From: MP Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: [I] CJ Ending Filk (contains sort-of spoilers) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:19:15 +0000 You have been warned about sort-of spoilers for the end of CJ. Even so, there will be a short space if your newsreader software is dodgy and shows my posts anyway! That'll do. Ladies and Gentlemen, we now present: Old Red Eyes is Back (from the Beautiful South song of the same name) Old Red Eyes is back Dead from the stake still from the time before Stalked into the wrong house, dropped to the floor Old Red's underground He's lying there at night he doesn't make a sound Just adding to the wrinkles on his deathly frown They're only red from all the stakes hammered through my head They're only red from all the blo-od that I could've shed So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise They could never see blue they could never see blue skies They could never see blue they could never see blue skies Listen up Young Red You never listened to a word your father said He told you if you get too clever you'll be dead Old Red Eyes is back His eyeteeth ache all over and his heart is sore They look at him and see that his word is the law They're only red from all the people who aren't people any more They're only red from all the things they could've done instead So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise They could never see blue they could never see blue skies They could never see blue they could never see blue skies Blood is the link that will never end Red is the colour of my hell Blood is a leader of a cow again Red is the colour of farewell Old Red he revived And every single vampyre in the district cried A sudden feeling of subserviance to his mind A crazy beam of fear coming from each eye They could never see blue they could never see blue skies They could never see blue they could never see blue skies (Note: the chorus bits need the second blue on each line to be cut short, in order to fit the skies in. So, instead of "blu-oh-oh-oh", it should be "blu-oh-oh skies". If you don't know the tune, this won't make sense, but I have successfully sung my words to the original tune, so it makes sense to me.) OK, some of it was taken directly from the original. Just shows how neatly the song fitted my needs! Also, remember this is my first ever FILK. MP