Last Night a DJ Lost Their Life

04 Jan 2021

Today’s prompt: “You are a radio disc jockey who has been handed a news alert about an explosion downtown. People are to evacuate the area. What do you say or do on air as further information does (or does not) come into the station?” (To the tune of “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” by Indeep.)

Last night a DJ saved my life
Last night a DJ saved my life, yeah
‘Cause I was sittin’ there facin’ death
And in just one breath you said

You gotta get up
You gotta get on
You gotta get out girl

A bomb was planted in my region
And when it blew, it took your station
But you warned me of the threat
Out I get

I didn’t even pack a bag
And if it wasn’t for the DJ
I don’t know what I’d do, yeah

Last night a DJ saved my life
Last night a DJ saved my life from an explosion
Last night a DJ saved my life
Last night a DJ saved my life with a warning

You know I hopped into my car
The DJ didn’t get that far, no
Because you finished up the news
At the end of the fuse

There were bombs planted around
All around this town
You were trapped in the studio
But you told me to go
I might have lost my head
But “Evacuate,” you said.
Check out my evacuation plan.

Last night a DJ saved my life
Last night a DJ saved my life, whoo-eee!
Last night a DJ saved my life
Last night a DJ kept me from going kablooey

Last night a DJ saved my life
Though they got stuck inside the station halls
Last night a DJ saved my life
Though they were crushed under the crumbling walls

Hey listen up to your local DJ
You better hear what they’ve got to say

Someone has just made a bomb threat
And now you start to break a sweat
You tell your listeners to disperse
So they don’t end in a hearse
Before all of this shit goes down
You tell them to get out of town
Yeah you tell them to get out of town

Last night a DJ saved my life

Someone has just made a bomb threat
And now you start to break a sweat
And now you start to break a sweat, break a sweat, break a sweat