New Song: "Vaccination Tango" (Patreon)

Randy Rainbow came out a few weeks ago with his first new song in awhile, a parody of "The Tango: Maureen" from Rent, about the Covid-19 vaccination and the trials and tribulations thereof. As usual, it was an excellent parody.

So good, in fact, that Arwen Rosenbaum wondered if anyone could write a parody of Tom Lehrer's "Masochism Tango" about vaccination.

Ah-yep, someone sure could.

I ache for your spankings and smacks, dear,But much more for the touch of your... vax, dear.Give me that prick, and I won't get sick,As we dance to the Vaccination Tango.

Let our love be a shield, not a vector,Say that you'll be my covid protector.Swear that you’ll stay at least six feet awayAs we dance to the Vaccination Tango.

As Fauci planned,Before you, here I stand,My card is in my hand --Couldn't you have made this credit card sized?-- right from the CDC.

One little poke,It's not because I'm woke,I just don't want to croak,The friggin’ shot is free.

Your heart is hard as Eastwood or Bronson,That's why I got my Johnson & Johnson.Moderna’s effect is like Pfizer’s, we checked --but there's no ivermectin when we tango.

You filled my nose...With a giant Q-Tip, love,I can still feel the drip, love,As my mucus does flow.

From my head to my toes,I’ve got few side effects, love,Though I hear that the next, love,Might for days lay me low.

Your eyes say that nothing is greaterThan not being on a ventilator.I’ll put on my mask, you need not even askAs we bask in the Vaccination Tango.

We’ll do this thingWith social distancingSummer, winter, fall, and springWith each new variant.

And now and then,A finger I'll extend,Check my blood oxygen,Is at least ninety percent.

Ignore anti-vaxxers and conservatives,Drinking urine or bleach or preservatives.We are not jerks, ‘cause we know science works,As we dance to the Vacci... nation Tango!

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Music: "Masochism Tango" by Tom Lehrer (public domain)Suggested by Arwen Rosenbaum

Image is a composite of two public-domain images,"Dancers Ballroom Tango Silhouette" by Piotr Siedlecki and"Vaccine Silhouette Hand Infection" by Mohamed Hassantaken from freeimg.net