Pokémon Love Song, "Ditto"

[crowdsourceinspiration]

Hi PC!

I'm a singer/songwriter, and I post original tunes on my Tumblr blog, crowdsourceinspiration. The song I posted yesterday is a love song centered around the Pokémon universe. I decided to join the PC because I want to know what true fans think. If I get a positive response, I may consider writing other Pokémon songs in the future. Below is the explanation of my inspiration and the lyrics to my song. If you want to listen, you'll have to bounce over to my Tumblr, crowdsourceinspiration. (Sorry, site won't let me bury a URL.) Thanks, and enjoy!

While the last post was for a bookish girl, this one is for the gamer girl at insanelygaming. Mallory's blog shares wonderful video game images and music, including artsy and funny interpretations of classic gaming themes. Seeing her posts make me remember a not-so-distant past when I feverishly gamed. I smile every time I see an image of Ash Ketchum on her blog. One of my all-time favorite games is the Blue Version of Pokémon for Gameboy. I love that game for the same reason I enjoy a lot of minimalistic music; it is so simple to understand and play, yet profoundly imaginative. I wrote this song today for Mallory because her blog made me remember the good times I had playing that game. When I was a boy, the thought of a girl who played video games seemed more mythological and magical than dragons. So, this song posits a ridiculous way I could get Mallory in my life if I lived in the world of Pokémon, using a Ditto. I think anyone can enjoy this tune, but aficionados of the first-generation Pokémon games will revel in the references (I hope the intro/solo is recognizable).

I'm tired of living
a Blue Version life.
Day after day,
everything appears more wild.
I'm gonna hang up my red cap,
and quit the gyms.
'Cause I got a plan
to fill my life with love again.
I'm gonna catch me a Ditto
and have it read your website.
And when it transforms into you,
I'll ask it to be my wife.

Cause I don't got to catch them all.
I just got to catch one like you.

We'll settle down in Pallet Town,
and I'll build a bird house.
Pidgeys will come from all around
to play in our yard.
We'll grow Cut flowers in the garden
and go Surf at the beach,
and we'll Fish with my Old Rod
for Magikarp.
We'll go spelunking in caves
with our Flash(lights),
and Dig our escape
from all those Zubats.

CHORUS

On days you don't feel special,
I'll brew you elixirs
to restore your PP
(and your feelings for me).
We'll teach you
how to swallow your laughter,
so you don't ever return
to your true form.
I'll finally be a Master
of a household.
You'll fill every page
of my heart's Pokédex.

CHORUS
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[bobandbill]

Going to bump this into the poetry section as that's usually where song lyrics go.