The Crayons of the Box (filk)

[Caius Marcius]

The Crayons of the Box

(To the tune of The Colors of the Wind, from Pocohontas)

Hear a MIDI at:

http://www.dismusic.com/allmidi.htm

Dedicated to Heidi Tandy

NOTE: I usually don't post my filks to OTChatter, but this is the 
group that's been discussing the Stouffer case. My knowledge of the 
affair is pretty superficial, so I would appreciate hearing from 
more knowledgeable individuals if there are any factual 
discrepancies, if I've left out anything pertinent, or just general 
suggestions about twisting the knife a little deeper.

Find a copy of the Court's ruling at: 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TLCdotORG/files/Miscellania/stouffer


THE SCENE: US District Court For The Southern District Of New York, 
September 17, 2002. Enter NANCY STOUFFER, after District Judge Allen 
G.  Schwartz's decision has been handed down

STOUFFER
You think it's a frivolous lawsuit
The result of this court case is
I owe Jo 50K
But still I cannot see
Why some spurious copies
Have put my claims in such a disarray
Disarray
..

The judge says Jo owns all the words she wrote down
That jurors can't confuse our two domains
But I invented that man they call Nimbus
And the Myn, and the Nevils, so untamed

Jo thinks the only Muggles who are Muggles
Are the people who look and think like us.
But she ignores their post-atomic struggles
And the fact that they're just 18 inches plus

Have you ever drank a draught from my Desire's Well?
Or ever made a counterfeit Xerox?
Can you delve into deceptions mixed with libel?
Can you draw with all the crayons of the box?
Can you draw with all the crayons of the box?

Come pay a visit to my Memory Mountain
Come hear the famous Legends of the Rah
Come learn the stirring saga of a Stouffer
Speaking truth, seeking justice, Blah Blah Blah

The shyster and the gossip are my sisters
Dame Rumour nurtures my urban legends
And we are all connected to each other
In news cycles that we hope will never end

  How thick can my statements grow?
  There's injunctions now, so you'll never know

Now you'll never hear the song that Lily sings to friends,
Or meet the Muggle riding on his ant
And you will never see young Larry Potter's lenses
For my books are out-of-print, and so you can't.

Jo has won this case but yet
Here's the thing you can't forget:
Her books shun all of the crayons of the box



  - CMC

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