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Dennis The Phantom Menace

from Cat Hospital by 10,000 Lakes

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This song was made around the same time Star Wars Episode 1 came out. Lots of people made the joking connection with Dennis The Menace, but this to my knowledge is the only song named after it that is more about microwaving corn chips and a dog suing someone's mom.

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I put a carrot in your gas tank,
I put cauliflower in you car.
I put the cheddar cheese on top of your guitar.
I had a nightly news report.
Sent it to your dog
And he took my mom to court.
My mom won the case because
The peanut butter sandwich said
"I've got a vitamin container underneath the bed."
Oh, went to go see a movie last night.
Thought it would be junky,
But it turned out alright.
It was about a kid in space
And a bunch of weird aliens.
It was one of them stories
That was good vs. evil
Even when evil is sticking out in the good character.
You just slap the good character around a little bit.
And that's what makes the movie funny.
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah.
I don't like Atari.
Oh, toy store in a cereal box.
So this movie was great and all,
A little boy who turned out to be
Some kind of crazy hero.
Defeating a crazy old man
Who didn't know how to have fun.
He used the force as they call it.
Star Wars: Episode 101.
Dennis the Phantom Menace.
Well, later I told my doritos to mow the yard and they didn't.
So I stuck em in the microwave for an hour and a half.
I went to prom wearing a pair of bowling shoes.
There was an evil lava lamp.
Poster of a light bulb
Fighting, fighting with a pair of workboots.
Man, this song is way too serious.
Barking at a vacuum cleaner.
Barking at the yellow pages.

credits

from Cat Hospital, released November 2, 1999
M.C. Paperclip

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10,000 Lakes Texas

10,000 Lakes began in 1993, as a solo project using a Casio SA-7, a combination of acoustic and electric guitar, and completely random lyrics recorded onto a tape recorder. The style has mostly stayed the same, except for a change in keyboard to a CA-110, and pro mic's and a mixer. Chopstick shoes. My belt buckle rented someone else's cupcake remedy. ... more

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