|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060
Member
|
OP
Member
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060 |
Fellow MBers. You need a distraction from the grind. Spinning the radio dial on a road trip recently, I came across this old B.J. Thomas tune, "Hooked On A Feeling." I don't remember what year it was popular, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course for me at the time, it could have been any (young) guy's innocent love song. Hearing it again now, if there was ever a contest for a WS anthem, this would be a leading contender. It has all the ingredients - "feelings", "addiction", euphoria, etc. (The challenge is below.) I can't stop this feelin' deep inside of me, Girl, you just don't realize what you do to me. When ya hold me in your arms so tight, You let me know everything's all right. I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin', High on believin' that you're in love with me. Lips are sweet as candy, the taste stays on my mind, Girl, you keep me thirsty for another cup of wine. I got it bad for you, girl but I don't need a cure, I'll just stay addicted and hope I can endure. All the good love when we're all alone, Keep it up, girl, yeah ya turn me on. I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin', High on believin' that you're in love with me. [Instrumental Interlude] All the good love when we're all alone, Keep it up, girl, yeah ya turn me on. I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin', I'm high on believin' that you're in love with me. The challenge:Write a new verse (or two) to add to the end, using MB terms like, Plan A, Plan B, exposure, fence sitting - whatever - to make it a happy MB ending. In other words, assuming B.J. was a WS, the new verses should capture coming out of the fog from his affair and realizing his wife and marriage is the right place to be. Hint: Econo Lodge rhymes with "back seat of a Dodge". I get to be the judge. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> First prize is a FREE session with Steve H. - assuming he agrees. (He doesn't know this yet, but what the hey? Let's put him on the spot!) Second prize - you get your pic posted RIGHT NEXT to arkie's on the MB photo site - courtesy of Faith1. (You're guaranteed to look good!) Third prize - your choice of a ride in 2long's really cool Model A truck OR Pep's Beatles tee shirt (laundered). Any registered MBer is eligible to enter. Post entries as responses to this thread. Plagiarism (for improvement) of prior entries by others is permitted as long as you change at least one word. Rhyming, while not essential, is appreciated by the judge. edit: mods send me their entries on the back of a $20 bill. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> WAT --------------------- Laughter is the best medicine.
Last edited by worthatry; 08/16/06 08:06 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816 |
I can't stop this feelin', 'cause feelin's define me,
Girl, you give me freedom, from my Spouse's tyranny.
I'm in a fog for you, girl, and my latin's kinda strange.
Perhaps those silver guys, my brains did rearrange?
-ol' 2long
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060 |
My first entry:
"Wait a minute Honey,
I'm not sure it's fair.
My wife has the cell bills,
there's exposure in the air!
Plan A has me queasy,
Plan B's must be near.
Damn, she's lookin' better,
The fog - it's gettin' clear!
All the good love, I had it all along,
You make me sick girl, it was all so wrong!
I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin',
I'm high on believin', you're NO GOOD FOR ME!!!!"
WAT
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816 |
I can't stop this feelin', 'cause feelin's define me,
Girl, you give me freedom, from my spouse's tyrrany.
I'm in a fog for you, girl, and my latin's kinda strange.
Perhaps those silver guys, my brains did rearrange?
I-I-I, I'm hooked on endorphines',
High on believin' that you'll 'be there' for me.
Lips were sweet as candy, but now they're kinda sour,
Girl, you said you'd divorce "him", but now we're near the hour,
You say "we want 2 work it out", and blew away my power,
If you don't dump him and take me back, I'm jumpin' off that tower!
All the SF when we were all alone,
I want more, girl, yeah throw me another bone.
I-I-I, I'm hooked on endorphines',
High on believin' that you'll 'be there' for me.
[Instrumental Interlude]
All the conditional love when we're all alone,
Keep it up, girl, 'conditions' turn me on.
I-I-I, I'm hooked on endorphines',
High on believin' that you'll 'be there' for me.
I'll take another whack later, gotta go!
-ol' 2long
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060 |
<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
You're in the lead!
edited: BUT! You need the happy ending! - not just enduring conflict!
