Everlasting Gobstopper Blues

[bnewman]

This song is part five of the song cycle Melissa Mielfée and the Omphalonian Orchid, a Harry Potter x Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fanfic.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan

 

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/ E7 E / / A7 - / E7 E /

 

Hufflepuff common room, Saturday, half noon

Pat's got a box and they're breakin' out the chocolate

Cries of elation turn to resignation

It's ordinary junk from a Muggle corporation

 

/ A7 - / E7 E / /

 

Come on, Pat, where's the magic at?

Pat says, wait, Jill, you gotta read the label

It may be Muggle-made, but it's really kinda special

 

/ B7 - / E7 E / ...

 

Jill reads the wrapper and gives a little holler

Suck it all day, it never gets any smaller?!

 

There's gotta be a twist, this sweet should not exist

I'll bet you seven sickles that Muggles never made this!

Pat says bet's on, pretty sure they got this

Eric says hey, how you think you're gonna test it?

 

Melissa grins: this is where I come in

I've got a little notion, let's take it down to Potions

We can melt it down and find all of its components

 

It's a new technique, a little bit fancy

I'm learning for my NEWT, it's called chromatomancy

 

Potions lab, whole gang, tryin' to learn a new thing

Melissa says, just do whatever needs doing

Many hands, light work, I really think it might work

In the mix the sweet dissolves into a bright murk

 

Dip the strip, watch the colors drip

Once they've separated, we'll know just how they made it

A dozen lines at first, but now all but one have faded

 

That spectral line, she's seen that shine

In the eyes of a House Elf who might've been his right self

 

Jill says well, well, it is a kind of charm spell

Eric says sure, but the how is what we can't tell

Melissa looks thoughtful, it's certainly a mouthful

Should she tell her pals what it has to do with House Elves?

 

Pat lost their bet, but they don't regret it

We found a kind of magic no Wizard's ever found yet!

Write the folks that made it, say we know their secret!

 

"Everlasting Gobstopper", sounds a bit bonkers

Let's see if this box lists an address for Willy Wonka's...