Letras
Virginia Woolf, she leaves me cold
I recognize the genius, but I'm twice as bold
I have more to say than Hemingway
Lord knows, compared to Faulkner, I say it in a better way
Graham Greene, he loves me
He loves my poetic sensibility
Katherine Anne Porter might be the best one now
But in about a year, I'm gonna show her how
Yes, I will
I said to Reeves the other day
"Proust really is the man
Who comforts me in a way no other writer can
The timeless quality of the work, the length is very long
Believe me, Marcel Proust goes on and
On and on and on for seven volumes"
Now Harper, Harper, Lee, Lee, Lee
She only wrote the one book, I've written more than three
Darling Tennessee Williams, it's anybody's guess
Why Streetcar made millions and Wedding so much less
I will forever be pondering that one
Harper, Harper, Harper
Lee, Lee, Lee
Why do they always compare her to me?
To me
Won't even talk about Eudora Welty
As for F. Scott, my Sad Café is greater than his Gatsby
I'm just telling you what someone told me they read
'Cause I never look at my reviews, they might give me the big head
Now Truman Capote was hypnotized and mesmerized
'Cause he realized that I knew that he knew that he had plagiarized
My cadences, imagine his surprise
He'll see it in his eyes when I win that Nobel Prize
Oh, thank you, thank you so very much
Harper, Harper, Harper
Lee, Lee, Lee
Why do they always compare her to me?
To me
She always seems to be receiving more than she deserves
Honey, she's poaching on my literary preserves
Yes, from Harper Lee, we have seen and we've heard
And I'd like to kill more than just that mockingbird
Well, you know, sometimes I really would