People often ask me where I get my ideas.
Well, okay, people ask me why I get my ideas, and if there's any way I could stop.
But if people did ask me where I get my ideas, I'd have to say that I got this particular one when I heard Led Zepplin's "D'yer Mak'er" on the radio yesterday morning. It struck me that the lyrics consist largely of the word "Oh", and that other letters could easily be substituted in.
Since this isn't one of Led Zepplin's biggest hits, I've found somebody's homemade YouTube video for the song so you can hear it. (I don't know what cartoon the video is based on, but out of many "D'yer Mak'er" videos on YouTube, this seemed to be the only one where the images had anything to do with the lyrics.)
ANYWAY, I began work on this song intending for it to be about a generic librarian showing off her knowledge of industry jargon. It soon transformed into the tale of a cataloger, and a romance threatened by acronyms.
D'yer Mak'er (The Acronym Song)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, OPAC?
You don't have to know, oh, oh, 'bout that.
You don't have to know, oh, O-C-L-C,
You leave that to me.
I, I, I, I-L-L?
You just leave, uh, that one to me as well.
Acronyms won't come between you and I,
Baby, please don't cry.
When you heard the letters that we talk with,
It made you mad, mad, mad.
When you forgot the words that they stood for,
It made you sad, sad, sad.
But I still love you so,
More than I-S-O.
I love you,
Oh, baby I love you!
Oh, oh, oh, O-S-I,
You know I wouldn't lie, ay, ay, ay, ay,
MARC's not another guy...hey hey.
Oh baby, believe in what I say...
I, I, I-S-B-N,
Our love will never end, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Dewey's just my friend, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Darling, please don't go.
When you heard the letters that we talk with,
It made you mad, mad, mad.
When you forgot the words that they stood for,
It made you sad, sad, sad.
But I still love you so,
More than I-S-O.
I love you,
Oh, baby I love you!
{bridge}
Oh, oh, oh, oh, OPAC?
You don't have to know, oh, oh, 'bout that.
You don't have to know, oh, oh, oh, oh.
No baby...L...C, D...D...C!
A-A-C-R Second, baby,
Ah ah, I really love you, baby.
A-A-C-R Second, darlin',
Oooohhhh, oh...
Oh baby, I still love you so.
Oh baby, I still love you so...ohohoh, ooo...
Oh, oh, oh, oh, OPAC,
Yeah...
(SLIS!)
A-A-C-R Second,
Ooooooh...
(SLIS!)
A-A-C-R Second,
Oooooooooooooo...
(SLIS!)
Yeah...oooh baby....
