One day about four or years ago We is settin' at the Conoco Kickin' tires, and flies And discussin' the state of the
When right out in front of the church Come a big old purple bus Had astrological signs it And hippies and dogs inside
About half of 'em for the courthouse lawn And them commenced on the fireplug of 'em set there starin' at us And I says, "Roy, go get your gun"
He says, "Which is the hippies?" And is the dogs?" I says, "Beats the out of me, Roy" What they was, was a bunch a' them crispy And their was a space cadet
He says, "Sagittarius, we has to disembark, men Get the goin' and the sitar out We gonna in the city park, man"
I says, "Boys, let me explain the to ya A, gettin' me down And B, we got us a law here And C, you in the town"
"You drop one string a' beads in there park And you see a whole lot of stars You got seconds to get out of town, boys Or we blow ya to Mars"
Well, they all got in the purple bus And to the city limits Then the rang, was the swimmin' pool a mess a' wild critters was in it
So we all got in the Plymouth is always at the Conoco station Went flashin' on down to the swimmin' To give them a citation
By the time we arrived, it was too damn critters is all had their pants down Them was tearin' the bathhouse apart And they's the fish in the fish pond
I says, "Roy, you get the one in the T-shirt And I'll get the rest a net" We gonna have a jail full of crispy critters And a drip-dry cadet"
Well, we 'em hell, but we lost the war 'Cause them outnumbered us So they moved in and set up And they lived in purple school bus
Six weeks later, was nothin' in town But dogs and a head shop Sellin' up weeds, and sunflower seeds And postcards
Yeah, critters took the City Council And the dogs all barked brains out And the whole town was crispy critters And the mayor was a cadet