DNA cowboys lyrics (nearly final version?)

[M Holmes]

John Rennie writes:

> What tune am I supposed to be singing this to?

I dunno.  Something fast like Secret Agent for the verses? It's not like
I've ever written music or anything.  Suggestions very welcome from
those who do.

Still tweaking it.  I'm not totally happy with the construction of the
puns on "The Mail must go through" and "I've come for my paw", though
I've had a better idea for the line in the last chorus as a result of
Lucy explaining how crossword clues work.

Then the question is whether I'd be too embarassed to send it to Dave.

FoFP


> Subject: OFF: DNA cowboys lyrics (nearly final version?)
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>
> The DNA Cowboys
> ---------------
>
> I'm a DNA cowboy
> I'm a clone engineer
> Just pop your foetus in the tank
> There's nothing to fear
> Pick the colour of his eyes
> From the chart on the wall
> Choose from blonde, brunette or redhead
> And exactly how tall
>
> Violets are red, Roses are blue
> It's amazing what genetic engineering can do
> Enhancing intelligence and editing the mind
> We'll release the beta version of the new humankind
>
> Just call me Clone Arranger
> I'm at your service Ma'am
> Just a little dash of thymine
> Will put a tiger in your pram
> Or if you'd prefer a poet
> I'll put a word in his ear
> I make Pick'n'Mix people
> I'm a clone engineer
>
> Violets are red, Roses are blue
> It's amazing what genetic engineering can do
> Replacing evolution, which was operating blind
> We'll release the beta version of the new humankind
>
> I'm the dark horse writer
> Of the DNA express
> For the black sheep of your family
> I'll always do my best
> Or I'll throw in codon couplets
> For the long arm of the law
> But to get through the male
> These must come from his paw
>
> Violets are red, Roses are blue
> It's amazing what genetic engineering can do
> It's a romancing revolution, with love redefined
> As we release the beta version of the new humankind
>
> I'm a midwife of modernity
> I'm the gene pool guard
> Writing whole generations
> I'm a four-letter bard
> So when you do your shopping
> For the latest kid in town
> Come visit the Clone 'Ranger
> Cos I'll never let you down
>
> Violets are red, Roses are blue
> It's amazing what genetic engineering can do
> So don't leave it to nature, get your baby designed
> And we'll release the beta version of the new humankind
>
> So as the gold rush gathers
> For manufactured spawn
> And we look to the lands onward
> And the times to which they're drawn
> Will they be welcome to the future
> Or regarding it with fear
> For producing Good, Bad and Ugly
> I'm a Clone Engineer
>
> Violets are red, Roses are blue
> It's amazing what genetic engineering can do
> We're tailoring our futures with new genes recombined
> In an untested beta version of the new humankind
>