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Song Fic: How Do You Solve a Problem like Natalia?

Title: How Do You Solve a Problem like Natalia?
Author: Ann
Fandom: Guiding Light
Disclaimer: Guiding Light and its characters belong to CBS, at the moment anyway.
Summary: The nuns at the convent have true concerns about their latest visitor and hash it out with a song.
Thanks to [info]flying_peanuts for the thumbs up.
AN: Rogers and Hammerstein, please forgive me!
AN2: This reads much better if sung aloud. So…




She bakes all day and makes a mess
Her apron has a tear
She stumbles on her way to Mass
And mumbles on the stair
And underneath her wimple
Is a mass of long black hair
I even heard her crying in the abbey

She’s always prompt for chapel
And her penitence is real
She’s always prompt for everything
Except for every meal
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
Natalia’s suffering from bulimia.

I’d like to say a word in her behalf
Natalia’s cookies rock!

How do you solve a problem like Natalia?
How do you get inside that head of hers?
How do you find some words that mean Natalia?
A vision of light? A beacon of hope? A mess!

Many of things you know you’d like to tell her
Many of things she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to what you say
How do you explain the colossal mistake she’s made?

Oh, how do you solve a problem like Natalia?
How do you knock some sense into her head?

When I’m with her I’m confused
She could make me turn to booze
Here she had it all and simply walked away,
From Olivia Freakin’ Spencer
Could she be any denser
She’s a dummy! She’s a saint! She’s a sheep!

She’d turn any woman gay
From their safe nest they would stray,
She could charm a nun into breaking her vows,
She is gentle! She is gruff!
She’s a mouse! She’s hot stuff!
She’s a nuisance! She’s a blessing!
She’s a lesbian!

How do you solve a problem like Natalia?
How do you get inside that head of hers?
How do you find some words that mean Natalia?
A vision of light? A beacon of hope? A mess!

Many of things you know you’d like to tell her
Many of things she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to what you say
How do you explain the colossal mistake she’s made?

Oh, how do you solve a problem like Natalia?
How do you knock some sense into her head?

Comments

lol. great filk! :) (not songfic... that's another animal :)

Filk? Hmm, I guess it felt more like a song fic to me as I 'composed' it while I sang...over and over and over again. Good thing there weren't any mikes around. *g*
LOL filk is a genre of folk music. one of my favorites, actually.
*snickers* Now I want to watch Sound of Mucous Music... LOL! Nice job!
I think going on the Sound of Music Tour while on vacation may have had a direct influence on this rewrite and then discovering that Natalia had gone 'away' on a retreat. What else could I do??? :)
LOL!

And I'm not sure if you saw it or not, but you won prizes in the calendar. PM or email me your snail addy and we can get your gifts sent out this week...
LOL Wel done!
Thanks, CB. I thought you might enjoy the 'nun' connection. *g*
Wonderful! I played Sister Margaretta in High School-- the one who had to hold the freakin' note forever on "am." In your version, that would be "away."

I like yours better. Long A is easier to sing for freakin' ever than short A.
I look forward to hearing your rendition in October. *g*
*snort* priceless! :)
Thanks! I'd love to hear this played out in the abbey of Natalia's 'getaway.' :)
*snicker* You rock - making me laugh when I'm sick as hell. Brilliant job!
Oh, sorry you're sick! Glad I was able to make you laugh for a short time. :)
Yeah. I have a really awful cold.

You actually made me smile for a while - after reading this I had a strange compulsion to go watch The Sound of Music. It's such a cute movie! Unfortunately...then I had to go to work.

But yeah, the song is just so appropriate for Natalia. It can be her theme song. After all, Olivia has hers. XD
At the first line, I was already sporting a wide grin. By the end of it, I was laughing out loud! hehehe . . . this was wonderful! :D
Thanks. Part of this were so easy and others not so much. I decided to keep enough of the song to make it recognizable. Glad you enjoyed it. :)
I must confess, I've never seen the movie, but I youtubed it and listened along and I think you're brilliant and probably have a future in songwriting ;)
So glad you took the time to give the 'real' song a listen. It was quite interesting trying to come up with verses that could be sung in the same cadence. Fun, too. :)
lol You are officially nuts and I love you for it!

Pure brilliance!
Thanks! So glad I can be officially crazy and still be loved by my friends. :)
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