My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 08/11/2024.
It’s pronounced gibs as in “giblets”.
The full length version may (eventually) follow.
“American McGee”
– after “American Pie” (Radio Edit) by Don MacLean
A long, long time ago
I can still remember, how I’d boot that
DOOM.EXE file
And at school I would run some patch
Then I would host a new deathmatch
And maybe they could frag me for a while
But in the .plan file of Scott Miller
I read they’re making a Doom killer
BlueNews said they’d played it
Some kid called Ken had made it
I can’t remember if I sighed
When I heard his pilfered movie lines
But something ’bout the Doom scene died
The day Duke Nukem arrived
So, I, I miss American McGee
John Romero had long hair-o, ‘Cool Guys At The Beach’ Tee
And them id old boys, are tinkerin’ with their PCs
Saying soon they’re gonna make a Doom 3
Carmack wants to make a Doom 3
Did you try that voxel mod?
And did you complete MyHouse.wad?
(Not the ‘fire’ ending though?)
Did you dial in to DWANGO
On off-peak evenings long ago
And did your modem make you move real slow?
Well I know you’re not a ’90s kid
Cause I heard you mispronouncing gibs
Sat at my beige compute’
Man I dig those boomer shoots
I saw a former human zombie grunt
With a pinky demon and a mancubus
But could I make the Doomguy cuss?
And so Duke Nukem tried
And we were singing
I, I miss American McGee
John Romero drove Cameros, Carmack tuned up GTs
And them id old boys, are with their NextStep machines
Saying soon they’re gonna make a Doom 3
Carmack wants to make a Doom 3
Over ten years, they’d polish and hone
And send new snaps out to PCZONE
But it just wasn’t meant to be
Well investment ran out for Apogee
They were forced to raffle their IP
To Gearbox, the home of Randy P.
They defiled the King and they did him down
At best he’s just a horny clown
The critics’ words were stern
The unsold stock returned
So Forever came and was dunked on hard
We cursed the name of George Broussard
And traded in our graphics cards
The day Duke Nukem died
We were singing
I, I miss American McGee
John Romero had long hair-o, ‘Cool Guys At The Beach’ Tee
And them id old boys, are tinkerin’ with their PCs
Saying soon they’re gonna make a Doom 3
Carmack wants to make a Doom 3
I, I miss American McGee
John Romero had long hair-o, ‘Cool Guys At The Beach’ Tee
And them id old boys, are typing IDSPISPOPD
Saying soon they’re gonna make a Doom 3
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