From the Floating Log at Frogmorton
I realize Mad Magazine did this one 20 years ago ("My Name Is Frodo and I Got the Ring"), but I like to think our filk is on a different level from Mad Magazine's. We don't get paid, er, accept money for it.
-- Fool of a Took
I Make the Plans (by Barry Manilow)
I've been around forever
Before Ent, Elf, Dwarf or Man
I put the facts and the catalysts together
My name is Gandalf and I make the plans.
I make the plans that I will not usually tell you
I make the plans: if I die you're in deep goo
I make the plans that make the whole story work
I make the plans, I make the plans
My home is nonexistent
But I've got my own room in your house
Now when I look out through your window
I catch your gardener, though he's quiet as a mouse
Oh, my plans may wreck your life
And involve you in deadly strife
And you need an alibi, so could you move?
Terror fills your heart
Well that's a real fine place to start
It's from me, it's for you, it's for you, it's from me
It's a worldwide catastrophe
I make the plans that I will usually not tell you
I make the plans: if I die you're in deep goo
I make the plans that make the whole story work
I make the plans, I make the plans
I make the plans that I will usually not tell you
I make the plans: if I die you're in deep goo
I make the plans that make the whole story work
I make the plans, I make the plans
I am Gandalf and I make the plans...