A Simple Desultory Philippic
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A Simple Desultory Philippic Lyrics
[00:10.97] I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored
[00:16.27] I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd
[00:21.55] I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind
[00:26.73] I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded communist
[00:30.65] 'Cause I'm left-handed
[00:32.34] That's the hand I use, well, never mind
[00:37.21] I been Phil Spectored, resurrected
[00:42.56] I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered
[00:47.77] Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
[00:53.11] And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
[00:56.08] And all of my wealth won't buy me health
[00:58.95] So I smoke a pint of tea a day
[01:07.02] I knew a man, his brain was so small
[01:10.43] He couldn't think of nothing at all
[01:13.11] Not the same as you and me
[01:15.77] He doesn't dig poetry
[01:18.09] He's so unhip, when you say Dylan
[01:21.39] He thinks you're talkin' about Dylan Thomas
[01:24.19] Whoever he was
[01:26.02] The man ain't got no culture
[01:29.63] But it's alright, ma, everybody must get stoned
[01:37.88] I been Mick Jaggered, been silver daggered
[01:43.65] Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?
[01:48.34] I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled
[01:51.10] Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled
[01:54.09] I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone
[02:00.82] (Folk rock)
[02:05.68] (I've lost my harmonica, Albert)
[02:10.65]
[00:16.27] I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd
[00:21.55] I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind
[00:26.73] I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded communist
[00:30.65] 'Cause I'm left-handed
[00:32.34] That's the hand I use, well, never mind
[00:37.21] I been Phil Spectored, resurrected
[00:42.56] I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered
[00:47.77] Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
[00:53.11] And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
[00:56.08] And all of my wealth won't buy me health
[00:58.95] So I smoke a pint of tea a day
[01:07.02] I knew a man, his brain was so small
[01:10.43] He couldn't think of nothing at all
[01:13.11] Not the same as you and me
[01:15.77] He doesn't dig poetry
[01:18.09] He's so unhip, when you say Dylan
[01:21.39] He thinks you're talkin' about Dylan Thomas
[01:24.19] Whoever he was
[01:26.02] The man ain't got no culture
[01:29.63] But it's alright, ma, everybody must get stoned
[01:37.88] I been Mick Jaggered, been silver daggered
[01:43.65] Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?
[01:48.34] I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled
[01:51.10] Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled
[01:54.09] I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone
[02:00.82] (Folk rock)
[02:05.68] (I've lost my harmonica, Albert)
[02:10.65]
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