Skeleton Man defends Love Peace & Freedom with a punch to the chin!
Footprint 106
It was
kind-
uh
saaaaaaad ~
Watchin'
them
tramps
go baaaaaaad ~
'Til
we
had
to kick them out ~
And
they
done
kick n' shout ~
All the way to the
patrol
car
waitin' outside ~
And as they got
hauled away
on
that jail-bound ride ~
Under the
starry
maddening
desert sky ~
They lean their head
way out
the cop car window
and cryyyyyyy ~
Tears streamin' down
their face
n' with
wind in their hair ~
"Tell Paula
I love her,
tell Paula
I care!"
Yeeeeeeeap, with
tears
and wind in their
awry hair ~
"Tell Paula
I love her,
tell Paula
I carrrrrrre!!!"
Footprint 107
I have
found
it
odd ~
Thanks
be
to
God ~
That when from
this ship
I
step away ~
I got a
body a-
gain
ole!
But
when I
come
back ~
Suddenly
a body
I do
lack ~
Jus' skull
n'
bones
remain!
Thus I
can't help but
write
this same old refrain:
Here
I
am
a skeleton afloat ~
In
a
haunted
old tug boat...
Footprint 108
Tell Ann
I
love
her!
Tell Ann
I
carrrrrrre
!
Tell Ann
there
is
no cure ~
For floatin' away
in
this
desert airrrrrrr!
Footprint 109
I say, tell Ann
I
love
her!
Tell Ann
I
carrrrrrre
!
Tell Ann
there
is
no cure ~
Fer floatin' up n' away
in
this
hot desert airrrrrrr!!!
Ann ~ with the sun in her hand!
Cloud Shadow One
And every time
I look
out
the pilot-house window ~
This damn tug
adrift
high
or adrift low ~
Has, I see,
taken me
deeper n' deeper into
the Deep Desert glow ~
Way way be-
yond
ye olde diabolical
purple plateau ~
Deeper n' deeper
into
Deep Desert
terrain ~
Where there are
no trees
n' there
is no rain...
Cloud Shadow Two
And the grrrrrrreat
purple cloud
that swooped me up up
and away ~
On
that
2nd
fatal day ~
Now slowly
but surely
is
fadin' away ~
'Til just a fanciful
wisp o' mist
of it is left behind
this ol' boat driftin' astrayyyyyyy...
Cloud Shadow Three
Meanwhile
back
at
the mailroom ~
Where
I
been workin' in the midst
of Babylon Doom ~
To
pay
my sky-rocketing
tug boat rent ~
All the bully boys
have done
re-
pent ~
One got my
finger
up
his nose ~
That's
how
it
goes ~
Another got
a
punch
in the chin ~
For his
bully
bull-doo-doo
sin ~
I had to yank off
another
one's
foot ~
Now he's a
nice guy
nice-
ly put ~
A punch
in
the
arm ~
A
little
bit
o' charm ~
Subdued
all
the
rest ~
But for one
who
escaped
the nest ~
We
got
a
good crew now!
I
think
so
anyhowwwwwww...
Cloud Shadow Four
Float-
innnnnnn'
a-
wayyyyyyy!
See
Youuuuuuu
some
'udder dayyyyyyy ~
"Adios!"
from
el
Lone Gringohhhhhhh ~
Who wandered over
from the city on
the coast
San Diegohhhhhhh...
Cloud Shadow Five
The hands of
the clock
have spun off and
fallen to the floor ~
I no longer smoke
or drink, let alone
eat, n' I don't
sleep anymore ~
The desert is
gettin' more
barren n' desolate n' I'm
oh so terribly alone ~
Like a stray starving dog
without
friend
or bone ~
There's no towns
or roads
not even trails
that meander and wind ~
Thus
no
man-
kind ~
There
is
only
me ~
A skeleton in
a haunted little ship
me-
andering free ~
Over gullies
n' gulches
n' rocks
n' dry grey sands ~
Headin' deeper n' deeper'
into
the
bad bad Bad Lands...