Tonalidad: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
The sweet pretty things are
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in bed now of course
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The city fathers they're trying to endorse
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The reincarnation
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of Paul Revere's horse
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But the town has no need
Verse 2
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The ghost of Belle Star she hands
To Jezebel the nun she viol
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ently knits
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A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
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At the head of the chamber
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Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got no
Verse 3
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shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for food.
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And I'm in the kitchen
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With the tombstone blues.
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Verse 4
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The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
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Screaming she moans,
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"I've just been made"
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Then sends out for the doctor
who pulls down the shade
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Says, "My advice is to not
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let the boys in".
Verse 5
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Now the medicine man comes
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and shuffles inside
He walks with a swagger
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and he says to be bride
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"Stop all this weeping,
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swallow your pride
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You will not die, it's not poison".
Verse 6
the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for food.
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And I'm in the kitchen
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With the tombstone blues.
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Verse 7
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The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone
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Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
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At Delilah who's sitting
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worthlessly alone
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But the tears on her cheeks
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they're from laughter.
Verse 8
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I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
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I would set him in chains
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at the top of the hill
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Then send out for some
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pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
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He could die happily ever after.
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Mama's in the fact'ry She ain't got
Verse 9
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for food.
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And I'm in the kitchen
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With the tombstone blues.
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Verse 10
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Where Ma Raney and Beethoven
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once unwrapped their bed roll
Tuba players now rehearse
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around the flagpole
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And the National Bank at a profit
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sells road maps for the soul
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To the old folks home and the college.
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I wish I could write you a melody
Verse 11
That could hold you dear
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lady from going insane
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That could ease you and cool
you and cease all the pain
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Of your useless and pointless knowledge
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Mama's
Verse 12
in the fact'ry
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She ain't got no shoes
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Daddy's in the alley
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He's lookin' for food
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And I'm in the kitchen
Outro 1
With the tombstone blues.
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