I hate myself for loving Go
Can’t break free from the the things that you do
I wanna walk but I run back to Go
That’s why I hate myself for loving Go
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Yeah, I mean, if you think of them as Go stones, it kinda fits.
They’ve got a power and a force
That you’ve never seen before
They’ve got the ability to morph
And to even up the score
No one could ever take them down
The power lies on their side
[Chorus]
Go Go Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers
You Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers
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Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
I was left to my own devices
Many moves fell away with nothing to show
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the moyo that we love
Influence rolls over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But if you can make two eyes
Does it almost feel like you’ve lived small after all?
And if you make two eyes
Does it almost feel like you’ve lost sente again?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
We were caught up and lost in all of our nurui
In your pose as the aji settled around us
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the moyo that we love
Influence roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But if you can make two eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
And if you make your eyes
Does it almost feel like you’ve been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Oh, where do we begin?
Tsumego or our kifu?
Oh, oh, where do we begin?
Tsumego or our kifu?
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the moyo that we love
Influence roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But if you can make two eyes
Does it almost feel like you’ve just lived real small?
And if you make your eyes
Does it almost feel like you’ve lost sente again?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
If you make your eyes
Does it almost feel like you’re being lead around again?
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
Ryōme o motte
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It feels like it has to be tried.
Going with the radio edit
Parody Lyrics
(I want my null komi)
Now look at them komoku’s that’s the way you do it
You play the 3-4 with null komi.
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Corner for nothin’ and your kicks for free.
Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Lemme tell ya Shusaku ain’t dumb
Maybe get a blister on your middle finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb.
We gotta win against 6.5 komi, short time se(-eh-eh-)eh-ttings
We gotta know these new invasions, we gotta know these bot josekis.
I shoulda learned the mokuhazushi
I shoulda learned to play taisha some
Look at that record, he’s got it easy in the opening
Man we could have some fun
And he’s reviewin’, what’s that? “Tewari shows us…”?
He’s bangin’ on the goban like a chimpanzee
Oh that ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it
Corner for nothin’ and your kicks for free.
We gotta win against 6.5 komi, short time se(-eh-eh-)eh-ttings
We gotta know these new invasions, we gotta know these bot josekis.
Listen here
Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way to do it
You play the 3-4 with null komi.
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Corner for nothin’ and your kicks for free.
Corner for nothin’ and the kicks for free.
(Get your) Corner for nothin’ and kicks for free.
Corner for nothin’ and the kicks for free. (I want my, I want my null komi)
Corner for nothin’ and the kicks for free.
Parody BackStory idea
I wasn’t finding it easy to come up with a coherent story here, but lets imagine the singer is a Go player who’d prefer to go back to Shusaku (Edo) period with no komi Go because it seems simpler/easier (even though there’s some tricky joseki that were more popular).
The actual song I think is supposed to be working class guys commenting how easy (that’s not doing work – "that ain’t workin’ ") life would be to be a musician.
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Ive always meant to record a brief parody of “Killing In the Name of” by Rage Against the Machine, but I havent gotten around to it yet…
Killing in the name of!
Now you do what they told ya!
→
Hane at the head of!
Now you follow the proverb!
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When I started work on this one I didn’t know what it was about. Just went with it. Now I imagine someone struggling against a Dan player who visits regularly and pockets stones each time! My spouse first suggested this song for Goification and has approved the lyrics…
Original song:
New lyrics:
Hey!, if we can solve any problem
Then why do we lose so many games
Oh, and so you Go again
When the leading Dan appears
Always the same thing
Can’t you see, we’ve got everything koin’ on and on and onEvery time you Go with me you take a piece or three away
Every time you Go with me you take a piece or three awayGo on and go free, yeah
Maybe you’re too close to see
I can feel your focus move
It doesn’t mean that much to me
I can’t go on playin’ the same thing
Just can’t you see, we’ve got everything do you even need that ko?Every time you Go with me you take a piece or three away, oh
Every time you Go with me you take a piece or three awayI can’t go on playin’ the same thing
‘Cause baby, can’tcha see, we’ve got everything koin’ on and on and onEvery time you Go with me you take a piece or three away
Every time you Go with me you take a piece or three awayLooking at the pieces (Every time you go away)
Be careful (You take a piece or three from me)
(Every time you go away) Every time you Go, every time you Go
(You take a piece or three from me) You take a piece of from me!
(Every time you go away you take a piece or three from me) Every time you go!
