“You’re Gorgeous”

Posted at 20:11 on 18th October 2023 - permalink

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 13/10/2023 by James Scott.

Also co-written with James – well, he came up with the joke, I eventually wrote the verses to go with it.

“Dwarf Fortress”
– after “You’re Gorgeous” by Babybird

Remember that laptop you bought me
Installed Dwarf Fortress on it
Up until then I thought computer games
Were stuff for kids like Sonic

I got them to built some pit props
And then they dug some shafts
And by the time I’d read the manual
My halls were strewn with goblin parts

Because Dwarf Fortress
They’ll hew anything for you
Because Dwarf Fortress
It’s even fun to lose

It said my dwarves were hungry
I ordered, strike the earth
You sprung the traps around my chests
Trapped in my culverts

Because Dwarf Fortress
They’ll hew anything for you
Because Dwarf Fortress
It’s even fun to lose

[INSTRUMENTAL]

The remake wasn’t cheap
You charged me 20 pounds
You promised to take me on a palanquin
Through every mountain and every town

Because Dwarf Fortress
They’ll hew anything for you
Because Dwarf Fortress
It’s even fun to lose

Because Dwarf Fortress
They’ll hew anything for you
Because Dwarf Fortress
Oh no I’ve let them,
No, I’ve let them fugue

Oh I’ve let them fugue
Oh I’ve let them fugue
Oh I’ve let them,
Oh I’ve let them fugue
Oh no I’ve let them,
No I’ve let them,
No I’ve let them fugue

Because Dwarf Fortress
They’ll hew anything for you
Because Dwarf Fortress
It’s even fun to lose