Brown Album

A b c d e f g h i gotta' gal wears her toenails long.
Drives a red barracuda, singin' meat packer songs
And she ain't from kalamazoo.

A b c d e f g h i gotta' friend lived in a mercedes-benz.
Then a 55 chrysler where the trunk never ends/
And the plates say kalamazoo.

He had a steady job and watched what he spent.
He'd say i don't believe in payin' no goddamn rent.
I'll squirrel away every goddamn cent
And buy my own damn house in kalamazoo.

I knew a guy that mangled his hand,
And he went from pipe fittin' to a hot dog stand.
They say last year he cleared fifty grand
Selling dogs round kalamazoo.

She turned to the world with a bastard child.
Said, "i just can't handle him he's too damn wild".
But the years and the liquor have made him mild.
And he lays around in kalamazoo.

Went down to coddingtown to buy for lucky dog.
Moved on up to sono-co to clear my head of smog.
People round town they all line up to buy them chevrolets.
But me i talked to the mopar man, been talkin' now for days.

I went down to coddingtown, it seemed the thing to do.
You can get it all down there, from tennis balls to glue.
Standin' up in the old smoke shop, met a girl named honey pie.
If you shamble long enough, you wanna' go, you gotta' go.

Bring me on back.

Lordy, lordy, coddingtown, that's the place to be.
Lordy, lordy, coddingtown, that's the place for me.

I went down to coddingtown and met old santy claus
Beanie boy got a hold of that beard, nearly yanked it from his jaws
I stepped on up to the pizza man and gobbled down some filth.
I shambled round now too damn long i wanna' go, i gotta' go.

Bring me on back.

Lordy, lordy, coddingtown, that's the place to be.
Lordy, lordy, coddingtown, that's the place for me.

There was this kid in our neighborhood.
His pop had named him renegade.
He lived up to his name
With all the trouble that he made.

One day ol' renegade snuck into the park theater downtown
For a laugh he set fire to the screen,
Burnt the whole damn place to the ground.

He thought that no one would mind,
He did that sort of thing all the time.
But his pop was waitin' for him.

At age fifteen renegade,
Stole a tow truck from arnie's shell
Drove it through the front of a hardware store.
Spent the night in a county jail.

He didn't seem to mind a bit.
He liked the attention he would get.

Fellow colleges, distinguished members of the press, ladies
And gentlemen:

I would like to take this opportunity to personally and humbly thank
Each and every one of you for joining us at this particular event.

It is my hope that we can utilize this meeting of the minds to
Successfully convey the essence of our platform to you, a grand and
Noble audience.

As i look out among the faces, i reflect, taking console in the words
Of franklin delano roosevelt who said, "we have nothing to fear but
Fear itself."

Paranoia is a disease unto itself, and may i add, the person standing
Next to you, may not be who they appear to be, so take precaution.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, this is true any a young person
Has fallen prey, to the substances that alter the perspective of any
Right thinking individual.

The problem with the youth today is, because of their inexperience
With the world, they cannot attempt to grasp the ideals, set forth by
Myself and those who preceded me.

But, as history has shown, they will come around, and embrace our
Philosophies and become model citizens in their own right, god bless
This great nation.

He was a mighty golden boy, as gold as ever seen,
But when he stepped up to the podium, you could tell that boy was mean.
His arms was made of nickel, and his forehead made of wood.
An affidavit from the principal says,"this boy just ain't no good".
He stood before the union, and he made a solemn oath.
Uphold the purity of his creed, the others he would toast.
He worked nights at the liquor mart, and he drank to pad his pay.
When he caught him lifting 40s, he shot a boy last may.
His momma asked why?
His lawyer in the courtroom, made a noble plea.
And the judge he gave him eighteen months, but he was out in three.
When asked if he ever felt remorse while sittin' up in that pen.
He said "hell no, ya know a thief's a thief.
And i'd shoot that fucker again".

They broke out in laughter again,
His lip beaded with sweat as they strapped him in,
And he stood by and waited to be called.
The talk was of times that had gone by
And the quantity and quality of women they lie.
His eyes welled with wet and his mouth had gone dry.

As he stood by and waited to be called.
He stood by and waited to be called.
He stood by and waited like the others before
For his turn to go over the falls.

He got up and tried it again.
For lack of persistence is surely a sin.
As he stood by and waited to be called,
He looked to the lightning with glee
And admired his vessel for it's symmetry,
Feeling twelve units shy of a bachelor's degree.

As he stood by and waited to be called.
He stood by and waited to be called.
He stood by and waited like the others before
For his turn to go over the falls.

He's standin' tall at 5 foot 4,
With the sharpness of a troubadour.
I dare you look him in the eye.
His stench would make a buzzard cry.

He likes burt in white lightning.
Camelback cinema.

In the dark she sat and wait
For her steady random date.
Reflecting back to a time
When eager boys would stand in line.
She likes burt in white lightning.
He's standin' tall at 5 foot 4.
Lurking in the corridor.
He came to buy his weekly whore
At camelback cinema.

Burnin', i feel a burnin' in my stomach,
I wanna know if i'm a gonna make it.
If i don't just spread my ashes,
If i do just spread your mind.

Swimmin', i see myself a treadin' water
I see no signs of any other people.
There's a heron up above me
I lay back and spread my mind.

Duchess, she used to be a movie maker.
She used to like to watch the boys watch her.
And she saved enough money
To go to cal and spread her mind.

Billy, used to follow the dead with arnie
And they made a hundred thousand dollars.
But ended up in federal prison
Twenty years for spreading minds.