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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 08:25 AM
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I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored,
I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd.
I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind.
I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded Communist,
Cause I'm left-handed.
That's the hand I use, well, never mind!

I been Phil Spectored, resurrected.
I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered.
Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay.
And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce,
And all my wealth won't buy me health,
So I smoke a pint of tea a day.

I knew a man, his brain's so small,
He couldn't think of nothing at all,
Not the same as you and me.
He doesn't dig poetry.
He's so unhip that when you say Dylan,
He thinks you're talking 'bout Dylan Thomas,
Whoever he was.
The man ain't got no culture,
But it's alright, Ma, everybody must get stoned.

I been Mick Jaggered, been silver daggered.
Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?
I been Mothered, Fathered, Aunt and Uncled,
Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled.
I just a-discovered somebody's tapped my phone.
Folk rock --

I've lost my harmonica, Albert...
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distantearlywarning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 08:30 AM
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1. I love this song!
I've always thought someone should write and perform an updated version.
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 09:40 AM
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2. I can still recite the lyrics by heart (without skipping a beat)...
But I can't remember most of Subterranean Homesick Blues anymore.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 10:11 AM
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3. I'm exactly the opposite, Subterranean Homesick Blues I know
completely, this one I have to stop and think :P
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 10:19 AM
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4. I've often thought that I would hang a pump handle...
framed and spotlighted with a brass plaque under it, reading:
"Why the pump don't work"
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 10:20 AM
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5. Hehehe, or to get even more obscure, just title it
Vandalism.

:evilgrin:
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-26-06 10:55 AM
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6. Good idea. Or...
From The Vandals' Collection
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