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The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (5:03)

Cover of Upsy Daisy Assortment

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Peter Pumpkinhead, hey, came to town
Spreading wisdom and cash around
Fed the starving and housed the poor
Showed the Vatican what gold's for

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  • claudiohenrik1

    Pop + Punk = perfect

    4 Nov 2012 Reply

  • satuki_12

    love it.

    2 Nov 2012 Reply

  • bingbongbilly

    But he made too many enemies of the people who would keep us on our knees.

    21 Oct 2012 Reply

  • tomrud73

    yeah, i've never been a fan of this song. unusual for me in that i like most of this bands material that i've heard.

    9 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Superlead777

    No band does English pop better

    7 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Mrttone

    Peter pumkin head is alot like Jesus

    14 Jul 2012 Reply

  • mondojohnny

    What's that XTC? Governments are corrupt? The church actually does bad things sometimes?? Being bad is bad??? They make it all go down so easy with their mellow tunes...

    8 Jun 2012 Reply

  • abunono

    Der Vollmond rollte hinter den Hang/Die Sonne erhob ihr Haupt

    3 May 2012 Reply

  • billwisnow

    My dad said they went too commercial when this song was released in 92..dunno.

    6 Feb 2012 Reply

  • RobotsKill

    ..and yeah, MASSIVE tune.

    27 Dec 2011 Reply

  • RobotsKill

    Waiting on the Second Coming of Peter Pumpkinhead

    27 Dec 2011 Reply

  • southstarmusic

    peter pumpkinhead ..told the truth :) but he made too many enemies :(

    23 Nov 2011 Reply

  • fredxmertz

    happy halloween, now go watch RAWHEAD REX

    1 Nov 2011 Reply

  • Pusteblumme

    thanks Mark....love it!! :-))))

    23 Aug 2011 Reply

  • lilywildchild

    Good one ~ Thanks MArkY

    16 Aug 2011 Reply

  • ladycaroledowns

    Great one, thanks Mark....love it!!

    16 Aug 2011 Reply

  • dangergirl717

    Snowman is the best ~~

    24 Jun 2011 Reply

  • psyclonought

    crazy crazy lyrics ....long live peter pumpkinhead

    6 May 2011 Reply

  • swollenappetite

    Their music's great as well!

    10 Apr 2011 Reply

  • swollenappetite

    I don't know much about this band, but this is the second track of theirs I've heard that shows they really knew how to write lyrics, something common to most of the post-punk bands, along with the original Clash, Sex Pistols, Jam and Stranglers, not to mention Patrick whatever-his-name-was with the safety pins and, lol, Jilted John.

    10 Apr 2011 Reply
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