Me and Zombie McGee

This exercise was prompted by a friend's Facebook status -- she posted the line, "Zombie's just another word for nothing left to lose" and I immediately thought, "I could re-write that whole song." I told her so and now, here's my first attempt (with apologies to Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster and Janis Joplin)...

I met him down in Baton Rouge, lookin for some brains,
His skin almost the colour of my jeans.
Zombie thumbed a diesel down, ate the driver’s brains,
Then rode us all the way to New Orleans.
Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin sad while Zombie sang the blues,
With them windshield wipers slappin time and
Zombie clappin hands we finally sang up every song
That Zombie knew.

Zombie’s just another word for nothin left to lose,
And nothin aint worth nothin but its free,
Feelin dead was easy, Lord, when Zombie sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Zombie McGee.

From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun,
Zombie ate hitchhikers young and old,
Standin right beside me through everythin I done,
And every night his body felt so cold.
The somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I cut his head off clean,
He was lookin for more brains and eying mine,
Well I’d trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
Wishin' Zombie’s body was alive.

Zombie’s just another word for nothin left to lose,
And nothin aint worth nothin but its free,
Feelin dead was easy, Lord, when Zombie sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Zombie McGee.

La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la la la Zombie McGee.
La la la la la, la la la la la
La la la la la, Zombie McGee, la.

La La la, la la la la la la,
La La la la la la la la la, ain't no blood in my Zombie McGee yeah.
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na na na
Hey now Zombie now, Zombie McGee, yeah.

Lord, I'm calling my lover, calling my man,
I said I'm calling my lover just a dead old man,
C'mon, hey now Zombie yeah, hey now Zombie McGee, yeah,
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Zombie McGee, Lord!

Yeah! Whew!
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Zombie McGee.