I'm A Vegetarian Now

No audio on this one. Youtube stripped it for no reason but I'm keeping it here since it has all the comments from years ago. See the other version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDl4TQnTwQQ.

My semi-autobiographical greatest "hit" about becoming a vegetarian. Recorded back in 1991 in my dorm room at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH

Note - For reasons Youtube can't explain the audio has been ripped from this version. If you want to actually hear anything you need to visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDl4TQnTwQQ

I'm just keeping this old one around since it has years of comments.

Lyrics:

I'm A Vegetarian Now
Written and performed by Matthew Baya
January 1991

Now I was raised an all-american kid,
I enjoyed all four food groups
an after school snack was a raw hotdog
and Chunky Sirloin Burger soup
Ham and cheese sandwich for lunch,
steak and potatoes at night
scrambled eggs and sausage and bacon,
pepperoni on my pizza slice
and Burger King was a big night out,
and steak was the meal of the week
I don't think there was a day of my youth
that went by without eating meat

But then it was off to college,
just fresh out of high school
and I was surprised to find out
that eating meat wasn't cool
When people saw meat on my plate,
well they just stared and walked away
and no one else ate chicken noodle soup,
not even on the rainy days
and no matter what I offered my friends
they'd always state out loud..
"I'm sorry Matt, but I can't eat that,
'cause I'm vegetarian now!"

and I will have no part of,
a pig or a chicken or cow
Sorry Matt but I can't eat that
'cause I'm a vegetarian now!

So I became a vegetarian,
and my friends thought that was neat
how hard could it possibly be
just to avoid eating meat?
So I starting avoiding meat in the college caf,
and it really wasn't that hard
until someone quietly told me,
that they cooked everything with lard
but I went home a meatless son
and I was really quite proud
I walked into our meat filled kitchen
and said 'Mom, I'm a vegetarian now'

and I will have no part of, a pig or a chicken or cow
Sorry mom I can't eat your food, cause I'm a vegetarian now

Well I don't think my mom was ready
for her son would change his diet
"How do you know you don't like it,
if you haven't tried it?"
I said mom it's not the taste of your food,
I eat for a higher cause
and can you honestly tell me,
did you know where that cow was?
it was probably in a small uncomfortable pen,
life's hard for a factory farmed cow
and she said 'stop right there I don't think I want to know
why you're a vegetarian now'

and you will have no part of,
a pig or a chicken or a cow
your ethics won't let me eat my food
'cause you're a vegetarian now

Well now dad was another story
"Now son, you're eating wrong"
"A man needs lots of good red meat
to grow up healthy and strong"
I said "Dad, now what's your problems?
I mean you know this isn't a joke
and I don't think you'd be half as upset
if I had started to smoke.
I think that liberal arts college of yours
has led you astray somehow
keep it a secret in today's business world
if you're going to be a vegetarian now

"Cause America was built on,
eating pigs and chickens and cows
keep it a secret if you're going to stay
one of those vegetarian types now"

Now there is no moral to this story,
it's just my tale for you,
and I'm not trying to tell you
what you should or you shouldn't do
I've been a vegetarian for a whole year now
and it's a feat not accomplished with ease
and one of these days I'm going to learn to cook more
than Kraft Macaroni & cheese
and I come back to Antioch College
with all my friends and pals
and three vegetarian meals each day,
'cause I'm a vegetarian now

and I will have no part of,
a pig or a chicken or a cow
forget all about that kind of food
'cause I'm a vegetarian now

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• vegetarian
• funny
• song

[monlamthai]

i can't hear anything... i think there's some problem with the audio..

[mbaya]

Yes they stripped the audio for some reason. I've had this happen with other videos where I put a soundtrack on it and they've notified me that it was a copyright problem but for this one they just stripped it, no warning. I can't re-upload it cause it recognizes it as a duplicate, so I'd have to delete this, and all comments in order to put it back up. I've posted on their forums asking for help and received no response. So for now, i've been muted :(

[llamawaffle14]

uhhh, so many views, yet no frickin sound? wtf?

[mbaya]

I have no idea why youtube pulled the audio off this track. They never notified me, and it's certainly not owned by anyone else. I'm trying to figure out how to upload the video again without having to create an entire new video.

[mbaya]

I've posted in the youtube help forums asking for help about what to do with this. My attempt to re-upload this as a video response was blocked since it was 'duplicate content'. So I'm kinda stumped what to do next. I don't want to remove this version and just re-upload since I'll lose all comments, view data not to mention several years of links. If anyone has any advice on how to get this resolved let me know.

-Matt

Still a vegetarian

[mbaya]

The lyric is "Chunky Sirloin Burger soup" and I had that flavor many times a week as an afterschool snack as a teenager.

[GazikSmazik]

*THUMBS UP* :) you rock...i am vegetarian for 2 months and i feel great about it :)

[XxKidAcexX]

you know what im thinking,im think shut up and get a salad

[zoyclem]

Going vegetarian didn't seem to help your singing.

[lazylarrimores]

FAIL!!!!

[frogey21]

there is no sound delete it 

[TheLizing]

@mbaya that sucks ass....at least you LOOK like ur rocking out haha

[andie123456ify]

i went though a stage wen i didnet eat meat 4 like 3 days b.c i wanted to be vegateran but i carnt live without my chiken and kerbabs so yea i eat meat now

[cedartree696]

The exact same thing just happened to a video of mine - and it doesn't even have any music!!! WTF!?

Nice playing though! Your delivery is strong.

[aquatiger1987]

Even though I can't hear the sound, you still get the point across with the lyrics... good job

[ihaveairlockers]

It's because they want you to eat meat