"CAKE" performed by Michael Clem

Performed at The Local 4Mar24, Charlottesville VA
video by Jehu Martin (JEHU-TV)
"Cake"
by Michael R. Clem & Colleen Yax © 2024
Lyrics
Set out with my napsack, headed far from home
hitch-hiked cross the ocean - all the way to Rome
right straight to the Vatican - that’s where I’ll find hope
to get to Life’s big answer, directly from the Pope
they let me in & I was seen
& I said “Hey Pontiff, what does it all mean?”
He said I LOVE CAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE POUNDS
I LOVE COFFEE IN MY SHAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE GROUNDS
LOVE THE SUN, BUT HATE THE BURN
LOVE TO DRIVE, BUT I HATE TO TURN
ONE TRUE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED
LIFE’S A LOST AND FOUND
I LOVE CAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE POUNDS
kinda disappointed, if that was all i’d get
so I kept heading eastward, way off to Tibet
high up on a mountaintop, there’s the Dalai Lama
Smiley and friendly, he's the same age as my mama
they let me in, & i was seen
“Well, HELLO DOLLY - what does it all mean?”
He said I LOVE CAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE POUNDS
I LOVE COFFEE IN MY SHAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE GROUNDS
I LOVE THE SUN, BUT I HATE THE BURN
LOVE TO DRIVE, BUT I HATE TO TURN
ONE TRUE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED
LIFE’S A LOST AND FOUND
I LOVE CAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE POUNDS
Well who’s gonna have the answers for everything I seek
Karelina the Ballerina or football’s Jimmy the Greek?
Perhaps my favorite uncle or my good ole mom and dad
maybe the wise old owl from that old tv ad (one, two, three)
I hopped upon my spaceship, went past Tatooine
Got a pal on Dagobah, he’ll know what I mean
I’m talking the muppet version, not the CGI
Special effects, and smoke & mirrors don’t make a real Jedi
He seemed so wise, though small & green
I said “Hey Yoda, what does it all mean?
He said CAKE YODA LOVE, THE POUNDS YODA HATE
WATCH MY YODA FIGURE, I DO, PLUS WHO NEEDS THE WEIGHT?
THE FORCE I LOVE, HATE THE DROID
THE DARK SIDE MAKE YODA ANNOYED
THEY WIPED US OUT AND I’M UNEMPLOYED
BUT A LOST AND FOUND IS LIFE
CAKE YODA LOVE, BUT THE POUNDS YODA NOT LIKE
WELL, I LOVE CAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE POUNDS
I LOVE COFFEE IN MY SHAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE GROUNDS
I LOVE THE SUN, BUT HATE THE BURN
LOVE TO DRIVE, BUT I HATE TO TURN
ONE TRUE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED
LIFE’S A LOST AND FOUND
I LOVE CAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE POUNDS
I LOVE CAKE, BUT I DON’T LIKE THE POUNDS