A song about self-awareness:

Yielding to Temptation by Mark Mandel, to the tune of Bin There, Dun That by Cat Faber

Something called me from the bookcase
and I answered quick and dumb
And I guess I'd still be reading there
if rescue hadn't come.
Well, I must have jumped six inches
and I answered "Coming, dear!"
Now the sf's in the basement
and it doesn't call so clear.

Chorus: 'Cause I've bin there, dun that,
learned what I should know.
Had the hours* go like nothing
and had nothing good to show.
Yes, I've bin there, dun that,
learned to recognize
When I'm yielding to temptation
by the haze behind my eyes.

• changes with each chorus

I was filling up the ice cube tray
last night at half past ten
When I heard a voice entreating
"Won't you dance with me again?"
It's the caramel fudge ripple,
sweet as love and thick as sin.
I'm not dumb, I'm not expAndable,
and I'm not digging in!

Chorus: 'Cause I've bin there, dun that,
learned what I should know.
Had the calories* go like nothing
and had nothing good to show.
Yes, I've bin there, dun that,
learned to recognize
When I'm yielding to temptation
by the haze behind my eyes.

As I stroll around the dealers' room
I'm only there to look.
No, I don't need that CD,
no, I do not need that book.
I can live without a T-shirt
showing Asterix the Gaul...
But I'm wearing ten new buttons
I don't recognize at all!

Chorus: 'Cause I've bin there, dun that,
learned what I should know.
Had the dollars* go like nothing
and had nothing good to show.
Yes, I've bin there, dun that,
learned to recognize
When I'm yielding to temptation
by the haze behind my eyes.

And when it comes to filking,
I perpetually find
One particular composer
reappearing in my mind,
Like some goddam chimes are ringing
in my little fuzzy brain,
And they set my head on fire
and I'm filking him again.

Chorus: 'Cause I've bin there, dun that,
learned what I should know.
Had the lyrics* go like nothing
and had something weird to show.
Yes, I've bin there, dun that,
learned to recognize
When I'm yielding to temptation
by the Hayes behind my eyes. **

We interrupt the writing
of this silly little song
'Cause my lady is reminding me
to not stay up too long.
She's reclining in the bedroom
with a warm and sultry smile,
And I'll write this down tomorrow
'cause the song can wait awhile!

Chorus: 'Cause I've bin there, dun that,
learned what I should know.
Had the hours* go like nothing
and had something good to show!
Yes, I've bin there, dun that,
learned to recognize
When I'm yielding to temptation
by the haze behind my eyes.