I don't know why, but I decided to rewrite popular songs as POTO parodies as a refreshing change of pace from my more serious fiction. Let me know what you think.
(Set to the music of "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega)
Box No. 5
This is the O.G. from box no. 5!
One, two, three, four, five
Everybody in the opera, if you want to survive
Keep the box empty that's in the corner
I can drop this chandelier
But I really don't wanna
Props falling, like you had last week
I must stay deep, cause talk is cheap
I like pun-jabs, accidents, death-notes, and letters
If you don't hear from me, then you know you're doing better
So what should you do? 20,000's what you can afford
Bad things happen when I am ignored
Anything fly, it's all good I'll admit
But I'm the reason the old manager quit
A little bit of orders to abide
A little bit of threatening to cause you strife
A little bit of money is all I need
A little bit of box 5 so I can see
A little bit of croaking and Carlotta's done
A little bit of Christine, cause she's the one
A little bit of negligence and here I am
A little bit of cape-swishing, just because I can
Look up and down, because I'm all around
Listen to the sound
But nowhere can I be found
Take one step left
And one step right
But you'll soon find out that I am not in sight
Ignore me once, or ignore me twice
But for you it won't be a pleasant night
A little bit of orders to abide
A little bit of threatening to cause you strife
A little bit of money is all I need
A little bit of box 5 so I can see
A little bit of croaking and Carlotta's done
A little bit of Christine, cause she's the one
A little bit of negligence and here I am
A little bit of cape-swishing, just because I can
I do all I do
Just to scare a nincompoop like you
You can't run and you can't hide
But if you listen to me, then the opera will thrive