it’s on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nI Should’ve Been a Jedi<\/p>\n
(By Jeff Duntemann; to Toby Keith’s “I Should’ve Been a Cowboy”)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
I’ll bet you never heard ol’ Luke Skywalker say:<\/p>\n
“Princess Leia, have you ever thought of runnin’ away?<\/p>\n
Settlin’ down, would ya marry me?<\/p>\n
(or at least get me the hell away from Tatooine..)”<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
She’d’ve said “yukkh!” in a New York minute;<\/p>\n
Incest’s against the law; there’s no future in it.<\/p>\n
She just stole a kiss as they swung away;<\/p>\n
Luke never let his hormones\u2026get out of place.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Refrain:<\/p>\n
I should’ve been a Jedi<\/p>\n
I should’ve learned there is no “try\u2026”<\/p>\n
Wavin’ my light saber, knockin’ the arms right off some ugly guy.<\/p>\n
Blowin’ them Empire ships<\/p>\n
Right out of the sky;<\/p>\n
Nukin’ those Death Star cores;<\/p>\n
Oh, I shoulda been a Jedi.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
I mighta had a sidekick with a fuzzy mane,<\/p>\n
Flyin’ blind by the Force, just like Ben explained.<\/p>\n
Takin’ potshots at a Tusken Raider;<\/p>\n
Givin’ a hand to your daddy Vader\u2026<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blast off, young man, ain’tcha seen them flicks?<\/p>\n
Outer space is full of rayguns, wookies, and chicks!<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sleepin out all night inside a tauntaun’s guts,<\/p>\n
With my dreams in the stars instead of freezin’ my butt\u2026<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
(Refrain X2)<\/p>\n
I should’ve been a Jedi!<\/p>\n
I should’ve been a Jedi!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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