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You can pay a lot of money
for a tiny French confection
Two chalky little cookies
and a dollop of meringue
But can you get these yummies
if you live in Pocatello?
We’re too lazy to google it
So instead we will sing
They come in many colors
all the colors of the rainbow
They come in many flavors
like matcha and foie gras
The filling’s sickly sweet
while the outside is quite chalky
But do they have these treats
in the city of Nampa?
Eat Macarons
Do they have Macarons in Idaho?
It’s like a yuppie Hydrox
Or a fancy nutter butter
Or a Pepperidge Farm Milano
That you bought at Dairy Barn
But can you buy these cookies
If you live in Shoeshone county
We could probably ask someone
But instead we shall sing
Eat Macarons
Do they have Macarons in Idaho?
Eat Macarons
Do they have Macarons in Idaho?
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Cf. Das Racist
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Take The One
02:22
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Well come with me, there’s lot to see
From Harvard to Nubian Square
You can ride in style on the city bus
As long as you pay your fare
The dude right behind you has started to snore
There’s a bottle of Snapple rolling around the floor
if you want to have some fun
Puppets like us,
Baby, we can take the One
A guy named Joe wearing too much cologne
So strong that you might faint
Look out the window and you will see
an SUV in the bike lane
A girl named Gayle trims her nails
Sitting right across the aisle
And as we cross the Charles
You can ask yourself
How many smoots are in a mile
Stay behind the line or the driver will fuss
Everyone’s playing candy crush
If you want to have some fun
Puppets like us
Baby, we can take the One
Play that horn, troll!
Everyone!
Baby, we can take the one!
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4. |
Troll In Your Basement
02:59
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You’ve got a troll in your basement
You’ve got a freaky infestation
You’ve got a troll in your basement
A supernatural manifestation
1983, I’m Karen
I bought a house but something’s scaring
me on Hall Ave.
My basement floods and a feeling I have, up
on the third floor
my clothes are there and wait there’s more
something i feel, near the back wall
makes me scared and that’s not all
You’ve got a troll in your basement
You’ve got a freaky infestation
You’ve got a troll in your basement
A supernatural manifestation
1985, 2 years later
I got a roommate would you like to meet her
Her name’s Julie, she pays the rent
but I still got trouble with water in my basement
Julie sleeps on the top floor
Her slippers moved but wait there’s more
Sometimes her bed moves a bit
One thing to do, call a psychic
The psychic said here’s the thing
Your house was built on an underground spring
This made. a spirit upset
It’s trapped in your house right in the basement
It’s not a ghost, this angry soul
What you have got is a troll
If you don’t want it in your midst
Let’s perform an exorcist
"Sometimes what we think of as ghosts
are instead what might be called noxious rays, earth
energies that are blocked. I felt this troll was stuck
there. We sent the troll to another plane, where
his energies could be transformed into a more posi-
tive and fruitful existence.”
I am the troll in your basement
I am your freaky infestation
I am the troll in your basement
A supernatural manifestation
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5. |
September Squrls
02:09
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September Squirrels
do so much
like climb up trees
and gather nuts
I love you, well, never mind
You’ve got a fuzzy tail on your behind
Picklejar’s got it bad
Picklejar’s got it bad
September Squirrels
I don’t know why
Most are grey but a few are white
Even though I keep away
You hide your acorns then run away
Picklejar’s got it bad
Picklejar’s got it bad
When I go to bed late at night
So do squirrels they curl up tight
They’re not nocturnal can’t you see
Ooo ooo ooo
September Squirrels
do so much
like climb up trees
and gather nuts
I love you well never mind
You’ve got a fuzzy tail on your behind
Picklejar’s got it bad
Picklejar’s got it bad
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Jef Czekaj Arlington, Massachusetts
Jef Czekaj writes and draws picture books. And, apparently, makes internet puppet shows and music. He/him.
czekaj.com
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Little Ghoul Goes To School
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