A Goat From Another Planet

The lyrics to a song I wrote. It does have music, but I can't put that on here. I have no band to play it anyway.

Well I was sittin' alone,
In a field outta town,
When this goat, he came,
Came outta the Nile,
It said "Lookee,
"Well looke at me",
An' I said "Oh lumme,
"It must be a dream",
But it said "no I'm not",
"I'm not a dream,
"I'm a bein' from,
"Another world,"
"An' I've brought you a gift,
"From beyond the stars,
"An' it comes with,
"Our regards."

 

 

I'm a goat...from another pla-anet,
I'm a goat from the stars,
An' I've come for first contact,
You must give me your regards,

 

But I said "I dunno,
"Maybe I shouldn't",
Then I decided,
What I should do,
So I took out,
My mobile,
An' I phoned,
Number ten,
And in,
 London,
Gordon Brown
Picked up his phone,
An' he said.
"Hello, hello,"
"What can I ,
"Do for you?"

 

He's a goat from another pla-anet,
He's a goat from the stars,
An' he's come for first contact,
We must give him our regards,

 

An I said, "Oh, Gordie"
"You gotta help me
"I've got a problem
"For  you to solve
"I've got a goat
"From another world
"An he's brought a gift
"From his own world"
But Gordon said,
"Don't be silly
"There can't be a goat,
"From the stars",
An I said "Yes, yes
"Yes there is,
"Look, Brownie
"I'll put him on"

 

He's a goat from another pla-anet,
He's a goat from the stars.
An he's come for first contact,
We must give him our regards

 

So I gave,
the goat the phone
an he said
"What old technology"
An he said
To ol Gordon Brown
"Hello there,
"I'm a goat
"From another
"Pla-anet
"Please accept
"This generous gift"
An' Gordon said
"Well, I'll be blowed
"It is true
"There is a goat"

 

He's a goat from another pla-anet,
He's a goat from the stars,
An he's come for first contact
We must give him our regards

 

So Brown came,
In his limousine,
Came to see,
the alien
an he said,
"Thank you muchly,
"For the gift
It's generous"
Now the goats,
Live among us
Peace and love
Between species
But there are some
That would complain,
But as Gordon said
"Get stuffed!"

 

He's a goat from another pla-anet,
He's a goat from the stars
An he's come for first contact,
We must give him our regards,
 

(Repeat)

Author's Note

Possibly a little reminiscent of Pharaoh's story from Joseph. I wrote this how I would sing it so there are several supposed Typos that are intentional
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Reviews

[scarecrowslady]

There is a vague feeling of Pharoah's story at the beginning - which made me expect some sort of apocalyptic doom... but then it just turned out to be a rather chuckle-inducing story. I like how the protagonist of the poem is a befuddled Brit (?) who is in fact almost anti-hero in his ordinariness, perplexity and inability to do anything... Brown's last statement had me giggling.

[John Morris]

This had me laughing.

Good

A bit odd though.

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[.]

Nice rhyme and good flow
I enjoyed the reading
~Kavish~

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

How interesting - 'get stuffed' - heh - that is too funny. This made me laugh although it has much to say that is deeper than that. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Light,
Siddartha

[Andrew (not Andy, A.J. ..]

Hhahaha that WAS funny. I have one or two criticisms though. First of all, when beginning a line that continues speech, you don't need to put another quotation mark on it. And second, how is it reminiscent of Pharaoh's story from Joseph? I didn't understand that.
What does lumme mean?
Anyway, if you could clear that up for me that would be great.
Gj,
Andrew

[Angel Bird]

I think this is great stuff!!! It develops a wonderful rhythm on its own.
It's funny, and it produces a little movie in one's head, plus it is very
thought provoking in many aspects...
To me in this piece there's much more than meets the eye at first.
An amazing song that I would truly like to hear as a real song,
and I could imagine this piece as a part of a whole musical. Maybe
one day you'll feel like writing a whole stage piece to complete this.

Thumb up! Great job!

[Fran Marie]

It has a catchy rhythm and love the pla-anet accent thru~ out as the goat sound~baaa...

very much enjoyed this delightful piece~WeLL donE! I say!~Fran

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Well done! I could hear a little tune as I read.