Story Behind The Song

I wrote this song for a CONTEST sponsored by BLUE MICROPHONES & DR. DEMENTO. They provided 25 strange words and challenged anyone to write a song using them. Only *after* I completed the recording did I read their small print, on a separate page, that t

Song Description

"Turnin' Blue" is about Wanda, a blonde beatnik whose fight with her boyfriend results in his poisoning her and hiding her body. A tongue in cheek blues tune with a catchy hook, this song should make you smile... if you catch on that it's all in jest. T

Lyrics

TURNIN' BLUE (G), 9/03 Copyright Lynn Crisci

VERSE I
Wanda is a Beatnik, lyin' low in Fresno.
The bad boys really "dig" her, 'cause she never really says "no."
To pork her in her Pinto was a "must."
She is a flake, right down to her polyunsaturated crust.

CHORUS I
Wanda makes most men wanna' hurl.
Stomachs flapjack at the sight of a thong on a long dead girl.
Wanda's got nothin' left to lose...
Ain't nothin' but a blonde, Beatnik turnin' blue.

VERSE II
Dino was her steady, to the disco diner she was lead
He ordered succulent pork with chewy artichokes.
He was angry. She was drunk. So he fed her toadstool bunk...
and to this very day, Wanda never has awoke.

CHORUS II
I won't distort this rigamortis in her zoot.
How can she masticate those mushrooms,
when she smells like sour fruit?
Wanda's got nothin' left to lose...
Ain't nothin' but a blonde, Beatnik turnin' blue...

BRIDGE
You got a blue knob? She is a blue blob.
Don't get too close...and plug your nose...
her stench'll make you... STOP!

CHORUS I
Wanda makes most men wanna' hurl.
Stomachs flapjack at the sight of a thong on a long dead girl.
Wanda's got nothin' left to lose...
Ain't nothin' but a blonde, Beatnik turnin' blue.

ENDING
Just another blonde, Beatnik turnin' blue...
Just another blonde, Beatnik turnin' blue...
She'll cast her SMELL on you...
That blonde, Beatnik turnin' blue...
turnin' blue...turnin' blue...You would too...