Hungry Hypochondriac

Story Behind The Song

a friend had a heart attack, and had to give up meat, fried food etc. I wrote this for him

Song Description

comedy/novelty song about being frustrated by my healthy diet

Song Length 3:30 Genre Country - General
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Cheerful, Annoyed Subject Junk Food
Language English Era 1990 - 1999

Lyrics

I'M A HUNGRY HYPOCHONDRIAC
SINCE THAT LITTLE HEART ATTACK HAD ME
[music and lyrics copyright 1992 Daniel Levenstein]


VERSE
I was mindin' my own business when it happened
I went my way, and peachy did I feel
But sudden-like, much quicker'n you can say "Jack the Ripper"
Well, my ticker blew and over did I keel

I woke up later in the county hospital
The world seemed miraculous and strange
The doctor said [spoken] "Son, your new life has begun
[sung] And everything you eat is gonna change"

CHORUS
Say goodbye to pizza and to donuts
It's time to face a new reality
If you grease it or you fry it, then it sure ain't in my diet
I'm a hungry hypochondriac since that little heart attack had me

VERSE
Well I thought all I needed was some lovin'
That my heart was broke, just like a country song
But the doctor thinks he's smarter - he's been givin' all my arteries
The rotor-rooter treatment all day long

Now, I won't bore you with the gory details
I do my best to keep a story short
Though it got a little nasty when they pulled that angioplasty
And the dipstick said that I was down a quart

CHORUS
So say goodbye to pizza and to donuts
Never more will I eat fancy-free
I'm glad to be alive, but what is it with this jive
I'm a hungry hypochondriac since that little heart attack had me

VERSE
Before this episode I went to restaurants
And had plenty of food and drink that was for real
Wine and sherry I would swig, now it's a berry and a twig
And a carrot and a fig, and that's a meal


Now you can take all of your bean-curd
And all of your health-food gourmets
You might call me eccentrical, but I'd give my left ventricle
For a burger covered up with mayonnaise

CHORUS
So say goodbye to pizza and to donuts
That stuff is bad, as bad as it can be
But before I die I've gotta have just one more enchilada
I'm a hungry hypochondriac since that little heart attack had me

VERSE
I will admit that I am sort of lucky
The world is new and gosh, but life is sweet
I suppose I've been reborn, but with this rose you get a thorn
Because there's nothing is this damn world I can eat

CHORUS
I said goodbye to pizza and to donuts
I sing the vegetarian rhapsody
But if this is my reward, then I am bored, bored, bored

CODA
So give me fries or one Big Mac
Or cheddar cheese or Monterey Jack
Or any normal American snack
Cause I'm a hungry hypochondriac since that little heart attack had me
Yes I'm a hungry hypochondriac since that little heart attack had me

Lyrics Daniel Levenstein Music Daniel Levenstein
Producer Daniel Levenstein Publisher Daniel Levenstein
Performance Daniel Levenstein Label n/a
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