Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 11:24:44 -0400 Reply-To: "Lynn S. Messing" Sender: Forever Knight TV show stories From: "Lynn S. Messing" Subject: Filk: Vampire on the Roof (1/1) To: FKFIC-L@lists.psu.edu Hi gang! I wrote this filk quite some time ago, but am only now getting around to posting it. But first, a word from our sponsor: The Geraint Wyn Davies Fan Club is holding a bicycling tour as a charity fundraiser for the Children's Medical Center in Washington D.C. and the IWK Grace Foundation in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Both are involved in children's health care, and both are great charities. The ride will be about 25 hilly miles a day for three days, September 1-3. I'm going to be riding on the tour. If you like this filk, please consider sponsoring me for the ride. For more info on the tour, either write me or go to: http://www.gwdfc.org/biketour (This advertisement was made with Lisa McDavid's kind permission.) Whether or not you sponsor me, though, please do drop me a line to let me know what you think of this filk. I've another Fiddler on the Roof filk waiting in the wings, as well... Permission given to archive this at both the ftp and fkfanfic sites. All others please ask first (though I'll undoubtedly give permission). Standard disclaimers: As if you didn't know already, nothing pertaining to Forever Knight or Fiddler on the Roof are mine. Vampire on the Roof (1/1) by Lynn Messing messing@asel.udel.edu : A vampire off the blood...Sounds crazy, no? But in our little city of Toronto, you might say my Nicholas is a vampire off the blood, trying desperately to eke out a pleasant living without biting their necks. He isn't happy. You may ask, "Why does he continue if he's so depressed?" He continues to atone. How could he be better? That I can tell you in one phrase: True nature! True nature! True nature! True nature! True nature! True nature! True nature! Because of our true natures, we've kept alive for many years. For as vampires, we have a true nature for everything: Who to eat, when to sleep, how to work, even how to wear clothes. For instance, we always keep our chests covered, and we wear these dark preyer clothes. This shows our constant devotion to blood. You may ask, "How did this 'true nature' get started?" I'll tell you, "I don't know, but it is our true nature." Because of our true nature, everyone here knows who he is, and what I expect him to do. Who through the night must DJ for a living, feed upon the neighbours, hunt the nightly blood? And who has the right as master of them all to have the final word always? The papa, the papa, true nature! The papa, the papa, true nature! : Who must know the way to run a proper bar, a noisy bar, a vampire bar? Who must mend the family and run the bar, so Nicholas lives to seek his cure? The daughter, the daughter, true nature! The daughter, the daughter, true nature! : At thirty I started drinking blood, at 700 turned to cow. I know LaCroix wants me back; and it's not pretty. The son, the son, true nature! The son, the son, true nature! : And who does Nick Knight need to mend him with a fix? Preparing him his faux blood with anything she picks? The coroner, the coroner, true nature! The coroner, the coroner, true nature! : And in our little city of Toronto, we've always had many special types. For instance, Myra the matchmaker. : Stonetree, I have a perfect match for your son. A wonderful girl! : Who is it? : Jenny, the detective's daughter. : But she can hardly date...She's only ten! : Tell the truth, Stonetree, is your son so much an adult? With the way he acts, and the age she is, they're a perfect match! : And Don Schanke, the beggar: : Doughnuts for the poor! Doughnuts for the poor! : Here, Don. Here's a doughnut. : One doughnut? Last night you gave me two doughnuts! : I didn't have time to go to the store tonight, and this is all I had left from last night. : So if you're running late, why should I suffer? : And most important, our beloved captain: : Captain, may I ask you a question? : Certainly, detective. : Have you anything to say about the water cooler? : The water cooler? Of course! May mechanics fix and keep the water cooler... Far away from me! : Among ourselves, we've gotten along perfectly well. Of course, there was the time when he promised her some human blood, but gave her cow's blood. But that's all settled. Now we live in simple peace and harmony. : It was from man. : It was from cow. : It was from man! : It was from cow! : All: Man! Cow! Man! Cow! Man! Cow! True nature! True nature! True nature! True nature! True nature! True nature! : True nature! True nature! Without our true nature, Unlife would be as depressing as, as, as a vampire off the blood! Lynn Messing messing@asel.udel.edu