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This is one of those that works “as is”:
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Let’s spice things up a bit. Identify the original from it’s Go lyrics version:
G0 Lyrics:
Play, play, play where you want to play. Don’t leave me by disconnection
Take, take, take what you need but don’t leave me with no direction
All alone I sit home on my phone waiting for you baby (baby)
Through the years how can you stand to hear my pleading for you dear?
It’s correspondence, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah
Now Go, Go, Go where you want but don’t leave me here forever
You, you, you stay away so long, girl, I see you never
What can I do, girl, to get through to you
'Cause I love Go baby (baby)
Standing here baptized in all my fears, baby through the years
It’s correspondence, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, hee, hee, hee
What you play, play, play, what you play, play, play
You never ever worry and you never have a fear
You’re saying that my love ain’t real
Just look at my shapes, these fears ain’t dying
You, you, you can never say that I’m not the one who really loves Go
I pray, pray, pray every day that you’ll see things, girl, like I do
What can I do, girl, to get through to you
'Cause I love Go (love Go) baby (baby)
Standing here baptized in all my fears, baby through the years
It’s correspondence, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Play, play, play
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, play, play, play
Ooh, ooh, ooh, play, play, play
Ooh, ooh, ooh, play, play, play (fire, fire)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, play, play, play
You never ever worry and you never have a fear
You’re saying that my love ain’t real
Just look at my shapes, these fears ain’t dying
You, you, you can never say that I’m not the one who really loves Go
I pray, pray, pray every day that you’ll see things, girl, like I do
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This is just what I thought of for some reason.
Lyrics
I want you to breathe me in
Let me be your air
Let me roam your body freely
No inhibition, no fear
How deep is your love?
Is it like the ocean?
What devotion are you?
How deep is your love?
Is it like Nirvana?
Hit me harder again
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
Is it like the ocean?
Pull me closer again
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
Open up my eyes and
Tell me who I am
Let me in on all your secrets
No inhibition, no sin
How deep is your love?
Is it like the ocean?
What devotion are you?
How deep is your love?
Is it like Nirvana?
Hit me harder again
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
Is it like the ocean?
Pull me closer again
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep?
How deep is your love?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep?
How deep is your love?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
Pull me closer again (so tell me, how deep is your love?)
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep?
How deep is your love?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deeper?
So tell me, how deep is your love? Can it go deep?
Alternate Lyrics
I want you to play me
Let me be your foe
Let me place some stones freely
No inhibition, no fear
How thick is your board?
Is it like shin kaya?
What medium are you?
How thick is your board?
Is it like Katsura?
Place stones harder again
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
Is it like shin kaya?
Listen closer again
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
(said to the Goban)
Open up my eyes and
Tell me who I am
Let me in on all your secrets
No inhibition, no sin
How thick is your board?
Is it like shin kaya?
What medium are you?
How thick is your board?
Is it like Katsura?
Place stones harder again
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
Is it like shin kaya?
Listen closer again
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can you buy thicker?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can they be thick?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can you buy thicker?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can they be thick?
How thick is your board?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can you buy thicker?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can they be thick?
How thick is your board?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can you buy thicker?
Listen closer again (So tell me, how thick is your board? )
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
How thick is your board?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can you buy thicker?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can they be thick?
How thick is your board?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can you buy thicker?
So tell me, how thick is your board? Can they be thick?
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Was this linked already? 
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Phil Collins is showing his support for the final game of the 6th European Pro Qualification:
I don’t really know, how you lost tha-at game.
I don’t really know, how you did that.
I don’t really know, how you threw that away.
I don’t really know, how you missed tha-a-at.
Don’t lose twice, it’s just another win for you to reach paradise.
Pro? Think twice, cause it’s another win for you…
for you or him in paradise.
PS: That were two great games today and IMHO both players showed, that they would be worthy of being professional go players.
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Happy Halloween everyone!
Go Lyrics
Something’s up with Jack
Something’s up with Jack
Don’t know if we’re ever going to get him back
He’s all alone up there
Locked away inside
Never says a word
Hope he hasn’t died
Something’s up with Jack
Something’s up with Jack
Baduk time is buzzing in my skull
Will it let me be? I cannot tell
There are so many things I cannot grasp
When I think I’ve got it, and then at last
Through my bony fingers it does slip
Like a yunzi in a low kyu grip
Something’s here I’m not quite getting
Though I try, I keep forgetting
Like a memory long since past
Here in an instant, gone in a flash
What does it mean?
What does it mean?
In these little bric-a-brac
A secret’s waiting to be cracked
These boards and stones confuse me so
Confound it all, I love it though
Simple stones, nothing more
But something’s hidden through a door
Though I do not have the key
Something’s there I cannot see
What does it mean?
