1. |
Rubbish Rhythm
04:07
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I know a troll
who lives under a bridge
And there’s an elf
He’s in my fridge
There’s a zombie
Behind the cellar door
And a pixie in my
underwear drawer
They all like to come out
and play garbage music all night
CHORUS:
They do the Rubbish Rhythm [“Rubbish Rhythm”]
They do the Rubbish Rhythm [“Rubbish Rhythm”]
Rubbababub Rhythm etc
Rubbish Rhythm etc
They do the Rubbish Rhythm
playing garbage music all night
The shaggy troll
plays on a carpet roll
And the elf
beats on the shelf
The zombie and the pixie
like to play some dixie
then there’s me
bangin on the shade of the light
We all like to come out
and play garbage music all night
Chorus
My little dog
was playing on a log
and the cat
was singing jazzy old scat
the bedbugs and the roaches
did the locomotion
woke my mom
who had a face full of fright
but then we all sat down and
played garbage music all night
Chorus
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2. |
2 + 2 is not 5
03:31
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I went to school
Like most of you
and I learned that 2 plus 2 is 4
Please don’t tell me it is 5
Because I KNOW it’s not so
2 plus 2 is 4
And YOU can’t tell me otherwise.
2 plus 2 is 4
And YOU can’t tell me otherwise.
You CAme with this iDEa and you LOve it so
and you push it - you push it - you push it
You WAnt (me) to beLIEve that 2+2 is 5
buuut you KNOW that is NOT what it IS
2 plus 2 is 4
And you CAN’T convince me Otherwise
2 plus 2 is 4
And you CAN’T convince me Otherwise
Break:
I can count with my fingers:
one, two, three, four
four, three, two, one
I can do two and two, one and three
Three and one, two and two
zero and four, two and two (etc)
And still,
2 plus 2 equals 4
I KNOW that in these DAYS the number 4 is contentious
And you like to shout and scream at my face
I’m misTAken and I’m WRONG I’m also DUMB and preTENtious
You may snigger at my 4, you vsn call me a name
And still...
I went to school
Like most of you
and I learned that 2 plus 2 is 4
Please don’t tell me it is 5
Because I KNOW it’s not so
2 plus 2 is NOT five
You CAN’T convince me Otherwise
2 plus 2 is NOT five
And you CAN’T convince me Otherwise
But still, as I learned,
2 plus 2 equals 4
And YOUUUU
cannot conVINCE me otherWISE
2 plus 2 equals 4
And you can’t make it go away.
2 plus 2 equals 4
And you can’t make that go away.
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3. |
History Blues
04:00
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History Blues
I think about my history
All the things that I have seen
I think about my history
All the things that I have seen
I don’t know where I’m going
And I don’t know where I’ve been
I know my woman loves me
Cause she treats me like a dog
I know my woman loves me
Cause she treats me like a dog
Sometimes she will take me for a walk
Sometimes she will throw the ball
My mama always told me
Not to play with trash
But now I’m laughing backward
Cause I’m raking in the cash, yeah
My sister always told me
To stop playing with the trash
But now I’m laughing backward
Cause I’m using it to bash
I think about my history
All the things that I have seen
I think about my history
All the things that I have seen
I don’t know where I’m going
And I don’t know where I’ve been
I don’t know where I’m going
And I don’t know where I’ve been
Somebody tell me where I’m going
‘Cause I don’t know where I’ve been
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4. |
Gray Poodle Blues
06:38
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I had a poodle
His color it was gray
I had a poodle
His color it was gray
So I sing the gray poodle blues
Now that he has gone away
I take him for a walk
His tail begins to wag
A moment later gonna need a plastic bag, well
That’s my poodle
And I need a plastic bag
If I don’t have one
It is gonna be a drag
Early in the morning
Asleep in my bed
Awakened by the fiery gaze of a furry little head, well
That’s my poodle
He’s going with the flow
If I don’t take him out
He’ll be yearning to go
Fly little poodle
Go flying through the sky
Fly little poodle
Go flying through the sky
If I sing a song about you
Your memory will never die
yeah, you know I’m talking ——-
I’m growling ———
I’m barking ——-
I’m howling ———
About that Gray Poodle…..
Blues_____
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5. |
Outside My Window
03:42
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I look out on a world of trouble
a world of troubles outside
I look out on a world of trouble
a world of troubles outside
My window
hey__ hey___
world of trouble outside
my window
Hey___ hey__
world of trouble outside
I think I can bring some love to
the world of troubles outside
I think I can bring some love to
the world of troubles outside
My window
hey___ hey___
bring some love to outside
my window
hey___ hey___
bring some love to outside
It’s hard to be mad when you
bump fists with your neighbor
wave hello
share a little smile
It’s hard to be mad when you
bump fists with your neighbor
wave hello
share a little smile
Music can help share the love with
the world of troubles outside
Raise our voices high abo-ove
the world of troubles outside
my window
hey__ hey__
Raise our voices up high
my window
hey__ hey__
Raise our voices up high
It’s hard to be mad when you
bump fists with your neighbor
wave hello
share a little smile
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6. |
Alternate History Blues
03:09
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I’m thinking about my history
Alternate universe history
Yeah I’m thinking about about my history
Parallel universe history
I may be proton or electron
It’s that pesky string theory
I think my woman loves me
treats me like Schrodinger’s cat
Or maybe she can’t stand me
I blame it all on that darn cat
She loves me or she hates me DEPENDS
On which of me she’s looking at
My daddy always told me
To fear quantum mechanics
That blue event horizon
sends you red-shifting to panic
Yeah Michio Kaku told me
That it’s all a paradox
(and why not a pair of chickens?)
But perhaps this does explain…WHY
I have so many mismatched socks
Solos
My momma always told me
This is a weird dimension
But traveling down that worm hole
Is filling me with apprehension
Yeah Nils Bohr told me
superposition is the pits
(and I’m getting all quantumly entangled)
those objective collapse theories
Are giving me conniption fits
I’m thinking about my history
Alternate universe history
Yeah I’m thinking about about my history
Parallel universe history
I may be proton or electron
It’s that pesky string theory
I may be proton or electron
It’s that pesky string theory
I may be proton or electron
It’s that pesky string theory
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Bash the Trash New York, New York
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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