The Man From Milwaukee

Album: Middle Of Nowhere (1997)
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  • It started at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere
    Sitting beside me was a man with no hair
    From the look on his face to the size of his toes
    He comes from a place that nobody knows

    Oh, maybe I'm hallucinating
    Hyperventilating
    Letting this big-toed bald man sitting here tell me about the sky
    Maybe I'm hallucinating
    Hyperventilating
    If you asked me now then I couldn't tell you why

    I've been sitting here too long
    By a man from Milwaukee
    He's talking too long
    On his yellow walkie talkie
    He's talking to Mars
    But I think he's wacky
    He says they'll come get him
    Come get him some day

    He says that where he's from is called Albertane
    There they use more than ten percent of their brain
    But you couldn't tell it from they way they behave
    They run around in underwear and they never shave

    Oh, maybe I'm hallucinating
    Hyperventilating
    Letting this big-toed bald man sitting here tell me about the sky
    Maybe I'm hallucinating
    Hyperventilating
    If you asked me now then I couldn't tell you why

    I've been sitting here too long
    By a man from Milwaukee
    He's talking too long
    On his yellow walkie talkie
    He's talking to Mars
    But I think he's wacky
    He says they'll come get him
    Come get him some day

    This is Mother Bird calling Baby Bird
    Baby Bird come in, come in Baby Bird
    For the love of Pete come in
    This is Baby Bird, sorry I was watching Court TV
    Do you copy? Do you copy?
    Of course we copy, 24 hours a day, in color

    You wouldn't believe me if I told you the rest
    The man sitting by me who was just barely dressed
    Flew off to Milwaukee or perhaps Albertane
    And left me at the bus stop, just barely insane

    And, oh, maybe I'm hallucinating
    Hyperventilating
    If you asked me now then I couldn't tell you why

    I've been sitting here too long
    Thinking 'bout Milwaukee
    I've been talking too long
    On my yellow walkie talkie
    I'm talking to Mars
    You might think that I'm wacky
    I know they'll come get me
    Come get me some day
    I know they'll come get me
    And take me away
    I know they'll come get me
    Come get me some day
    If not tomorrow
    Then maybe today Writer/s: Clarke Hanson, Jordan Hanson, Zachary Hanson
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Terry from Grafon, WiI live near Milwaukee and every time they come to Wisco, they ALWAYS play this song, and they say it's for us. I love Hanson! One of the most under-rated bands of all time.
  • Jean from Cupar, ScotlandAlbertane..didn't I hear somewhere that was the fictional capital of Mars?
  • Heather from Waukesha, WiThis is an awesome song, I fell in love with it when I first heard it. It makes me remember how goofy Zac is and cheers me up when I'm down.
  • Madeline from Melbourne, AustraliaZac's engaged and your meant to be a fan of the music. This is a cute song
  • Aria from Omaha, Nei used to sing this song when i was maybe 13
    ya, those were the days
  • Bobbie from Calgary, CanadaI STILL LOVE YOU GUYS!!! hey zac...call me *wink* the age difference isnt that big.... lets see im 13 now and its december 23 2004 so.... :)
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