Wednesday, April 21, 1999

LYRICS - The Chocolate Song


The chocolate
song

By Emma considine johnson

4/21/99.1s
no. 399

LYRICS:

This is a song about chocolate.
I wrote this song about chocolate
because chocolate is a
very important commodity to me.

Where would we be without chocolate?
I don’t know.
And another question: Where would I be without chocolate?

I don’t dare find out.
It’s not a side of me you’d want to see.
Hidden anger comes out, to the surface.
Below my skin, there is a monster that cries out,
“Give me chocolate!
 Give me chocolate!”

My brain has become dependent on it.
It can’t function without it anymore.
Or, at least function in a way that is
remotely socially acceptable.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with not being socially acceptable.
– But in this case there is something definitely wrong with not being socially acceptable
Something really, really wrong.)

It’s an unexplainable phenomenon
– chocolate that is.
It is my friend.
It is my foe.
We have a history
that goes back before I can remember
remembering.

Yo yo,
check my flow.
10 candy-bars sit
lined up in a row—ho.
Did you eat them
'cause now only wrappers sitand
I’m not in the mood to
deal with it
(your shit).
I’m gonna throw a fit
if I
don’t have
chocolate.

Chocolate for you.
Chocolate for me.
That is all I
want life to be.
Just chocolate for you and
chocolate for me.
That is all
I want life to be.

Now, before I continue my song I’d like to tell you something else about chocolate.
Chocolate is my friend.
It is my lover.
And it is one of my worst fears.[1]

In my book, not eating chocolate should constitute
as one of the seven deadly sins.
So, from now on, as far as I’m concerned,
there are eight deadly sins.

There are so many different kinds of chocolate,
that finding chocolate shouldn’t be a problem.
Even cheap imitation brands will suffice when you have to do with what you’ve got.
Just as long as everyone is eating a lot.

I challenge you this the next time you are eating chocolate that tastes like shit:
to think of all the poor children in a 3rd world country
of your choice
They would die to eat that shit you’re eating.
And so should you.
And so should you.
(Now I’m just gonna repeat this line
until this
chord progression is through.)

And so should you.
And so should you.

And so should you.
And so should you.
And so should you.
And so should you.

Word up,
Homey-G,
do I see a chocolate bar,
or is it just me?
Hey, you,
give me the 4-1-1
(I don’t care how your steak is done (but))
if that’s a candy-bar,
can I have some?

No, I did not mean sex,
because that’s just too complex.
I just want some candy,
because it’s dandy.
And although liquor is quicker,
there’s a reason why
drugs don’t have their own
scratch-and-stiff stickers.

Chocolate for you.
Chocolate for me.
That is all
I want life to be.
Just chocolate for you and
chocolate for me.
That is all
I want life to be.

Just one thing before you go:
I hope you all enjoyed the show, and
if you like chocolate, won’t you
let me know?

(that)
I like chocolate!
     (Do you?)
I like chocolate!
     (Really?)
I like chocolate!
     (Are you sure?)
I like chocolate!

I like chocolate.
O.K., that’s enough.
You’ve made that apparent
(that) I like chocolate.
Do you like chocolate, too?


LYRICS W/ CHORDS:


[G Dm]
This is a song about chocolate
I wrote this song about chocolate
because chocolate is a
very important commodity to me.
Where would we be without chocolate?
I don’t know.
And another question: where would I be without chocolate?
I don’t dare find out.
It’s not a side of me you’d want to see.
Hidden anger comes out,
to the surface.
Below my skin, there is a monster that cries out,
“Give me chocolate!
 Give me chocolate!”
My brain has become dependent on it.
It can’t function without it anymore.
Or at least function in a way that is
remotely socially acceptable.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with not being socially acceptable.
--But in this case there is something definitely wrong with not being socially acceptable
Something really, really wrong.)
It’s an unexplainable phenomenon
--chocolate that is.
It is my friend.
It is my foe.
We have a history
that goes back before I can remember
remembering.
[end on Dm]

[Bm Em F#7]
Yo yo,
check my flow.
10 candy-bars sit
lined up in a row—ho.
Did you eat them
‘cause now only wrappers sit and
I’m not in the mood to
deal with it
(your shit).
[Em D Gm]
I’m gonna throw a fit
[Em G Dm]
if I
don’t have
chocolate

[chorus:]
[D G A7 D]
chocolate for you
chocolate for me
that is all I
want life to be.
just chocolate for you and
chocolate for me
that is all
I want life to be.



[G Dm]
Now, before I continue my song I’d like to tell you something else about chocolate.
[1]Chocolate is my friend
It is my lover
And it is one of my worst fears
In my book, not eating chocolate should constitute
as one of the seven deadly sins.
So, from now on, as far as I’m concerned,
there are eight deadly sins.
There are so many different kinds of chocolate,
that finding chocolate shouldn’t be a problem.
Even cheap imitation brands will suffice when you have to do with what you’ve got.
[sort-of sing the next line only—letting the audience know that it rhymes with the above line, but in a tacky way. then resume spoken word rhythm]
Just as long as everyone is eating a lot.
I challenge you this the next time you are eating chocolate that tastes like shit.
—-to think of all the poor children in a 3rd world country
of your choice
They would die to eat that shit you’re eating.
And so should you.
And so should you.
(Now I’m just gonna repeat this line
until this
chord progression is through.)
And so should you.
And so should you.
[burst out into song:]
And so should you.
And so should you.
And so should you.
And so should you.



[Bm Em F#7]
Word up,
Homey-G,
do I see a chocolate bar,
or is it just me?
Hey, you,
give me the 4-1-1
(i don’t care how your steak is done (but))
If that’s a candy-bar,
can I have some?

No, I did not mean sex,
because that’s just too complex.
I just want some candy,
because it’s dandy.
And although liquor is quicker,
there’s a reason why
drugs don’t have their own
scratch-and-stiff stickers.
[Em]

[chorus:]
[D G A7 D]
chocolate for you
chocolate for me
that is all
I want life to be.
just chocolate for you and
chocolate for me
that is all
I want life to be.



[Bm Em F#7]
Just one thing before you go:
I hope you all enjoyed the show, and
if you like chocolate, won’t you
let me know?

[D D D C (rest)]
(that)
I like chocolate!
     (do you?)
I like chocolate!
     (really?)
I like chocolate!
     (are you sure?)
I like chocolate!

I like chocolate
[D]
o.k., that’s enough.
[C aug]
You’ve made that apparent.
[D D D C]
(that) I like chocolate.
[pause]
[D G D--rit.] do you like chocolate [sing F#] too?


[1] This has been paraphrased from the cover of Poppy Z. Brite’s 1989 novel, Lost Souls. The poem is as follows: Vampires. They thirst for the forbidden. They are your friends, your lovers, and your worst fears.

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