Of Madame Marie's kind
If you don't mind us fixing how it turns out
It's a fine life
Deal with judging scandals until you're burned out
It's a fine life
But you sometimes do come by
An official you can't bribe
Tally votes and she's all done
And elect a Russian one
Now there's no foul to cry!
(a verse by the fans)
Chacked skaters, poor coverage
No cameras and no gifts
Fixed outcomes, cheating judges
All of it leaves us mifft
Big money
For tickets
No longer can we afford
What future?
What matters?
ISU's got its hoard
If you don't mind Dick and Peggy chattering
It's a fine life
In Slat Lake the sport took a battering
It's a fine life.
Though it's sometimes hard to love
And it's often full of strive
The changes needed are radical
But we remain fanatical
It's a fine, fine life!
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