When I'm Kong

[bnewman]

"When I'm Gone" by Phil Ochs is a touching meditation on mortality and the temporary nature of our lives. It's also — I'm sorry, I can never unhear this and now neither will you — note-for-note almost exactly the same as the theme from Nintendo's original Donkey Kong, so this mashup was inevitable.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "When I'm Gone" by Phil Ochs

and the theme from Donkey Kong by Yukio Kaneoka

listen to this song

/ D - Bm - / G Em A - / D A Bm - / Em A D - /

 

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm Kong

And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm Kong

But I'll still be a monkey, big and strong, when I'm Kong

So I guess I'll be a monkey while I'm here

 

An 800-pound gorilla doesn't fit when I'm Kong

I can sit anywhere I want to sit when I'm Kong

And still end up at the bottom of a pit when I'm Kong

So I guess I'll be a monkey while I'm here

 

I will hole up in a construction site when I'm Kong

And roll barrels down the girders out of spite when I'm Kong

I will jump, thump, and stomp to show my might when I'm Kong

And I guess I'll be a monkey while I'm here

 

I will swing through the jungle on a vine when I'm Kong

And I'll ride a minecart around a mine when I'm Kong

I'll eat all the bananas I can find when I'm Kong

And I guess I'll be a monkey while I'm here

 

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There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm Kong

And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm Kong

But I'll still be a monkey, big and strong, when I'm Kong

So I guess I'll be a monkey while I'm here