Mama Ramayama (2012)

Sung to Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi”

Performed in January 2012 for the farewell lunch for Legal Affairs chief Janet Gnerlich of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC

I wrote this parody over the weekend, using the tune the lawyers had assigned me and drawing on bullet points that they had sent me. The lawyers here love it! They'll be rehearsing it at 3pm today and singing it to Jan, the head lawyer, tomorrow at her retirement party.

 Ramayana is an Indian play that Jan's daughter directed in Washington, DC. Jan was beaming with pride at the reviews earned by her daughter's work.

And Lady Gaga’s original song: