Well,
I run right down 'n' bought a ticket
To this
Bear Mountain Picnic.
But
little did I realize
I was
in for a picnic surprise.
Had
nothin' to do with mountains.
I didn't
even come close to a bear.
Took
the wife 'n' kids down to the pier,
Six
thousand people there,
Everybody
had ticket for the trip.
"Oh
well." I said, "it's a pretty big ship.
Besides,
anyway, the more the merrier."
Well,
we all got on 'n' what d'ya think,
That
big old boat started t' sink
More
people kept a-pilin' on,
That
old ship was a-slowly goin' down.
Funny
way t' start a picnic.
Well,
I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife,
So many
people there I never saw in m' life
That
old ship sinkin' down in the water,
Six
thousand people tryin' t' kill each other,
Dogs
a-barkin', cats a-meowin',
Women
screamin', fists a-flyin', babies cryin',
Cops
a-comin', me a-runnin'.
Maybe
we just better call off the picnic.
I got
shoved down 'n' pushed around,
All
I could hear there was a screamin' sound,
Don't
remember one thing more,
Just
remember walkin' up on a little shore,
Head
busted, stomach cracked,
Feet
splintered, I was bald, naked. . .
Quite
lucky to be alive though.
Feelin'
like I climbed outa m' casket,
I grabbed
back hold of m' picnic basket.
Took
the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home,
Wishin'
I'd never got up that morn.
Now,
I don't care just what you do,
If you
wanta have a picnic, that's up t' you.
But
don't tell me about it, I don't wanta hear it,
ÔCause,
see, I just lost all m' picnic spirit.
Stay
in m' kitchen, have m' own picnic. . .
In the
bathroom.
Now,
it don't seem to me quite so funny
What
some people are gonna do f'r money.
There's
a bran' new gimmick every day
Just
t' take somebody's money away.
I think
we oughta take some o' these people
And
put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to Bear Mountain . . .
For
a picnic.
Marco Giunco |
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