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Farmadelica

6 weeks ago by @ttg105

Liner Notes

#rubberbass #farfisa

I grew up in New York City, and -- according to family legend -- didn't see grass until I was five years old. So I'm not too well qualified to sing about farms. This is what I imagine they're like.

Lyrics

He bought a farm
it was small: just one square inch
he tried to make it work
but all he could grow
was a single blade of grass

She grew chickens in the field
milked the mud, mowed the trees
bottled the manure breeze
and sold it as a potpourrie

And the sun's in the henhouse
the moon's in the thresher
a nuclear bomb in the silo
everybody, take shelter

We shoveled clouds out of the sky
and tried to manufacture cotton
cos the sheep all took other jobs
helping insomniacs sleep

We're watering
the sidewalk
and fertilizing
the asphalt street

Comments

@billwhite51 6w

i like the way the single blade of grass grows into a chaotic picture of farmlands gone amuck. my favorite line is "bottled the manure breeze and sold it as a potpourrie" because people actually do that. i have seen many "farts in a bottle" sold in ye olde curiosity shoppes."

@coolparadisoMod 6w

spent many years ln farms. i wish some were that small, i might not have so many pains these days. great bass, its the damn goats that are the problem.

@ayais 6w

I've been living on a farm for the last 5 of 6 months. You've captured it perfectly! You're an empath towpath polymath citycountryboy for sure. Get out there and shovel some hensh*t!

@freshspotlessyouth 6w

You're always the best at taking a concept and running with it, wringing all the implicit absurdity out of it. Nice little musical interlude. It's as if you're doing the dance remix first. I'm taking shelter

@mahtowin 6w

You bass playing is magnificent(as always) this grooves so easily!
But i think you wouldn‘t survive one day in the woods 😀 (as I wouldn‘t survive NYC)!
Love the line „ the sheep all took other jobs helping insomniacs sleep“

@sbs 6w

Drums and bass are really awesome, of course! “Cos the sheep all took other jobs helping insomniacs sleep” - lol! But then the “one square inch” line is hilarious, too! This may be the funniest song yet.