A Song Parody

I’m a big fan of the folk singer/songwriter Dar Williams, and while I was at the Esalen Institute I penned this parody of her song “Traveling III,” which can be found on her LP Mortal City.

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Traveling III

I’ve never had a way with diets
But the meals at Esalen make
Make me wish
That I could
And I’ve never found a way to say
No thank you
But if the chance came by – Oh I,
I would

In Vermont where I come from
We eat a lot of smoked pork
We don’t like to eat cheese unless it’s extra sharp cheddar
And we walk through the woods
Shooting deer
And at night we walk into to our houses and burn

Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen
Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen

How I long to eat
Just a little bit
To dance down in the dome and forget about my legs
But I fear that to fall in love with here
Is to fall from a great and gruesome height

So you know I asked a friend about it
She’s a vegan
Her plate she had just emptied
She sat down on a bench
(There are no chairs)
And she said: Eat some Kale, Eat some fruit
But not dairy
The chefs here use a whole lot of cream

Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen
Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen

Once I ate everything
Didn’t give it up
For the beauty of a flat stomach

But for us
I came this far
Across the country
Defying both our limits and with no money
(I won’t do it again)

For tonight I went running
Through the lodge door letting Ruby in
For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see
You were a-wandering out on the hills of Belvidere
And you were not thinking of me

Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen
Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen

Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen
Oh oh, oh oo oh, oh oh, oh ooh ooo oh – Esalen