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Lather was thirty years old today,
They took away all of his toys.
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him,
About his old friends who’d stopped being boys.
There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three,
His leather chair waits at the bank.
And Seargent Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old,
Commanding his very own tank.
But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
To lie about nude in the sand,
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,

And thrashing the air with his hands.

But wait, oh Lather’s productive you know,
He produces the finest of sound,
Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose,
Snorting the best licks in town,
But that’s all over…

Lather was thirty years old today,
And Lather came foam from his tongue.
He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
Is it true that I’m no longer young?
And the children call him famous,
What the old men call insane,
And sometimes he’s so nameless,
That he hardly knows which game to play…
Which words to say…
And I should have told him, “No, you’re not old.”
And I should have let him go on…smiling…babywide.
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  • bossmark1

    Lather is Groovy

    Wednesday afternoon

  • Apehanger

    I AM LATHER!!!

    23 days ago

  • oldiesfanjohn

    lather n` hookah. <3<3<3

    last month

  • mindismovinglow

    The airplane is still one of the BEST Bands of the 60s and 70s...they were groundbreakers. [2]

    March 2012

  • HefeD

    sniff solo is perfect! :)

    March 2012

  • richardandricha

    The airplane is still one of the BEST Bands of the 60s and 70s...they were groundbreakers.

    January 2012

  • deathsouth

    Amazing song...

    August 2011

  • AnimaPorpora

    sometimes I feel like beeing lather. [4]

    June 2011

  • Chikun93

    sometimes I feel like beeing lather. [3]

    March 2011

  • Pawele18

    sometimes I feel like beeing lather. [2]

    February 2011

  • reagan0

    No, you're not old.

    January 2011

  • da4cu4

    great!

    December 2010

  • Kotolot

    Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose, snorting the best licks in town.

    October 2010

  • nocturana

    :))))))))))

    July 2010

  • stu3700

    first heard this song in freshman ap english...played by our very progressive teacher who wanted us 14 y.o. kids to think outside of the classroom box.

    March 2010

  • hf1809

    love song

    March 2010

  • mikael631

    ...and I should have let him go.

    March 2010

  • ankursatriani

    classic...love her voice

    March 2010

  • wwiniezaplatany

    too much drugs :)

    February 2010

  • radyokafa_

    Thank you Lather.

    February 2010
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