Last year I went to a Green Day concert, and I actually enjoyed it. So I figured I'd temper all these oldies with Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a song that is practically brand-new. This parody imagines Toad from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books at a point in his life prior to meeting Frog. Unsurprisingly, he is feeling sorry for himself.
I Am a Lonely Toad
I am a lonely toad,
The loneliest that I have ever known.
I am in the throes
Of abject misery, and I walk alone.
I'm sitting in the stream,
Thinking about flowers and ice cream.
Oh, yes, I can dream
But never act because I must walk alone.
(I walk alone, I walk alone.
I walk alone, I walk a...)
The tadpole I once was cries out inside me.
Whatever happiness I feel is fleeting.
I wish a friendly frog would come and find me.
Till then, I walk alone.
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
The whole world should be mine.
All the other toads are doing fine.
I can't help but whine,
I'm a lonely toad; I walk alone.
Can you see the lines
On my face from all the times I've cried?
Just send me a sign
To show that one day I will not walk alone.
(I walk alone, I walk alone.
I walk alone, I walk a...)
The tadpole I once was cries out inside me.
When I find happiness, the feeling's fleeting.
I wish a friendly frog would come and find me.
Till then, I walk alone.
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah
Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I walk alone, I walk a...
I'm sitting in the stream,
Thinking about flowers and ice cream.
Oh, yes, I can dream
But never act because I must walk alone.
The tadpole I once was cries out inside me.
When I find happiness, the feeling's fleeting.
I wish a friendly frog would come and find me.
Till then, I walk alone.
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