On the other hand, there are small town chracters such as CHARLIE.
We all knew old Filthy River Charlie;
We despised him, cause he was a creep;
Filthy River Charlie died last Friday;
No one in this town is gonna weep.
There were some things that smelled worse than Charlie;
He would bathe, if soap was on sale cheap;
He would spit tobacco on his woodstove,
'cause he thought it made his shack smell sweet.
We all knew old Filthy River Charlie;
We despised him, 'cause he was a creep;
Filthy River Charlie died last Friday;
No one in this town is gonna weep.
Charlie was a constant you could count on,
'midst all the uncertainties of life;
You knew, if you turned your back on Charlie,
He'd say something vulgar to your wife.
We all knew old Filthy River Charlie;
We despised him, cause he was a creep;
Filthy River Charlie died last Friday;
No one in this town is gonna weep.
Folks who really had no use for Charlie
Gave him their old clothes at ev'ry chance;
They just did it 'cause they all remembered
What they'd seen through holes in Charlie's pants.
We all knew old Filthy River Charlie;
we despised him, 'cause he was a creep;
Filthy River Charlie died last Friday;
No one in this town is gonna weep.
Copyright Dean Elkins, Frayed Train Music, 2005
