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talking pop art
words and music by tom paxton
well i went out for a walk last week,
i p-ssed a shop they call a boutique.
fancy dresses of every size, fancy wigs to pop your
eyes.
bracelets, diamond rings, stuff for women too.

well i didn’t want to see no more,
i slipped inside the grocery store.
i took down a can of beans, i pulled a dollar out of my
jeans.
a fella said “hold it, that’ll be three hundred
dollars”.

well a feather could’ve knocked me down,
i mean, i knew this was a high priced town.
but this was getting hard to take, i said “what the
h-ll do you get for steak?”
he looked surprised, said “it isn’t just a can of
beans, it’s a work of art”.

now i see what the poor man means,
he’s proud of that little can of beans.
i didn’t hear what else he said, i had my eyes on a
loaf of bread.
“white bread four-hundred dollars; three for a
thousand”

well just about then a crowd came in,
and pickin’s must’ve been pretty slim.
because in just a minute, or three, or four,
they’d cleaned out that whole grocery store.
they bought brooms,
fought over watermelons,
one fella put down a pickle. said ” i don’t know much
about art,
but i know what i like”.

well as i stood there wonderin’ why,
two little fellas came cruising by.
little tight suits, little black ties,
one of them looked at me and said ” my how rustic, i
bid a thousand”.
i said “i beg your pardon?”
“it speaks, i bid five thousand!”

so here i stand in a superman suit,
and everybody says i’m cute.
i tried to tell them but they would not see,
so they hang their hats and coats on me.
well a job’s a job.
still if i had my preference, i’d rather be batman

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