Parody of "50 ways to leave your lover". Essentially its looking at those "6 people sit around a circular table, but guys and girls must be alternating and bill can't sit next to mary etc. etc., how many ways are there to seat them" questions from permutations & combinations. The problem is all inside your head, she said to me The answer is easy if you take it logically Id like to help you in your struggle to be free There must be fifty ways to leave your lover She said its really not my habit to intrude Furthermore, I hope my meaning wont be lost or misconstrued But Ill repeat myself at the risk of being crude There must be fifty ways to leave your lover Fifty ways to leave your lover Just slip out the back, jack Make a new plan, stan You dont need to be coy, roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, gus You dont need to discuss much Just drop off the key, lee And get yourself free Just slip out the back, jack Make a new plan, stan You dont need to be coy, roy Just listen to me <----------- Hop on the bus, gus You dont need to discuss much Just drop off the key, lee And get yourself free She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again I said I appreciate that and would you please explain About the fifty ways She said why dont we both just sleep on it tonight And I believe in the morning youll begin to see the light And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right There must be fifty ways to leave your lover Fifty ways to leave your lover Just slip out the back, jack Make a new plan, stan You dont need to be coy, roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, gus You dont need to discuss much Just drop off the key, lee And get yourself free You just slip out the back, jack Make a new plan, stan You dont need to be coy, roy Just listen to me <------------ Hop on the bus, gus You dont need to discuss much Just drop off the key, lee And get yourself free | Looking to change the structure of the song somewhat to: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, verse Five dishes can be ordered very differently And lets say two of these dishes can be swapped quite readily If you calculate the combinations mathematically There are 60 ways to feed your mother 60 ways to feed your mother Should we have the bird, third? Have the bratwurst, first? Or have the roast boar, before The salmon and brie Maybe the pasta, last Don't need to have a fast Don't wanna eat a pea, pre The salmon and brie There are two entrances five exits to the store, And I'll free the goods with boltcutters or a hammer from next door I'll escape on foot, on bike, on trike, or in car: that makes four There are 80 ways to steal a toaster And when I sat for an exam quite recently And I saw a multi-choice question on probability I could have chosen any one of a,b,c or d or e There were 5 ways to pick an answer It coulda been a, hey I chould've chose b, see But then it could be, c See how it be? (2nd half of chorus...) Seven hundred Eighty Eight seats I can see And the dean must be in front and both my parents in row 'D' If we sell only 1 percent of the capacity There are 226,618,830,302,356,800 ways to seat this theatre |