WAT
Last edited by worthatry; 08/16/06 07:56 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 17,837
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 17,837 |
Ok, here's my verse..... How sad...I used to like BJ Thomas....the raindrop man. ;( I can’t say I love you, but I do love me…. Babblin’ like a torrent brook, is how I’d like to beeeee….. When I go back home and later get my fix, Then I come back all mixed up not knowin’ who to pick. I I I I, am hooked on believin’ That I’m not deceivin’…..that you’re in love with me. Lies as smooth as whiskey with a bite that’ll burn your eyes. That’s how I play this game at home and love you one more time. I just have to pretend to be aloof and insecure. The more I whine the less I’ll hurt a fact I know for sure…… All the good love is gone from me Because I threw away my family…Now I I I I , am hooked on a believin’. That I am deceivin’ no one but me…….. (interlude). <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Ok, I think you ought to throw in a ride on Believer's Harley with a ride and a tour to 2L's mansion then meet with Pep and Company for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> L.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093 |
Six long weeks since I’ve held you, and I’m jones’n for you bad
If I could only you hold you, I wouldn’t feel so bad.
But I promised not to call you, the counselor and she agreed
That no contact was the answer, but they don’t understand
I only want to call you and tell you that it’s over, and that you’re the best I ever had.
Jones’n for you baby,
Jones’n really bad.
Meet me at the love shack babe, just one more for old times sake.
It has to be the last time, my family is at stake.
If she finds out she’ll leave me, of this I have no doubt
It was clearly in that letter, the path that I must take.
She seems so different lately, with a smile that’s not fake.
The children hardly know me, cuz left them in the wake.
Oh gawd what was I thinking, she was right all along.
My family is the only thing that matters, and that's where I belong.
Get away from me girl your poisen, and a drug that I won’t take.
You used to be so tempting, oh gawd it would be a mistake.
To call you one last time, just for old times sake.
I need to find that letter, the last one that she wrote me.
Ain’t jones’n no more baby, ,I’m clean and going home.
So don’t you try to call me, or I’ll get a PPO
Does she still like flowers, I’ll stop first at the mall.
And I think I’ll call that counselor, and finally grab that ball.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 957
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 957 |
Wow y'all put Barry Manilow to shame.
Pretty good stuff! Thank you.
"Never argue with idiots or WSs, They just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093 |
Could you throw in your boat WAT?
I'll write better verses, if you could throw in that boat.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,885
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,885 |
I wish I knew the song but I'll have a go anyway:
My wife, I love her but I'm not in love with her
I told her I need space need to work things out
She cried and she pleaded, asked if there was another
I know she needs me I really have no doubt; But
I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin',
High on believin' that you're in love with me.
So she decided to take life by the balls
She gathered evidence and decided to expose
I could care less, marriage was for fools
Her stupid plan A & B on me she did impose; But
I-I-I, I was hooked on a feelin',
High on believin' that you're in love with me.
And then wham, my life did fall apart
When your husband found out you'd given me your heart
And back to him you crawled and left me all alone
My soul mate was gone, no contact by email or phone; And
I-I-I started to doubt my feelin'
No longer believing that you're in love with me.
With my tail between my legs I crawled back to my wife
My children, my friends, my home, my life
Thank God for that woman who took me back in
Gave me forgiveness for that most awful deadly sin
I-I-I, I was hooked on a fantasy, a dream
Reality is what I really need, it seems.
I sing it to my own tune!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 10,060 |
weave - I don't have the new (used) boat yet. I'm currently "between boats". But you guys are doing good! But re-read the instructions - not all of you have used MB terms nor created the happy ending!!! tt's was really good! Could be in the lead!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> WAT
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093 |
Well, since I'm not in the lead I feel compelled to say this: WAT, never start a sentence with "but". PS: I did refer to the Plan B letter, and also to her Plan A (smile). It may have been too subliminal though. And I did have a happy ending. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I'm not done yet though. Look out TT, 2long & Orchid...back to the drawing board after work. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816 |
Whoah!
I coulda swore I just read a post by Bob Pure!
Where did it go?
-ol' 2long
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093 |
Oh crap, I won't stand a chance against Bob, he's a brit for gawds sake.
PS 2long,
Yours was very good, but you didn't follow the instructions, so you are DISQUALIFIED! LOL
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 10,816 |
Oh yeah?
Well, WAT should have picked an original song that had a 2rnaround ending!
