From the Helen Keller World recording sessions, Clear Lake Audio, North Hollywood, California,
December 29, 1998 to January 1, 1999
John Trubee—Electric Guitar
Greg Degler--Tenor Saxophones
Mark Langton---Vocals
Bruce Duff---Electric Bass
Chas Smith---Pedal Steel Guitar
Michael Rosen---Drums & Percussion
Richie Hass---Vibraphone, Tambourine, & Shakers
MB Gordy---Drums, Bongos, & Percussion
lyrics
LITTLE BOY MELVIN RIDES AGAIN
You became worse than your parents
So smug and comfortable
Nestled in your bourgeois blanket
Consumer infant world
Snuggle bugs in Eddie Bauer
Drool saliva sweet
Got your blankie?
Here's your hankie--
Now snort out all your snot!
I stand atop the highest mountain
I sleep beneath the deepest sea
I crawl across eternal deserts
In my struggle to be free
Normal ninnies accomplish nothing
To fit in with the crowd
Normal ninnies aspire to blandness
And shop for plastic crap
I guess the world needs normal ninnies
To watch crappy TV shows
I guess the world needs normal ninnies
To stink up all the air
I stand atop the highest mountain
I sleep beneath the deepest sea
I crawl across eternal deserts
In my struggle to be free
(Tenor Saxophone Chorus)
Weakling normals out window shopping
Got no fuckin' brains at all
They shop for crap and eat the plastic
TV is their whore
Emote and whimper like weakling babies
Afraid to be alone
Life is easy when you're a plastic ninny
Who worships money, mobs, and rules
I stand atop the highest mountain
I sleep beneath the deepest sea
I crawl across eternal deserts
In my struggle to be free
(Tenor Saxophone Outro Chorus)
credits
from A BLIND MAN'S PENIS AND OTHER SMASH HITS,
released December 16, 2014
Words and Music by John Trubee
Published by Escape From The Evil Dwarves, BMI
All rights reserved
Copyright c 1998 John Trubee
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