I was sittin' by the on a hollow stump When I I heard me a bullfrog jump around and sure enough there he sat He said me, buddy, but I've been readin' news And I'm to say that I'm a confused You bein' human, well know where at.
He said I where this old world's gonna And all on account of a called gold And that's hard for us frogs to Now you're at me like I'm funny But where I live we have no money So we want to be hip to the on land.
Now I I was stoned so I walkin' I whoever heard of a bullfrog talkin' But then I realized I hadn't been in no So I figured I'd tell him what I thought 'bout how gold was and how gold was And understand our world when I explained.
I said it all a long time ago the people first learned to reap and sow They got all the they needed right out of the Like how many leaves and how many it take to cover up the anatomies And that's how you figured how much a of was worth.
Well man he learned how to milk a cow And how to till the with a stone blade And he so busy he never had time to do you Then take his produce and all that milk And go into town and trade for silk So his woman she'd look sharp at the farm.
the bullfrog let out a belly croak Like I'd him some kind of a joke And he said I think you're me my man (what me?) I said I know it sounds kinda But the of the matter is I ain't lyin' I mean I ain't no bullfrog, you
He said now don't get I'm not you You just go ahead, go ahead and And I'll be quiet and try to He said I know about and leaves and And and silk and the farmer's But what's this thing the supply and
I said well I grow and you grow corn And you find your dungarees are all And me well I got to somethin' to eat You see? So I you some brand new And now you bake me fresh bread Pretty soon we'll have across the street.
Well this didn't work, or so we've been And at that time they know gold So they all agreed they'd their goods in that idea had an early endin' 'cause they were more than they spendin' And besides, whoever heard of in a vault.
Well said gold was the thing to use To pay for stuff like ships to shoes But it weighed too much and it too good to So round sixteen hundred and ninety Somebody started usin' money And the tale, my friend, from end to end.
Well I thought it was a good I mean a real attempt at And I only had me schoolin' up the I was ten But the right before he away Well I have sworn I heard him say Your world is still in the stage, my friend.