-ol' 2long
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,107
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,107 |
Never thought I'd eat no burger with my own steak back at home But yo'junk-food wooin' don't take no chewin' easier than cookin' at home Emotional needin' is emotional feedin' and burgers don't make good health my emotional colon is impacted and I yearn for my own chef Will my own chef still love me, now I'm so sick of junk ? My appetite has been not right and I'm feeling in a funk Ashamed I enter my kitchen expecting my chef to have gone away instead I see him cooking for me a menu called 'plan A'! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
MB Alumni
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,435
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,435 |
Darn, this is just too hard in English! I don't suppose a Flemish entry would be valid? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> You guys rock !!! Good to CU Bob !!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 7,093 |
What is that RAP Bob?
Yo, ho, get off yo knees 'n go
The old lady she Planned A me.
She wowed, intriqued and laid me.
Oh yeah, this is what I'm talk'n bout.
Yo, ho, get off them knees 'n go.
The old lady's gonna leave me,
she ain't beggin, cry'n or scream'n me.
She wrote it in that letter
Right 'fo she Planned B'd me.
Yo, ho, get off them knees 'n go.
Steve Harley he will see me,
He'll lay it out real easy
What's best and very pleas'n
To keep her close and squeez'n me
Cuz love, it ain't no feel'n
Yo, ho, get off yo knees 'n go.
Last edited by weaver; 08/17/06 02:35 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,978
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,978 |
I saw BJ Thomas when I was a kid down in Atlantic City...my favorite song was "Rain Drops Keep Fallin' on my Head." Thats a whole other thread. Hey what's BJ stand for anyway? LOL. Here's my BS version of the MB anthem: I got this sinkin' feelin' it won't let me sleep I wonder if you realize that you're in so deep You won't hold me in your arms at night You use anything just to pick a fight. I-I-I I keep on readin' Hope and believin' you'll be in love with me Tips come slow but steady, I know you've done the deed You've turned to another tryin' to fill a need. I got the proof I needed, I needed to be sure. Now its not a secret, the lies I won't endure. All the contact's ended by mail, fax or phone. If you choose me then, you can come on home. I-I-I I keep on readin' Hope and believin' you'll be in love with me. You say its all over, that you've been so cruel. You want me back, cause baby you're no fool. I-I-I I keep on readin' Now I'm believin' you're still in love with me. ETA: Hey where the "unga chucka, unga chucka" part? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Last edited by ChaCha; 08/17/06 05:54 PM.
aka-confused42
BS-45 me
WH-42
DS-14 & DD-12
together 21 yrs, married 18.5yrs
"I love you but not IN love with you" speech 6/3/04
D-Day 2/25/05; WH moved out 3/15/05 & back too soon 3/22/05...He left again 5/8/06
5/25/06 Plan B.....NC letter 6/18/06
Recovery finally began Jan 2007
We are IN love again!!!Sept 2007
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 928
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 928 |
Here's my attempt. I don't know the song so I don't know if the meter is correct... but WTH..
The taste has turned so bitter, the fog has filled my brain.
Another day of withdrawal and I think I'll go insane.
My lighthouse is at home, true love is shining bright,
I feel dirty when I'm standing in the light.
I-I-I I'm rooked on your dealin'
I'm low from our deceivin', now it's tough love for me.
Why didn't I see the truth, the hurt I've done to my family
The drug is always pulling but No Contact is the key.
Forgiveness is so cleansing and I stand with my soul bare.
I know we will make it 'cause I bought "Surviving an Affair".
My-My-My My heart you ain't stealin'
I'm high 'cause I'm not leavin', only real love for me.
Shaden
BH (Me) - 38
WW - 36
Married - 16 years
2 children - 10,12
DD1 - 05/30/05 - EA suspected, W wanted space
DD2 - 07/01/05 - EA/PA discovered & confronted WW
DD3 - 07/21/05 - Further contact discovered and now ended.
11/07/05 - exposed to OMW...
07/01/07 - separated to give "space". recovery was not progressing.
09/04/07 - DDAY all over... new OM.
Patience with God is Faith.
Patience with myself is Hope.
Patience with others is Love.
FAITH REQUIRES ACTION!
|
|
|
|
0 members (),
612
guests, and
54
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
