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Forbidden Tango

from Think Big by Bash the Trash

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about

Adults are always telling you what do and what not to do. Why do they bother?

lyrics

My mother told me that eef
Eef I don’t brush my teef
They will turn brown and then fall on the ground
And will bounce all the way down the subway grate
They will turn gray and then all rot away
And then my only food will be bread

My father told me with wrath
If I don’t take a bath
Mushrooms will grow in my armpits
And moss on my back and mold on my tippy-toes
He told me bugs will jump up from the rugs
And will make a new home in my clothes

Oh why do they tell us these lies
Oh why do they tell us these lies
Is it fair that they get to demand
What I can wear and what I can’t

Grandma said everyone knows
If I don’t change my clothes
They might stand up and jump out of the window
and then steal your bike and go for – a - ride
They might go out for an ice cream
With money you left in your pocket last night

Oh why do they tell us these lies
Oh why do they tell us these lies
Is it fair that they get to demand
What I can eat and what I can’t

For I would
Eat up whatever I desired even
Just before bed time I would get a bowl and
take lots of pretzels mixed with bacon bits and
marshmallows and pepperoni pie

And then I’d
Pour a bunch of gravy on top of it and then I’d slice it up with pizza crust and a hard boiled egg and franks and beans and mash it up with ice cream and some sprinkles on it and a cherry on top (etc etc etc...) and pineapple!

My mother told me that eef
Eef I don’t brush my teef
They will turn brown and then fall on the ground
And will bounce all the way down the subway grate
They will turn gray and then all rot away
And then my only food will be bread
They will turn gray and then all rot away
And then my only food will be bread – ALL BREAD

credits

from Think Big, track released April 1, 2014
Music and lyrics by John Bertles & Carina Piaggio
Vocal arrangement by Bertles/Fruiterman/Hetherington/Piaggio

Moppa Elliott - trashbass
Seth Fruiterman - backup vocals & accordion
Nathan Hetherington - lead vocals
Erika Kapin - violin
Rohin Khemani - trash drums & coffee-can-scrapey-shaky-thing

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Bash the Trash bring songs and music written during 30+ years of non-stop performing at festivals, schools and other venues. The instruments are built from ordinary stuff that you would normally throw away, but they sound amazing! Spanning genres as well as generations, BTT's music has been experienced and loved by children and their adults in venues around the United States and the world. ... more

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