A pale and sickly girl with yellow teeth, enveloped in a stinking cloud of smoke.

Bob Rivers – “The Girl with Emphysema”

“The Girl with Emphysema” (2013)

In this excellent parody of the 1960s bossa nova song “The Girl from Ipanema,”  Bob Rivers mocks those who are addicted to the unhealthy, filthy, and disgusting habit of smoking tobacco.*    

As stated in an earlier post, the original “Girl from Ipanema,”  was “a golden teenage girl”  who personified “a gift of life.” 

An Aura of Smelly Smoke

Unlike that golden girl from Ipanema, this “Girl with Emphysema”  is a pale and sickly girl with yellow teeth, enveloped in a stinking cloud of smoke. Not very alluring.

* (Full disclosure. I smoked for decades – cigarettes for about 20 years, and then cigarillos for another 15 years. One day, I just quit.)   _{(Image source)}

Bob Rivers

Bob Rivers is a retired US radio personality who is well known for his creation and recording of parody and novelty songs. 

Whole Lotta Zeppelin

Rivers started working in radio while still in high school, and got his first paying gig when he was 16. Apparently he was fired from that post for playing too many Led Zeppelin songs. He continued to work, on the east coast, and soon started writing parody songs.   

In 1989, he moved to Seattle, where he achieved widespread critical acclaim over a 25-year career.

He was twice named the “Rock Personality of the Year”  by Radio and Records. He also won the “Peoples Chocie Award”  3 times for the “Best Minute of the Year in Seattle Radio.”   _{(Image source)}

Short and pale and thin and sickly
The girl with emphysema keeps smoking
And when she passes she flicks her ashes
And goes ... [cough! cough!]

When she smokes she's like a chimney
That shoots up clouds and smells so nasty
That when she passes she passes gas
And goes ... [cough! cough! fart!]

Oh, but she wants to quit badly
Coughing up big chunky lung guts
Yes, she would give them up gladly
But each day when she has to go pee
She sits on the can and lights three

Short and pale and thin and sickly
The girl with emphysema goes smoking
And when she passes she smiles with big yellow teeth

Oh, but the room is so smoky
How can she tell where she's going?
Yeah, she would give them up gladly
But each day when she has to go pee
She sits on the can and lights three

Short and pale and thin and sickly
The girl with emphysema goes smoking
Then she flashes that smile with big yellow teeth
And gunk underneath
She just cannot breathe
It's only a wheeze

Can I have a light, please?

        “Astrud Gilberto / Stan Getz” – The Girl from Ipanema   
          _{(Right-click to hear on YouTube)}

              My earlier post – "The Girl from Ipanema"  

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Reference – TheMadMusicArchive.com
Reference – TheMadMusicArchive.com

Into your ears … through 5 channels

 The various posts are categorized into 5 channels _{(Right-Click to see details)}
         1 – “Music to Your Ears” (MTYE)
         2 – “Cover Versions”
         3 – “Honor Roll”
         4 – “Documentaries”
         5 – “Mock’n’Roll”

Links to my other series ...

          Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 1"
          Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 2"

          Great Lyrics, a compilation – “Part One – My Lyrics Posts 3~30”
          Great Lyrics, a compilation – “Part Two – My Lyrics Posts 31~60”  

          Vocab-Ability – "Introduction to Vocab-Ability"  
          Vocab-Ability – "Index"  to all Chapters and Sections  

          Notes from Under the Tatami Mats – "Part One – Notes 1~50"  
          Notes from Under the Tatami Mats – "Part Two – Notes 51~87"