Mark (lead vocals) kaylan (lead vocals) Ian (woodwinds, keyboards, vocals) Aynsley (drums) Don (keyboards, mini-moog) Jim (bass, vocals)
the mountain Billy the A picturesque Postcardy Residing lovely and gorman With his stunning ethel A tree, a tree.
Billy was a Ethel was a tree off of his shoulder Billy was a Billy was a was a tree growing off of his shoulder Ethel was a tree growing off of his ( hey, hey, hey! ) had two big Caves for a cliff for a jaw That go up or down And it did He'd puff out dust And up a boulder, hack. up a boulder, hack, hack. up a boulder, hack, hack. up a boulder.
Now, one day, and I believe it was on tuesday, a man in checkered double-knit suit drove up in large el dorado cadillac leased from bob spreene ( "where the meet in downey!" ) He laid a huge bulging envelope right at the corner of billy the mountain, that was right where his was supposed to be. now billy the mountain, he couldn't believe it: all those postcards h Osed for, for all of those years, and finally, now at last, his royalties! "royalties, royalties, royalties! the royalty check is in, honey!" ... yes, the mountain was rich! yes, His caves, they widened in amazement... and his jaw, which was a cliff, well it ... it dropped thirty feet! a bunch of dust puffed out ... rocks and boulders hacked up, hack! hack! ... c Ng the ...
I gave him the He real funny He hacked up a and It my car Oh do you any trucks Might be for the valley I wanna stand here All in this bar ( dear ) I don't wanna stand All in this bar ( no ) I don't wanna stand All in this bar
By two o'clock, when bars had already closed down, billy had broken the big news to ethel, ahhhh, and with and boulders everywhere, billy, choked with exitement, announced: "ethel, we' Ing on a vacation!"... yes, and they were going on a vacation, oh, and ethel, ethel, ethel, like any little woman, she of course was very ... she creaked a little bit, and some old Flew off of her. billy told ethel they were going to... yes, they where going to new york! "ethel, we're to... new york! but first they were gonna stop in las vegas...
"it's off to las to check out the lounges, Pull a few handles and a few beers, oh ethel, Ethel, my darling, you know that I you, I'm we could have a vacation this year, Oh neat-o, glad we could have a this year."
They left that night, crunchin' across the mojave desert, their voices echoing thru the canyons of your minds... "ethel, get a cuppa cawfee? howard johnson's, ahhh there's a howard jo 's! ... wanna eat some ...
The first noteworhty piece of real estate destroyed was edwards air force base. and to this very day, wing-nuts and data reduction clerks alike speak in reverent whispers about that fateful T when test number one and the rocket sled itself got lunched, I said lunched, by a famous mountain and his small wooden wife ...
"word just in to the kttv news service undeniably links this mountain and his wife to drug abuse and payoffs as part of san joaquin smut ring. however, we can assure parents in the s Rn california area a recent narcotic crackdown in torrence ... hawthorne ... lomita ... westchester ... playa del rey ... santa monica ... tujunga ... sunland ... san fernando ... pacoima . Lmar ... newhall ... canoga park ... palmdale ... glendale ... irwindale ... rolling hills ... hills ... shadow hills ... cheviot hills ... will provide the secret evidence the palmdale has needed to seek a criminal indictement and pave the way for stiffer legislation, increased federal aid, and avert a crippling strike of bartenders and veterinarians throughout the inlan Ire ..."
Within the week, jerry had hosted a telethon ( la la la nice lady ) to raise funds for the injured, "injured", and homeless, "homeless" in glendale, as billy had just l Ed it. and a few miles right outside of town billy caused a 'oh mine/my(? ) papa' in the earth's crust, right over the secret dumps, right near the jack in the box on glenoaks where t Eep the pools of old poison gas and obsolete germs bombs, just as a freak tornado cruised through ... yes, it was about three in the afternoon when little howard kaplan was sitting on hi Ch ( "toto...!") just playing ( "come here, toto ...!") and having a nice time with his little accordion, ("toto...!") and this weird came up, direct from glen Blowing those terrible germs in his direction ... and all this caused by huge mountain ("aunty em") somewhere over the rainbow, blue fly, sucking up two-thirds of it ( suck, suc Ck) for an ultimetly dispersal over vast of ... watts!!!
Now, I misunderstood, it was right outside of columbus, ohio when billy received his notice to report for his induction physical. now lemme tell ya, ethel said, now ethel, ethel said she T gonna let him go ... "i'm not gonna let you go, billy" ... that's right, we now confirmed reports from an informed orange county minister that ethel is still an active communist It is this reporter's opinion that she practices covent witch-craft ...
It was about this time that the telephone rang inside of the secret belonging to one mortal man who might be able to stop all of this senseless destruction and save america herself. an Sorry to disappoint some of you, it was not chief redden. this one man was studebacher hoch, fantastic new super hero of the current economic slump. now, some folks say he looked like meh Ubin mehta); still others say "bullshit, honey, it was just another greasy guy who happened to be born next to the frozen beef pies at boney's market..."; others say "pshaw/ (? ), and piss on you, jack, he's just a crazy who drove a red car ..." you see, nobody ever really knew for sure because studebacher was sooooo mysterious ....
He was so ( he was so, he was so) He was so ( he was so, he was so) ''cause when a person gets to be a hero, folks And marvelouse beyond You can never tell about a guy like that Whether he's really a nice Or if he just a lot Or if he has a son pinocchio or what. Whether he's really a nice Or if he has a son named or what. men say he could fly Some men say he could Others say he could sing neil sedaka, And all the girls in flushing be amazed of him Two, amazed of him ... amazed ...
