This was our second viral YouTube video ever. The song was conceived around a dinner table full of, ahem, older friends. The enchilada dish was exquisitely and lovingly prepared. At a table of 8 we had the following medically necessary diet restrictions: Gluten-free, Lactose-free, no alcohol, need for Beano, low sodium, low carb, no sugar. A song was born as we passed around the Beano, Lactaid, Pepcid AC and gluten-free, alcohol-free beer.
lyrics
(Intro – You know Dasher…)
I made [Dm7] turkey and [Em] stuffing and [G7] hot mashed po-[C]-tatoes
[Dm7] Yams and a [Em] ham and some [G7] fried green to-[C]-matoes
[Am] But I [E7] had for-[Am]-got
What my [D9] friends could have or have [G7] not:
I made [Dm7] turkey and [Em] stuffing and [G7] hot mashed po-[C]-tatoes
[Dm7] Yams and a [Em] ham and some [G7] fried green to-[C]-matoes
[Am] But I [E7] had for-[Am]-got
What my [D9] friends could have or have [G7] not:
(verse)
[C] Jerry could not eat cheddar
Cuz it clashes with his [G7] meds
Jean’s on a low carb diet
Couldn’t sample any [C] breads
(verse)
[C] Judy could not eat onions
cuz they filled her up with [G7] gas
Marilyn could not have eggnog
cuz it knocked her on her [C] ass
(bridge):
[F] I made Martha [C] Stewart’s tart
[F] Sweet and [G7] high-[C]-falutin’
[G7] that 6 people couldn’t eat
[Am7] cuz it contained [G7] gluten
(verse)
[C] Shirley could not have shellfish
or she would asphyxi-[G7]-ate
There wasn’t one damn item
that could stay on Linda’s [C] plate
(2nd intro)
[Dm7] My souffle was a [Em] masterpiece, [G7] so light and so [C] airy
[Dm7] But my guests couldn’t [Em] eat it cuz [G7] no one there ate [C] dairy
[Am] I broke [E7] down and [Am] wept:
If you’re [D9] vegan, then why’d you [G7] accept?
(verse)
[C] Warren got on his podium
on and on and on he [G7] went
about the evils of sodium (plus how!)
He’s lactose intoler-[C]-ant
(verse)
Hobs was prone to bloating
Couldn’t eat the [G7] broccoli
Dottie gets acid reflux
Everytime she looks at [C] me
(bridge):
[F] When I put the [C] turkey down
[F] Sandy [D7] had to [C] say
[G7] “Ever since the world began,
I [Am7] can’t eat no [G7] tryptophan”
(verse)
[C] Everybody at the table
Was getting up in years, you [G7]see
So we skipped the meal all together
And talked about our [C] surgeries
