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 3^rd 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 3^rd 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?

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[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.