Listen to Real Small Tuna on all major music platforms! https://open.spotify.com/album/0WxEw0BzhjZND3hFnoktOz?si=4U4XFwaCQP-Bc8goHyg3tg https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lcWRBCJfaYKQf3sMYKtG7mZ3Ov1OKX0OU&si=Heingtfvg7FbSNTf https://music.apple.com/us/album/ska-fever-by-the-water/1841407913 [Intro: Somber yet confused] This one's for Gerald... (Who's Gerald?) SHHH! He's listening! (Where?) [Verse 1 - Emotional testimony] Let me tell you 'bout the hardest working shrimp I know (So tiny!) He sets up all our amps even though he's micro (Can't see him!) Two millimeters tall but his heart is vast Carrying guitar picks that weigh more than his mass Gerald never complains, just does his job real slow (Seriously where is he?) [Pre-Chorus] He's right there on the stage (WHERE?) Behind that dust particle! (THAT'S JUST DUST!) No that's Gerald! [Chorus - Overly dramatic] [Chorus - Overly dramatic] GERALD! (Gerald!) HE'S A SHRIMP! (He's a shrOur roadie and our friend! GERALD! (Gerald?) HE'S SO LIMP! (From working!) On him we all depend! Though nobody can see him We swear that he's real That microscopic crustacean With the soul of steel! GERALD! (Is he even real?) [Trombone Solo - For Gerald] [Verse 2 - Defensive proof] He's got a tiny wife, her name is Shrimpalinda (Made up!) Drives a grain of rice that he parks behind the conga (That's sand!) Last week for his birthday we threw a massive bash He blew out a candle sparked from an eyelash You would've seen him there but he was in the light's glare! (This is concerning!) [Pre-Chorus] I've got his pay stub right here! (That's a fortune cookie paper!) He signs it really small! (There's nothing there!) ELECTRON MICROSCOPE! [Chorus - Even more dramatic] GERALD! (Gerald!) HE'S A SHRIMP! (Allegedly!) He's been with us since day one! GERALD! (Gerald?) WATCH HIM SKIMP! (On nothing!) He works from sun to sun! He's lifting up that cable (That's the wind!) He's sound-checking the mic! (It's still broken!) That microscopic hero on his tiny bike! GERALD! (Show us Gerald!) [Bridge - The band argues] Look, I'll prove he's real! Gerald, say hello! [Silence] (He's shy!) Gerald, move that pick! (He's on break!) GERALD, WE'RE DEFENDING YOUR EXISTENCE! THERE! DID YOU SEE THAT? (THAT'S DUST!) THAT'S GERALD WAVING! [Saxophone Solo - Searching for Gerald] [Breakdown - Gerald emergency] WAIT! GERALD'S IN TROUBLE! (What trouble?) HE'S DROWNING IN THAT WATER DROP! (That evaporated!) HE'S BEING ATTACKED BY BACTERIA! (That's not real!) SAVE GERALD! We got him! He's okay! (You're holding air!) I'M HOLDING GERALD! [Final Chorus - Celebration] GERALD! (Gerald!) HE'S A SHRIMP! (Fine, he's a shrimp!) Let's sing his glory song! GERALD! (Gerald!) TAKE A GLIMPSE! (Of nothing!) He's been here all along! One day you'll see him maybe When science gets advanced That microscopic roadie (Who definitely exists!) [Outro - Gerald's goodbye] Gerald says he loves you all (He doesn't!) He's waving from the amp! (Still nothing!) Gerald's heading home now On his single water molecule raft Goodbye Gerald... (THERE'S NO ONE THERE!) He heard that and he's crying (OH MY GOD!) FOR GERALD! "thanks" (WAIT, WHAT WAS THAT?) Nothing!