What does it mean?
What does it mean?
Hmm…
I’ve read these baduk books so many times
I know the tesujis and i know the rhymes
I know old josekis all by heart
My skull’s so full it’s tearing me apart
As often as I’ve read them, something’s wrong
So hard to put my bony finger on
Or perhaps it’s really not as deep
As I’ve been led to think
Am I trying much too hard?
Of course! I’ve been too close to see
The answer’s right in front of me
Right in front of me
It’s simple really, very clear
Like music drifting in the air
Invisible, but everywhere
Just because I cannot read it
Doesn’t mean I can’t play it
You know, I think this shodan thing
It’s not as tricky as it seems
And why should they have all the fun?
It should belong to anyone
Not anyone, in fact, but me
Why, I could make a shodan play
And there’s no reason I can find
I couldn’t handle shodan grind
I bet I could improve it too
And that’s exactly what I’ll do
Hee, hee, hee
Eureka! I’ve got it
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Summary
I know that this shouldn’t be a traumatic event but it is
And I feel so bad
My little boy looks so happy, he throws me his “Go, mummy” kiss
And he loves his game
[Pre-Chorus]
And I loved it too
Maybe I still do
But it’s over
[Chorus]
Keep an eye on Dan
Promise me you can
He gets out of hand if you let him
So keep an eye on Dan (Keep an eye on Dan)
And don’t forget (And don’t forget)
I’ll be back on Sunday to get him
So keep an eye on Dan
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Are you ready kids?
Hai, hai, sensei!
I can’t hear you…
HAI, HAI, SENSEI!!
Ooooooooooooh
Who lives in an attic in Southern Japan?
(Go-ban square pants)
Dusty, and bloody, and wooden he stands.
(Go-ban square pants)
If long winded hand talk like it you might,
(Go-ban square pants)
Then thwack on the board and get ready to fight!
(Go-ban square pants)
Ready?
Go-ban square pants…
Go-ban square pants…
Go-ban square pants…
Go-baaaan square paaaaaaants
Guilty confession...
This might be one of the proudest things I’ve ever done
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Thanks to dwyrin, I also often hear “I’m giving sente back” to the tune of Justin Timberlake’s SexyBack in my head…
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I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take goban from me!
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can’t take goban from me!!
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Oh Takemiya
He played Kobayashi
His rating was higher
But from move seventeen
His corner was mineTook my chances fast
My keima was a knife
And my almighty ponnuki
A beast on oh-eighteenMy shimari was gold
His shimari was small
With no time pressure I’d crush him
Once and for allI gave up my good sansan
But that don’t mean a thing
He has more experience
But I won’t lose againOh my dear Takemiya
Wishful eyes deceive me
Overoptimistic
Got nowhere to go, got nowhere to goShook his hand signed the score
Politely as I could
I can’t analyse
Can’t look in his eyesA lonely hotel room
I cried my despair
Did I allow any counterplay
His stones were deadI gave up my good sansan
But that don’t mean a thing
He has more experience
But I won’t lose againOh my dear Takemiya
Where did my attack go
I was clearly winning
Two minutes ago, two minutes ago
Two minutes agoNow, according to Katago
I got it all wrong
After slightly advantage
I had nothingBut my dear Takemiya
You tell me
We learn more from our defeats
Who needs victories, right
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Original song:
Lyrics to "Forever Kyu"
Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for awhile
Heaven can wait, we’re only watching the board
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the ball or not?
Let us die young or let us live in seki
We don’t have the power, but we never die meekly
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music’s for the sad end
Can you imagine when this race is won?
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our teachers, we’re getting in tune
This game’s played by the
The madmen
Forever kyu, I’m gonna be forever kyu
Do you really want to play forever
Forever
Or never
Forever kyu
I’m gonna be forever kyu
Do you really want to play forever?
Forever kyu
Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all win the game
Why do they stay kyu?
It’s so hard to get old without a goban
I don’t want to perish like a fleeing dragon
Youth’s like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many past games couldn’t happen today
So many moves we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true
Forever kyu, I’m gonna be forever kyu
Do you really want to play forever
Forever
Or never?
Forever kyu, I’m gonna be forever kyu
Do you really want to play forever
Forever
Or never?
Forever kyu, I’m gonna be forever kyu
Do you really want to play forever…?
Go on. Sing along. 
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Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker
If you would just make one mistake
What a relief that would be
…
So I’ll be the loser in this game
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I see Mitski and I have to like 
“I’ll be the only [eye]breaker” 
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