A rhyming tribute...The people of Hollywood just wanted dollars
They wanted some money for brand new fur collars
So one found a story for kids and he hollers
'This'll do for the wage-slaves and maids and tea-wallahs'
So they took it and sliced it up onto the floor
They added some license and conflict and war
They added a whiny kid, whatever for,
Then they added a load of slick tricks and what's more
They took out the charm and the style and the rhyme
They took out the niceness (it cost them a dime)
They took out the sweet and the good and sublime
And they took out the message, replaced it with grime
And they found that their film had a rumbling sound
A rumbling sound that came up from the ground
And on further investigation it was, they had found
The sound of the late doctor S spinning round.
(They wanted some money for brand new fur collars
So one found a story for kids and he hollers
'This'll do for the wage-slaves and maids and tea-wallahs'
So they took it and sliced it up onto the floor
They added some license and conflict and war
They added a whiny kid, whatever for,
Then they added a load of slick tricks and what's more
They took out the charm and the style and the rhyme
They took out the niceness (it cost them a dime)
They took out the sweet and the good and sublime
And they took out the message, replaced it with grime
And they found that their film had a rumbling sound
A rumbling sound that came up from the ground
And on further investigation it was, they had found
The sound of the late doctor S spinning round.
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