IF I WERE THE CARPENTERS

Well, this is just silly.  Apologies to Tim Hardin and Bobby Darin.

The late Bobby Darin is not amused

If I were The Carpenters

And you were Pink Lady

Would Chuck Berry play anyway?

Or would we have The Babys?

  

 

If I think of Rain Parade

Would Cowsills find me?

"Carrie Annie." The Hollies brayed

How ELO reminds me

 

Shave Mike Love for orneriness

Replace Mike Love with Sorrows

Mike gave Beach Boys severance checks

Wondermints, tomorrow!

 

If I were Steve Miller

With Detroit Wheels grinding

Would you miss The Orgone Box

And Yusef's shrewd whining?

If I were a band, Roy Wood

Would Move still shun me?

If I could join Yes, I would

What would U2 think of me?

 

If I were The Carpenters

And you were Pink Lady

Would Chuck Berry play anyway?

Or would we have The Babys?

Would Chuck Berry play anyway?

Or would we have The Babys?

The late Tim Hardin looks on in stunned, horrified silence