“The Girl with Emphysema” (2013)

In this excellent parody of the 1960s bossa nova song “The Girl from Ipanema,” Bob Rivers mocks those who are addicted to the unhealthy, filthy, and disgusting habit of smoking tobacco.*

As stated in an earlier post, the original “Girl from Ipanema,” was “a golden teenage girl” who personified “a gift of life.”

An Aura of Smelly Smoke

Unlike that golden girl from Ipanema, this “Girl with Emphysema” is a pale and sickly girl with yellow teeth, enveloped in a stinking cloud of smoke. Not very alluring.

* (Full disclosure. I smoked for decades – cigarettes for about 20 years, and then cigarillos for another 15 years. One day, I just quit.) _{(Image source)}

Bob Rivers

Bob Rivers is a retired US radio personality who is well known for his creation and recording of parody and novelty songs.

Whole Lotta Zeppelin

Rivers started working in radio while still in high school, and got his first paying gig when he was 16. Apparently he was fired from that post for playing too many Led Zeppelin songs. He continued to work, on the east coast, and soon started writing parody songs.

In 1989, he moved to Seattle, where he achieved widespread critical acclaim over a 25-year career. He was twice named the “Rock Personality of the Year” by Radio and Records. He also won the “Peoples Chocie Award” 3 times for the “Best Minute of the Year in Seattle Radio.” _{(Image source)}

Short and pale and thin and sickly

The girl with emphysema keeps smoking

And when she passes she flicks her ashes

And goes ... [cough! cough!]

When she smokes she's like a chimney

That shoots up clouds and smells so nasty

That when she passes she passes gas

And goes ... [cough! cough! fart!]

Oh, but she wants to quit badly

Coughing up big chunky lung guts

Yes, she would give them up gladly

But each day when she has to go pee

She sits on the can and lights three

Short and pale and thin and sickly

The girl with emphysema goes smoking

And when she passes she smiles with big yellow teeth

Oh, but the room is so smoky

How can she tell where she's going?

Yeah, she would give them up gladly

But each day when she has to go pee

She sits on the can and lights three

Short and pale and thin and sickly

The girl with emphysema goes smoking

Then she flashes that smile with big yellow teeth

And gunk underneath

She just cannot breathe

It's only a wheeze

Can I have a light, please?

“Astrud Gilberto / Stan Getz” – The Girl from Ipanema
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My earlier post – "The Girl from Ipanema"

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