Onomatopoeia Lyrics by John Prine

Onomatopoeia Lyrics

    Forty-five minutes
    Forty-five cents
    Sixty-five agents sitting on a fence
    Singing, hey brother
    Look what we got for you
    We're gonna rope off an area
    And put on a show
    From the canadian border
    Down to mexico
    It might be the most
    Potentially gross
    Thing that we could possibly do
    Yeah, little buddy gonna get your chance
    Make them pubescents all wet their pants
    We'll record it live
    And that's no jive.
    Hold it! stop it! no! no! no! no!
    Bang! went the pistol.
    Crash! went the window.
    Ouch! went the son of a gun.
    Onomatopoeia
    I don't wanna see ya
    Speaking in a foreign tongue.

    Knock! knock! hello!
    Can i come in?
    Gee, that was a wonderful show!
    Oh, you haven't gone on yet?
    Well, how was i supposed to know?
    Hey! we got a great date
    It's really downtown
    We're gonna get the grand canyon
    To do the sound
    It's a boxing ring
    But it might be the thing
    To really put you in the dough
    Listen little brother, don't ya get us wrong
    Why we even know the words to your song
    Just say i do
    And we'll lay it on you
    You! you! and me! me! me!
    Bang! went the pistol
    Crash! went the window
    Ouch! went the son of a gun
    Onomatopoeia
    I don't want to see ya
    Speaking in a foreign tongue.

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