Yellow Squares' Elephant Parade-- Tomatoe Rain
___________________published by grapefruit music, 1995.


Intro
home on the range
twenty-six
climbing tree blues
everything about shoes
a song
columbus thought he was in india
pony tail susie
food in my shoe
8 animal monday
emporor penguin
blue vegetarian
ash tray
poster paint set
many feets of the world


home on the range
traditional


twenty-six

A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V
W X Y Z


climbing tree blues

i have a message for all the people out there
don't be like me-- don't do what i did, children
my throat is now dry as a grain of salt
soon i will die, and it's all my fault

'cause there's no excuse
trying to escape is no use
you'd understand, honey, if you were in my shoes
i've got a bona fide case of, a soul achin' case of
the climbing tree blues

"climb it up, you won't get cut"
the girl with the red hair said
as for me, there's a growl in my gut
and i tell you, i'd be better off dead

i've been around to so many places
but i've never been in the place that i am, and i don't like it
if i could go back and change it,
i'd a' walked right past that door, man

then i could run and hide and dance and sing
but as it is i ain't got the chance to do much of anything
except untie and retie my shoes
i'm down up in the air with the climbing tree blues
that's what i said


everything about shoes

i don't like to have to tie my laces
and i hate the rubber soles, too. yes i do.
i lose them in the oddest places
and i hate to have three tongeus, too

and i hate everything about shoes

i hate the air nike sneakers
and i hate the way they look on you
i hate the way they fit so tightly
and i dislike high heels and boots, too

and i hate everything about shoes

i look down on shoes but i don't like to
and i see so many bare feet at the zoo, anyway
i think footwear's bad in general
and why it's so popular, i wish that i knew

and i don't like to think about
i hate everything about shoes


a song

she runs through fields of oatmeal

you can shower with clothes on, but it's better naked

that's right, sister-- throw the chocolate at the window

because i almst urinated on the bus

all my mother's silverware can sing

cucumber ninja frying pan foliage racetrack wardrobe

carpet

don't take your life away with a knife

take your dog for a walk in the fog

shredded lettuce heads and a song


columbus thought he was in india

instrumental


pony tail susie

pony tail susie, you really move me
everytime you walk by
pony tail susie, something 'bout you makes my
thoughts drift off into the sky

pony tail susie, i'll tell you that i love you
just to see what you'll say
pony tail susie, can't you see you move me
each and every day

if i had a dollar for every time you told me
you wouldn't make another switch
don't you think susie, pony tail susie
by now i'd be rich

pony tail susie, let me ask you something
answer my question why
every time i see you something 'bout you makes my
thoughts drift off into the sky

pony tail susie, were you born an angel
how long have you been like this
pony tail susie, tell me something susie
how much have i missed

pony tail susie, if i asked you nicely
would you stay with me
pony tail susie, will our love grow
i guess we'll have to wait and see


food in my shoe

you've got your toe in my salad
you've got your sock in my oven
you've got your toenail clippers in my refrigerator
you're impolitely stepping on my supper

it's not nice
you better think twice
before you put your
food in my shoe

you've got your nail polish in my dog's food
and your dirty laundry on my staircase
you stuck your nose in my business
i suggest you mind your own business

it's not nice
you better think twice
before the next time you
try to decide to
think you might want to
put your food
in my shoe


8 animal monday

cat
dog
tiger
panther
lion
hamster
mouse
duck

in the
pet store
i am
stuck


emporor penguin

instrumental


blue vegetarian

as i walk down broadway
with a bowl in arm
covered with tin foil
and the moment she sees
she's running towards me

and i all i tossed her was everything
and all she wanted was a salad

the tomatoe skin
keeps the pulp inside
so it will not get away


ash tray

i am falling down on the sidewalk
for the second time
and i've chosen not to get up
i think about those little packets of mustard
and decide not to go to school today

just a sandwich
just a curiosity
swimming in an ash tray

i am falling down on the crosswalk
for the fourth time
i don't get enough vitamin c
so feel sorry for me

i sell crack for laundry detergent

stay in bed today


poster paint set

i'm so hungry i could prob'ly eat a cow
i've been trapped inside my art class for a week now
but my eye has been caught by a poster paint set
i hope eating it's not something i will regret

hey
wait
i just ate some paint
now all my stool samples will be colored

when my art teacher comes back, oh what will she think
maybe she won't even ask about the odor
when she notices my artwork, will she faint
after my digestive process, posters i did paint

hey
wait
i just ate some paint
now all my stool samples will be colored


many feets of the world

there's
big feet
small feet
all sorts of funny feet

there's sneaker feet
bare feet
nail-polished toe nail feet

there's pretty feet
ugly feet
athlete's foot infested feet

there's hairy feet
wrinkled feet
blue slipper covered feet

there's furry feet
cute feet
black and white moo-cow feet

there's odd feet
normal feet
different kinds of crazy feet

there's gator feet
monkey feet
even kangaroo feet

there's big toes feet
small toes feet
even baby newborn feet

there's flat feet
curved feet
and dr. scholl's perfect feet

big feet
small feet
god created all the feet


tomatoe rain
accapella




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