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The Dutch Widows - A Moderate Alligator

from SpinTunes 21 Round 2 by Spintunes

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Flowing from the challenge title and this article that I found when researching alligator DNA (www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/19/1067092/crispr-alligator-gene-catfish/), this song appeared. I had a vague recollection that alligator DNA was in some way special – had elements to it that were considered almost immortal. So, if you can use alligator genes to cure diseases in farm-reared catfish, why not use it to create immortal humans..? It’s a leap I know, but there we are. This is very much a home science experiment for my narrator, and not a successful one. It is not auto-biographical; I have not tried to extend my life with alligator gene implants. Not yet, anyway.

Key information:

Intro (Int) in G major: G / D / C / D
Verse (Ve) in G major: G / D / C / Bm / G / Am / Bm / C / Bm / D
Pre-chorus (PCh) in F major: Bb / F / C / Am / C / Dm / Bb / C / F / C / Bb / C
Chorus (Ch) in F major, with a ‘borrowed’ Eb major: Eb / F / Bb / F / Dm / Gm / Am / F / Am / Bb / C
Outro (Out) in G major: G / D / C / D

Sequence is: Int / Ve / PCh / Ch / Int / Ve / PCh / Ch / Out
Key sequence (all major): G / G / F / F / G / G / F / F / G

lyrics

(A) catfish injected alligator blood, cured its disease but still tasted good.
Can I cure my time-limited life?
Seems an easy fix if a fish can do it, guess that I should try.
Where can I find undiluted supply?
I don’t need much, just a pick-me-up, enough to see me right.

Pre-Ch:
Look at me, injecting mild positivity
If I mix things up and maybe bring some luck, achieve longevity.

Ch:
“Don’t be scared, be brave”, my brain says, as it infected me
“Just playing doctors and nurses, well, it’s supposed to be. There’s a lesson, pay attention! An education for free.”
Proper science or baseless nonsense, it’s all the same to me.

Verse 2:
Catfish sterile now for its own good.
Can’t replicate though it thinks it should.
Will I still like my neutered state of mind?
Remain child-free in perpetuity for the sake of human kind.
Where do I find an alligator that’s nice?
If it’s an angry one, it’ll be less fun; don’t think I can do this twice.

Pre-Ch:
Look at me, injecting mild positivity.
If I mix things up and maybe bring some luck, achieve longevity.

Ch:
“Don’t be scared, be brave”, my brain says, as it infected me
“Just playing doctors and nurses, well, it’s supposed to be. There’s a lesson, pay attention! An education for free.”
Proper science or baseless nonsense, it’s all the same to me.

Outro:
A moderate alligator cannot be found; all the things I’ve said have put me in the ground.

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from SpinTunes 21 Round 2, released September 26, 2023

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