Send in the Clones

[bnewman]

Surely this pun has been made many times — the challenge was to write a song as rich with irony and disappointment as the original.  The grammar alone should reveal who is singing.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim

See now, I do

Planned this, you did

One hand in the open to strike

One to stay hid

Send in the clones

 

So come the Sith

Always in twos

For you your clone war to win

Both sides must lose

Send in the clones

 

Wise, Jedi are?

Will we not learn?

Fighting your war while you watch

And wait for your turn

Leading an army whose loyalty

We cannot trust

Played our part, we have

Die now, we must

 

To this, it comes

Well-matched, we are

This game too long played, we have

With pawns, from afar

Now where are the clones?

Send in the clones

 

Not done, am I

Fight, I can still

Judge me by my size, do you not?

See now my skill

You gave us the clones

Betrayed us with clones

Return yet, we will