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Pleasant Day for the Fall

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[Verse 1] My daddy's not Obama, my father's name is Carl Pleasant day for the ones who know it all Pleasant day's coming for the greatest of them all Pleasant day for the ones who saw the fall Pleasant day for the ones who know it all [vocalizing] (Eh-oh-ho-ho-ho) [Verse 2] Chester's in the courtyard, playing on his banjo Rusty in ragtime for the rutabaga few (ha!) Silicone the artist, mutagenic fauna (Ha-la-la-la-ma-ha-ra-ni-krish-nu-ha-hu-ho) [Verse 3] Barbwire brittle nail Botulism, bomb, a clot Spastic man, human paraquat Bourgeois bureau blistering Mustering the courage soup (ooh) [Chorus] Obama's not my daddy, my father's name is Carl [vocal growl] (Ra-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha) Seagulls in Havana and purpose for the narwhal (Ra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la) Eggs, dozens, don't need 'em, eat 'em Begrudging curmudgeon lead 'em (Ha-ha-ha-ha) [Bridge] Raphael will be on your painting if you dare So don't you dare without your paintbrush palette in your hand My palette's beautiful, my horse's tail is in my hand I've got the whiskers, I've got the kind of hide-a-tan Hide-a-tan, hide-a-tan, I hide the tan, my tan is skin A man he runs and rans and me and no [Outro] Did you ever, ever wonder how we got here From the last stanza to the first phrase Have you ever understood the connections in the maze And if you see the ways and the lays then you take the chance 'Cause you go to Hawaii to get laid And you pull up your pants No, no, I'm wearing in my skirt (Di-di-do-shing-ding-ding, di-di-do-shing-ding-ding, dra-di-ding-ding, ra-ta-ta) [vocalizing] (And no... I am back, back from my back, from my ha-ha-ha trip to India) (India, u-dra-ra-ra-ra) [vocalizing] (And no...)