Time passed. january, february, march, july, wednesdey, august, irwindale, two-thirty in the afternoon, sunday, monday, funny cars, walnuts, city of industry, big john masamanian ... so the E ring in the secret briefcase, a strong masculine hand with a dudley do-right wristwatch and flexy grabbed it and answered in a deep, calmly assured voice: "so... ah... yeah, yeah Already ... what? ... well, ... ah-are you kidding? ... you're not kidding ... a mountain ... with a tree growing off of it's shoulder? aw, you're fulla shit, man... ah listen, by the way, Re you go on; did you get those white albums I sent ya with the pencil on the front, yeah? yeah, you should move of those for me ... we're having a lot of,...listen, so kiss little jakee on Head... and how's wife's hemorrhoids? ...ah, that's too bad...listen...so you've got a mountain, with a tree, listen, causing...well, let me write this down... sorta take a few notes here... ...to el segundo, ...causing
Untold destruction..( my baby, my baby )...wanted for draft ... an expense account? ... and per diem, too? ..."
Some men say he could They he could dance And of they were right ...
Ladies and gentelmen, this is it: the studebacher hoch dancing lesson & cosmic prayer for guidence, featuring dunbar! ... hit it! ... Twirly, twirly, twirly, twirly, twirly, ... Hey, right from a heart hand from a heart Right from a heart Left from a left shoulder To the heart. fillmore, ... can dance like studebacher hoch ... So many rumors have spread about studebacher hoch ... consider this rumor which was published about weeks ago in rolling stone ( oh, it's gotta be true! ) ... studebacher hoch can write th D's prayer on the head of a pin!" (no!) do-do-do do-do-doot doot do-do-do ... ... I'm so hip ... pies ... he was born next to the beef pies, underneath joni mitchell's autographed pict Right beside elliot big bank book, next to the boat where crosby flushed away all his stash and the cops got him in the boat and drove away, to the can where neil young slipped another ...
[ ? ? ? pie ? ? ? pie ? ? ? pie And that was the influence on him The influence of a beef pie ]
Boldly springing into action he phoned his wife who ran a modeling school, whereupon he... yes, he ran the back of the broadway at hollywood boulevard and vine to see if he could find him Some big, large, unused cardboard boxes ( no shit! )... after which he hit up the on sunset for some aunt jemima syrup, some kaiser boiler foil and pair of blunt sissors, yeah! ... yes, N the parking lot of ralph's ... where no are lower prices than ralph's... in the parking lot of ralph's, in between a pair of customized trucks where nobody was looking, he cut out some Y, really, really nice wings and he covered them thoroughly with ...
Then he took those wings and wedged one under each of his arms and sneaked into a telephone booth ..yes,yes!! and then he shut the fucking door! ... and he pulled down his blue denim po An-type trouser pants, and he spread even amounts of aunt jemima maple syrup all over the inside of his legs! ... the booth was filling with flies ( help me! help me! help me! ) ... he held The legs of his boxer shorts so they could all get in, and when each and every one of those little cocksucking flies had gone into his and they were lapping up all that maple syrup, he be Er and he put his head between his legs and he said in a very clear, impressive, ron-hubbard-type voice: "new york"... and the booth and lifted up, out of parking lot, and i He sky.
Studebacher Yeah, yeah, Studebacher hoch Studebacher Yeah, yeah, hoch Studebacher He's his legs aunt jemima syrup up and down His shorts will be filled flies That will be all around Studebacher hoch is outa sight Studebacher hoch, he it every night Studebacher hoch, he the flies all right hoch That's why never bite, hey!
Hey please to new Fly to new
He be a dog Or a Or a queen (fly to new york) He could be a Or a marine Or he play dirty He's thirty old ... I know His attire And the he requires leading him on ''cause is gone They leading him on ''cause ethel is And the she's on
And speaking of mountains - - we'll join studebacher hoch on the edge of billy the mountain's mouth .. it away! ...
"ah ... ya, ya, ya, hey-ah, billy, listen ... I've come to reason with you ... our great country needs you in the forces ... your number came up ... ya can't go on running like this f R ..."
Ah, but ethel just shook her twigs angrily. but studebacher hoch, calm, cool, collected and unperturbed,
"ya, well listen ... listen you communist sonofabitch ... you better get your ass down there for your fuckin' physical or I'll see to it that you get used for fill dirt in impending ne Sey marsh reclamation ... and your girlfiend there will wind up disguised as series of brooms, ironing boards or a dog house ... get the ( cough, cough) get the picture? "
Ya, well billy just
"ha, ha, ha. if think they're gonna draft me, they're crazy."
Unfortunately, because studebacher hoch was standing on the edge of billy the mountain's mouth when the giant mountain ... studebacher hoch lost his footing and fell screaming, two hundr Et into the rubble below ... ( "aaahhhhh, oh fuck, I'm gonna a truss ...")
Ah listen, that goes to show you And it'l show you again that A mountain is something you don't wanna with You don't wanna fuck Don't around Don't around Don't with billy, no And don't with ethel You saw just happened To the guy with the
Don't around Don't around Don't around Don't around fuck around Don't fuck Don't fuck biddilly, biddilly Biddilly the
Eddie, are you Eddie, are you Oh I forgot to this is where we take our intermission. We will see you in a few Thank you, be back.