Bobby Banjo
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Bobby was a weird kid, everybody said so
Wore a ladies jacket, carried 'round a banjo
Couldn't even play it, just liked that it was heavy
Made him walk slower, sure foot and steady
One day down by the corner of the block
He overheard the kids of the neighborhood talk
"Bobby Banjo," they said, "doesn't even know about
Pearl Jam, Elvis, or the Cosby Show"
There's no time like the present
If I don't start soon, may as well forget it
There's gotta be some changes 'round here
So sick of this life, been livin' it for years
Bobby caught a bad break, everybody said so
Headed down to the lake, sleeping bag and banjo
Picked in the morning, right through the noontime
Sang for his supper by pickin' in the soup line
Wore combat boots and camouflage jeans
Got a fake ID and joined the Marines
Fought in all your major wars
Like Korea, Vietnam, and Operation Desert Storm
There's no time like the present
If I don't start soon, may as well forget it
There's gotta be some changes 'round here
So sick of this life, been livin' it for years
Bobby, can you hear me? It's time to come home
The porch needs mendin' and the grass is overgrown
Bobby made a new home in a rusted Winnebago
Read the daily paper to see what he don't know
Learned what he wasn't, wished that he was
Bobby had a hard time sleepin' because
Bobby got a visit from these little green men
Here's a world of dead ends, tell me what's the world's end
They made him stay late, starin' at the TV
Green nickel bluegrass, so Bobby watched Jeopardy
Bobby learned the answers, or should I say the questions?
Every one he got right was one less problem
Green men helped his image, new clothes to try on
Got him to eat healthy, bump a little iron
Who's the newborn town, the kids all want him to know
Hey, it's just me, ol' Bobby Banjo
I'm Mary Claire Danes from My So-Called Life
And green men pronounced us Bobby Banjo and TV Star Wife
There's no time like the present
If I don't start soon, may as well forget it
There's gotta be some changes 'round here
So sick of this life, been livin' it for years
There's no time like the present
If I don't start soon, may as well forget it
There's gotta be some changes 'round here
So sick of this life, been livin' it for years
(Bobby, can you hear me?)
If I don't start soon, may as well forget it
(Bobby, are you really there?)
So sick of this life, been livin' it for years