Unutterably Silly Takin' It To the Tweets!*

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

*sung to the tune of "Takin' It To the Streets" (remember how Mad Magazine did it?)


You don’t know me, but I’m an author
I write ebooks… and man, it’s a living hell
You don’t know my kind in your bookstore
Amazon hides me very well

Oh, you… keep telling me the things you want to read from me
I ain’t blind… I know you’re pirating it all from me! So I’m—
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Takin’ it to the Tweets!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Tweetin’ it there, yeah!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Takin’ it to the Tweets!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

Let’s send this message to all my surfers and bloggers
You’ll find them… most everywhere
Wherever people are logged in together
Trollin’ bout Big Brother scares!

Oh, you… keep telling me that anarchy is best for me
I ain’t blind… anarchists are crooks without pedigrees! So I’m—
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(I gotta warn ya…)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(…iTunes gonna burn ya!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Takin’ it all from me!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(How’s my book on a Chinese site?)

<Solo on iPad keyboard... mobipocchio>

Oh, you… keep telling me the things you want to read from me
I ain’t blind… I know you’re pirating it all from me! So I’m—
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Igor is not my agent!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Don’t pay me in Karma!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(It’s only 3 bucks!)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(What’d you pay for that hardback?)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(It’s on every server)
Takin’ it to the tweets!
(Break it down wit’ Calibre!)


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