Put Down That Chainsaw And Listen To Me

Dare To Be Stupid
Weird Al Yankovic (1985)
The third studio album from the one and only Weird Al Yankovic was released forty years ago today.

Yoda
Weird Al Yankovic (1985)

I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah

Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda

S-O-D-A, soda

I saw the little runt sitting there on a log

I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said, "Yoda"

Y-O-D-A, Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Well, I've been around, but I ain't never seen

A guy who looks like a Muppet, but he's wrinkled and green

Oh, my Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Well, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand

How he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand

Oh, my Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Well I left home just a week before

And I've never, ever been a Jedi before

But Obi-Wan, he set me straight, of course

He said, "Go to Yoda and he'll show you the Force"

Well I'm not the kind that would argue with Ben

So it looks like I'm gonna start all over again

With my Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

So, I used the Force

I picked up a box

I lifted some rocks

While I stood on my head

Well, I won't forget what Yoda said

He said, Luke, stay away from the Darker Side

And if you start to go astray, let the Force be your guide

Oh, my Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed

But remember, if you kill him, then you'll be unemployed

Oh, my Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

Well, I heard my friends really got in a mess

So I'm gonna have to leave Yoda, I guess

But I know that I'll be coming back someday

I'll be playing this part till I'm old and grey

The long-term contract I had to sign

Says I'll be making these movies till the end of time

With my Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda