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About This Track
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.
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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richardandricha wrote:
The airplane is still one of the BEST Bands of the 60s and 70s...they were groundbreakers.
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PedroLemgruber wrote:
sometimes I feel like beeing lather. [5]
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deathsouth wrote:
Amazing song...
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AnimaPorpora wrote:
sometimes I feel like beeing lather. [4]
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Chikun93 wrote:
sometimes I feel like beeing lather. [3]
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Pawele18 wrote:
sometimes I feel like beeing lather. [2]
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reagan0 wrote:
No, you're not old.
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da4cu4 wrote:
great!
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Kotolot wrote:
Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose, snorting the best licks in town.
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nocturana wrote:
:))))))))))
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stu3700 wrote:
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.
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hf1809 wrote:
love song
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mikael631 wrote:
...and I should have let him go.
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ankursatriani wrote:
classic...love her voice
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wwiniezaplatany wrote:
too much drugs :)
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radyokafa_ wrote:
Thank you Lather.
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GalacticEgg wrote:
haunting, humorous, and like tomhawk said, subtle social commentary...certain parts of this song make me shiver a bit, lol
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Lizzardkinglier wrote:
sometimes I feel like beeing lather.
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Alseri wrote:
Grace´s voice is so beautiful here.
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ybitiy wrote:
beautiful song
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