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Songs of My Youth

by Serpico Foster's League of David

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My mother, she dropped me Off of the bridge she dropped me I hit my head and wound up dead But death it would not stop me Won't stop me, won't stop me Oh death, it will not stop me I cry all night, at the site That my own mother dropped me She dropped me, she dropped me Off of the bridge she dropped me I hit my head and wound up dead But death it would not stop me Won't stop me, won't stop me Oh death, it will not stop me I cry all night, at the site That my own mother dropped me
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Mister Foster, Mister Foster Mowed his lawn, mowed his lawn The grass it kept on growing Grass it kept on growing All day long All day long All his neighbors, all his neighbors H.O.A., H.O.A Wrote him angry letters Wrote him angry letters Every day, every day They all judged him, they all judged him On the block, on the block No amount of mowing No amount of mowing Made it stop, made it stop Father Duncan, Father Duncan Dropped on by, dropped on by Armed with holy water Still the grass grew taller Towards the sky Towards the sky Foster mowed down, Foster mowed down Every blade, every blade Foster didn't notice, Foster didn't notice The mess he made, mess he made Nothing grows there Nothings grows there Anymore, anymore He still gets angry letters Still gets angry letters From next door
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Here he comes, the ice cream man The ice cream, the ice cream man That sweet old Asian ice cream man Charlie is his name Ask him for the pixie sticks The pixie sticks, the pixie sticks Ask Charlie for the pixie sticks He'll hand you some cocaine Here he comes, the ice cream man The ice cream, the ice cream man That sweet old Asian ice cream man Charlie is his name Ask him for the rhubarb pie The rhubarb pie, the rhubarb pie Ask Charlie for the rhubarb pie And meth amphetamines Here he comes, the ice cream man The ice cream, the ice cream man That sweet old Asian ice cream man Charlie is his name Charlie he won't ask your age Won't ask your age, won't ask your age Charlie he won't ask your age 'Cause Charlie don't ID If you get a Popsicle A Popsicle, a Popsicle If you get a Popsicle You'll probably OD
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Black Aggie 01:29
Black marble hewn from the cave Portrait in stone A monument guarding a brave General's last home The spirit possessing the grave Malevolent A demon from darkness enslaved With ill intent Black statue drowning in grieving Why do you weep? Where do you walk in the evening Tending your sheep? And what silky webs you are weaving All through my sleep My happiest dreams you are thieving Nothing to keep Black Aggie sitting alone Cheeks damp with tears She hasn't returned to her home In fifty years An exile that some would consider Draconian An unpacked exhibit At the Smithsonian
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Mary's brain was out of whack Her husband wasn't coming back She'd walk her dog with a vacant stare Her bathrobe on and disheveled hair Her house was over run with weeds The neighbors clutched their rosary beads God they thought, dear God they'd pray Help poor Mary find her way A few days passed, Mary stayed inside It smelled a bit like something died The cops they came, and they went upstairs They found Mary lying there Her face was a mess with blood and fur A half-eaten dog in the bed with her They locked her up where the walls are white The neighbors all sleep well at night
6.
Oh where, oh where, oh where, oh where has the angry goat man gone? He’s broken from his cage In such an awful rage Oh where, oh where, oh where, oh where has the angry goat man gone? He trots along, He trots along the Governor Bridge Road He had a house in Crofton Or so the story goes He trots along, He trots along the Governor Bridge Road Oh what, Oh what, Oh what, Oh what does the hungry goat man eat? He feasts on little children When they are fast asleep Oh what, Oh what, Oh what, Oh what does the hungry goat man eat? My axe, my axe, my axe, my axe is missing from the wall I think I see the goat man, He’s skipping down the hall My axe, my axe, my axe, my axe is missing from the wall Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no he’s underneath the bed He’s waiting ‘till the lights out His eyes are glowing red Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no he’s underneath the bed
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Oh the Northern Snakehead fish Of legs is rather fond He left Shanghai to make a home In a Crofton runoff pond And his slimy little feet They grew out from his chest When he left his wife he did not leave A forwarding address All the snobby Crofton folks They tried to keep him out But the snakehead stayed and he went ahead And killed the local trout When the Great Recession hit He enacted his plan He sold tee shirts on the side of the road Like a real American And the Chinese won't agree To take his majesty He's a no good slouch that sleeps on my couch He keeps bad company He's a clever snakehead fish Got skills with magic tricks And the way the ladies cling to him You'd think he had eight dicks
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As I went skipping school one day School one day, school one day A figure stopped me on the way And took me in his van Fat vigilante, go and bring back the boys Bring back the boys Bring back the boys Fat vigilante won’t you bring back the boys Bring them back to school He wore a cape and a hero mask Hero mask, hero mask He drank cheap booze from a silver flask And searched for vagrant kids He use to work down at the mill At the mill, at the mill He worked most every day until His son went skipping class He had to go take time off work Time off work ,Time off work To pick up the ungrateful jerk He lost his job at the mill
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Legend says, Christmas Eve The cattle wait for folks to leave And they lock the doors, they gather round and kneel To tell each other how they feel A farmer thought, I wonder if There is any truth to it So he hid himself underneath a bale of hay To hear what his cows had to say One cow said, "Oh my dear The master won't live out the year" And they stood and stared, apathetic and bemused At this gruesome bit of news Terrified, up he leapt And prayed the cows were incorrect But he slipped and fell, broke his neck upon the ground It's there the farmer's corpse was found So it is, so it goes Careful what the livestock knows Don't worry much about what they have to say Or you'll die
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On the outskirts of the city Where our sordid tale begins Lived the crazy Rosewood ladies In a run down loony bin -- All the patients there committed Were of weak and feeble minds And the doctors Were like monsters And the nurses were unkind Pretty pennies, made by many For a rosewood girl or two Selling ladies Into slavery Was a common thing to do -- Large estates in need of tending To maintain their subtle shine Crimes there often Go forgotten Blinded by a dollar sign Rosewood girls no longer fancied Would be tossed out on the street Underfed They tried instead Turning tricks so they could eat -- Doctor Kanner blew the whistle But his efforts were in vain Rosewood ladies Had their babies Infants weak and feeble brained Walking down the city sidewalk I will sometimes pass them by Rosewood children Ever burdened By a past they can't deny
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Credits 01:11

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He who does not attack the bad defends the good but halfway. Our purpose is to remind our listeners emphatically of the distant past and its works. Then, to emphasize the fact that the contemporary artist can secure strength for the creation of new beauty only by drinking from such pure fountains. Then, to attack as inartistic the immediate past, which is concerned merely with encouraging superficial virtuosity. Lastly, to help prepare and hasten the coming of a new poetic era.

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released April 20, 1986

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Serpico Foster's League of David Baltimore, Maryland

The story of my life is found in my songs. - Serpico Foster

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