eat the tangerine

eat the tangerine

eat the tangerine

..it will treat you well

when i was young i used to read the funny papers and i'd

eat my tangerine and

when i was done i'd be rolling on the floor laughing at the

funny things that i had seen but

there was one strip yeah it filled me full of hatred and i

think you know you know what i mean

it was the circle at the bottom with those circle headed kids by

that yellow bellied mother scratcher -- bil keane

that's why i.....

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used to have a job -- nothing special it paid five twenty-five

every so often a customer'd walk in

just to remind me that i was alive

but then one day my boss said, "jeff, grab a chair" --

he said "i'm gonna have to take you take you aside"

well the dirty bastard fired me but lucky for him

i had my tangerine to keep me from homicide

that's why i....

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