Posted on 03/27/2008 4:35:13 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Hillary Clinton's wartime fairy tale of landing in Bosnia under heavy sniper fire just begged to be parodied in song. And who better to write that parody than our own Charles Henrickson so without further adieu:
LANDING ON A JET PLANE
Tune: "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Original
All the odds are stacked, I'm ready to run
I'm standin' here, holdin' my gun
I hate to call you up to say goodbye
But the battle's ragin', I hear the sounds
The tank is waitin', he's shootin' some rounds
I know there's so much danger I could die
So send me to Bosnia
Tell me they'll be bombin' us
Sniper fire will never get me down
I'm landin' on a jet plane
I don't know if I'll be back again
Oh, Bill, we're on the ground
There's so many shots, it takes my breath
So many times I've cheated death
I tell you now, we just lost a wing
Every combat zone, I pay my dues
Every mission flown is stuff I'll use
Some day I'll throw my pantsuit in the ring
So send me to Bosnia
Tell me they'll be bombin' us
Sniper fire will never get me down
I'm landin' on a jet plane
I don't know if I'll be back again
Oh, Bill, we're on the ground
Now the time has come for battle
My future's not as bright as cattle
I'll close my eyes, while the cannons boom
I'll dream about the campaign trail
When I can tell my wartime tale
About the time I faced death and doom
So send me to Bosnia
Tell me they'll be bombin' us
Sniper fire will never get me down
I'm landin' on a jet plane
I don't know if I'll be back again
Oh, Bill, we're on the ground
IBTP!
PING!
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That’s great! Thanks, Charles!
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Sweet. Top Ten and I read the post.
LOL.. thanks for the laugh my FRiend
My brother, now deceased, did a parody of this same song when he was about to ship out to Vietnam. The only part I can remember was "Leaving on a jet plane, don't know IF I'll be back again."
He came back with some shrapnel as a permanent souvenir but at least he came back.
He would get a kick out this parody.
I’ve been waiting for this one! LOL!
Operation Chaos? http://youtube.com/watch?v=OuDftY9vsuc
C’mon, admit it - who knew the hildebeast would be this, er, entertaining?!
I don’t know why it still surprises me that Charles’s parodies are the best. But it does.
yuk, yuk.
LOL. Thanks Cahrles. I needed a good laugh this morning.
"I'm standin' here, holdin' my gun"
This is my rifle
This is my gun
The rifle's for killin'
The gun is for fun!"
most consise video on the web regarding H.C.’s “sniper fire” lies:
http://e10.video.blip.tv/1440002950573/Veracifier-TPMtvSummaBosniatica128.wmv
There are a lot of song parodies that are great ideas, but the execution doesn’t quite fulfill the potential. This one really is outstanding.
Also, there are a lot of people who write LOL or ROFL when neither is literally true. I can truthfully say that the line “Someday I’ll throw my pantsuit in the ring” made me wheeze-laugh so hard that I pulled a muscle under my ribcage.
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