Way back when I was a little bitty boy in a box Under the In the of the basement In the house half a block down the street Jerry's Bait Shop You know the
anyway, Back life was going swell And was just peachy!
Except of course for the fact every single morning My would make me a big ol' bowl of Sauer for breakfast
Big bowl of kraut! single mornin'! It was me crazy! And I to my mom, I said, "Hey, mom, what's up all the sauerkraut?"
And my dear, mother, She looked at me like a cow looks At an oncoming And she leaned down next to me And she said, "IT'S FOR YOU!"
And then she me to the wall And stuck a in my mouth And force fed me but sauer kraut Until I was twenty-six and a half old
That's when I swore someday, I would get outta that basement And travel to a magical, far place, Where the sun is always And the air smells like root beer, And the are oh so fluffy!
Where the shriners and the Play their ukuleles all day And on the street Will shave your back for a nickel!
wacka, doo doo, yeah!
Well, let me you, people, It wasn't at all before my dream came true Because the very day, A local station had this contest To see who could guess the number Of molecules in Nimoy's butt
I was off by three, but I still won the prize That's right, a class, one-way ticket To Albuquerque! Albuquerque!
Oh You know, I'd been On a real before And I gotta ya It was great
Except I had to sit Between two large Albanian With severe body odor And the little kid in of me Kept throwin' up the time The attendants ran out of Dr. Pepper and peanuts And the in-flight movie was Bio-Dome with Shore And, oh yeah, three of the engines burned out And we into a tailspin And crashed into a And the plane exploded in a fireball And died! Except for me. You know
'Cause I had my table up And my seat back in the upright position Had my tray up And my back in the full upright position Had my tray up And my back in the full upright position
Ah-ha-ha-ha! Ah-ha-ha! So I crawled from the twisted, burnin', I crawled on my hands and For full days Draggin' along my big suitcase And my bag And my saxophone And my 12-pound ball And my lucky, lucky glow-in-the-dark snorkel!
But finally I at the world famous Holiday Inn! Where the are oh so fluffy! And you can eat your out of the ashtrays if you wanna It's okay, clean!
Well, I into my room, And I turned the A/C, And I on the SpectraVision, And I'm just to eat That little mint on my pillow I love so very, very much, When suddenly there's a on the door
Well, now, who could be? I say, "Who is it?" No "Who is it?" no answer "WHO IS IT!?" They're not sayin'
So finally, I go And I the door, And as I suspected, It's some big, fat With a of seagulls, haircut, And one nostril Oh, man, I it when I'm right!
So, anyway, He into my room, And he my lucky snorkel, And I'm like, "Hey, you have that! snorkel's been just like a snorkel to me!"
And like, "Tough!" And I'm like, "Give it!" And like, "Make me!" And I'm like, "'Kay!"
So I his leg And he grabbed my And I bit off his ear And he chewed off my And I out his appendix And he me a colonic irrigation Yes indeed-y, you better it!
And in the middle of it all The phone got knocked off the And twenty later, I heard a voice And you what it said? tell ya what it said!
It said, "If like to make a call, Please hang up and try If you help, Hang up and dial your operator If like to make a call hang up and try again. If you need Hang up and dial your operator In Albuquerque!" Albuquerque!
Well, to cut a story short, He got away with my But I made a vow Right then and I would not rest, I would not for an instant, the one-nostrilled man Was brought to But first, I decided to buy donuts
So I got in my car And I drove over to the shop And I walked on up to the guy the counter And he says, "Yeah, want?"
I said, "You got any donuts?" He said, "Nah, outta glazed donuts." I say, "Well, you got any donuts?" He said, "No, we're jelly donuts." I said, "You got any cream-filled donuts?" He said, "No, we're Bavarian cream-filled donuts." I said, "You got any rolls?" He said, "No, we're outta rolls!" I said, "You got any fritters?" He said, "No, we're outta fritters!" I said, "You got any claws?" He said, "Wait a minute, go check."
"Naw, we're bear claws!"
I said, "Well, in case In case, what do you have?" He says, "All I got now Is box of one dozen crazed weasels." I said, "Okay, take that."
So he me the box, And I up the lid, And the jump out And they immediately onto my face And start bitin' me all
Oh, man, they were just nuts! They were me apart! You know, I think it was just about that that a little ditty goin' through my head I believe it went a little somethin' like
DOH! Get 'em off me! Get 'em off me! Ohhh! No, get 'em off, get 'em off! Oh, oh God, oh God! Oh, get 'em off me! Oh, oh God! Ah, aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!
I ran out into the With these weasels All my face, Wavin' my all around And runnin', runnin', runnin', Like a wiener dog
And as luck would it, That's when I ran into The girl of my Her name was
She was a enthusiast, With a overbite, And the color of strained peaches
I'll never The very first She to me She said, "Hey, got weasels on your face."
That's I knew it was true love
We were inseparable that Aw, we ate We bathed We even shared the piece Of dental floss The was our burrito
So we got married, And we bought us a And had two children, Nathaniel and Oh we were so very, very, very happy, oh
But then, one night, Zelda to me, she said, "Sweetie Do you wanna the Columbia Record Club?" I said, "Woah! on now, baby! I'm just not for that kind of a commitment!"
So we up, And I never saw her But just the way things go In Albuquerque! Albuquerque!
Anyway, really started up for me, Because about a later I finally achieved my dream right, I got me a part-time job At the Sizzler!
I even made of the month After I put out grease fire my face!
Aw yeah, was pretty jealous Of me that I was a lot of attitude.
Okay, one time, I was out in the lot, Tryin' to remove my earwax With a pencil, When I see guy Marty Tryin' to a big ol' sofa Up the all by himself.
So I-I say to him, I say, "Hey, you want me to you with that?" And Marty, he rolls his eyes And goes, "No, I you to cut off my arms and legs with a chainsaw!"
So I did.
And he gets all indignant on me He's like, "Hey, man, I was just sarcastic!" Well, just great. How was I supposed to that? I'm not a reader, For out loud
Besides, now got A cute nickname - Torso-Boy! So what's he complaining
Say, that reminds me of another anecdote This guy up to me on the street And he tells me he had a bite In days
Well, I what he meant, But to be funny, I took a big Out of his vein And he's and screaming And all over, And I'm like, "Hey, come on, get it?" But he just keeps rolling on the sidewalk, and screaming, "Aaaahhhh! AaaaahhhhOhhhhh! Aaaaahhhh!" You know, completely The of the whole situation Man, some just can't take a joke, you know?
Anyway, um... was I? Kinda my train of thought.
Uh, well, uh, OK, anyway, I-I know kind of a roundabout way Of it, but, I guess the whole point I'm to make here is
I SAUERKRAUT!
That's all I'm tryin' to say And, by the way, if one day you happen to up And yourself in an existential quandry, Full of loathing and And wracked with the and isolation Of your pitiful existence, At least you can a small bit of comfort In knowing that somewhere out there in Crazy ol' mixed-up of ours, There's still a place Albuquerque! Albuquerque! Albuquerque! (Albuquerque!) Albuquerque! (Albuquerque!) Albuquerque! (Albuquerque!) Albuquerque! (Albuquerque!)
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