Old Man Kensey

Album: Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
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  • Old man Kensey
    Wants to be a sign painter
    First, he's got to learn to read
    He's going to be a clown on TV
    Flexes his elbow, taut and free
    (That's my folly) I believe

    Drink up the lake
    Kensey's awake
    (If that's my folly)
    That's my mistake

    Old man Kensey
    Wants to be a goalie
    First, he's got to learn to count
    He's going to be a clown on a circus mount
    Letters to me signed in sopped up tar
    (That's my folly) Kensey's going far

    John, Bill and Ed
    Stand on your head
    (If that's my folly)
    I'm ready to go

    Old man Kensey
    Wants to be a dog catcher
    First, he's got to learn to stand
    He's gonna be a clown in a marching band
    Letters to me signed, ransom, greed
    (If that's my folly) I believe

    Drink up the lake
    John, Bill and Ed
    (If that's my folly)
    That's my mistake
    Kensey's awake
    Stand on your head
    (If that's my folly)
    I'm ready to go

    Drink up the lake
    Stand on your head
    (If that's my folly)
    I'm ready to go Writer/s: Bill Berry, Jerry Ayers, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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