I Make the Plans

I realize Mad Magazine did this one 20 years ago ("My

Name Is Frodo and I Got the Ring"), but I like to

think our filk is on a different level from Mad

Magazine's. We don't get paid, er, accept money for

it.

"I Make the Plans"

[by Barry Manilow]

I've been around forever

Before ent, elf, dwarf or Man

I put the facts and the catalysts together

My name is Gandalf and I make the plans.

I make the plans that I will not usually tell you

I make the plans: if I die you're in deep goo

I make the plans that make the whole story work

I make the plans, I make the plans

My home is nonexistant

But I've got my own room in your house

Now when I look out through your window

I catch your gardener, though he's quiet as a mouse

Oh, my plans may wreck your life

And involve you in deadly strife

And you need an alibi, so could you move?

Terror fills your heart

Well that's a real fine place to start

It's from me, it's for you, it's for you, it's from me

It's a worldwide catastrophe

I make the plans that I will usually not tell you

I make the plans: if I die you're in deep goo

I make the plans that make the whole story work

I make the plans, I make the plans

I make the plans that I will usually not tell you

I make the plans: if I die you're in deep goo

I make the plans that make the whole story work

I make the plans, I make the plans

I am Gandalf and I make the plans...