Ry Cooder Follow

Open up the book, read it read it
Turn the page, see what it says
Read it to me will you please

One who acts dope
So what, what does it mean to me?

That's you, 'cos of the way you act
Standin' on the corner sellin' girbauds
Scalin' your friends and also your foes
What's the matter wit'cha boy?

You big galoot, you nincompoop
What's wrong wit you? You can't compute
Don't fix your lips to tell me you can
Standin' on the poley playin' pusher man

What you got to do with yourself?
Can't you be somebody else?
Look at you described to a tee
You're a fool of many in society

I know some more, I shall go on
And continue in the song, fooled the fool

The girl I talked to she's sort of neurotic
Her crazy ex-boyfriend is really psychotic
Scares the girl by threatenin' her life
Says, "Girl, you're dead if you're not my wife"

Beats in her public, beats her in private
Tried it 'round me, almost won't buy it
Said, "Forget him, don't you know he's a loser"
Who would love a woman turn around and abuse her

Only a fool as described by the tribe
Here's another one who's on the fool vibe
Gonna make it short, gonna make it quick
For this situation makes me sick

See your brother man, with the female
He's crazy ego tried to show he'll prevail
In any situation lady luck's on his side
Emotions run free, nothing he will hide

Why I remember one sunny day
Took my cousin to the park so we can play
On the way, a couple resembled
The one I just described, everything assembled

Another young man walked in their direction
Bumped him a bit, excused his imperfection
But the man with the lady grabbed the other by the neck
Demanded an apology and also respect

The young man aggravated grabbed him back and smacked him
The girl just laughed and laughed and laughed at him
He felt ashamed for what he had done
It looked like a fool to everyone

These are three stories from the naked city
Reality, is sometimes a ditty
Like Godzilla from the twilight zone
Earth to your brain, is anyone home?

I see ya there, tryin' to make amends
Try to make some friends, but now my story ends
On the note that I just wrote stay afloat on the reality boat
Slow down and think and take it cool
And try to avoid the description of a

Open up the book, read it read it
Turn the page, see what it says