Pseudo Picasso

from Easy, Maverick by The Nod

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Ben Franklin was his nanny
Sold the kite for a money tree
Now he can’t buy electricity
Flicked off the giver
Sat in the dark and lost touch with reality

When his babysitter took his nap
He left that 22 year old without a diaper
Made a mess of his reputation and his blue jeans

So here it is
He’s just a child
Trying to rewrite the bible
Minus Noah, Joseph, Jesus plus his first name and his last

Charlie’s tree caught Dutch elm disease
Then bragged casually about its B.A.C.
Jibber jabbered from tongue tip to left cheek
Mouth barked off, mouth got socked, barkless tree

Was just as mindless
As Marconi was wireless
He called up John Mayer
He said “John I need a favor I need a song”
His secretary said “go write your own”

So here he is
A dirty gospel
Pseudo Picasso
This isn’t abstract and it’s not a work of art

Then it came time to flee
In a canoe down shit creek
Tried to go with the flow but the current swelled like karma
Shifted southbound well and drifted straight into…
A damned, dark and dirty place

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from Easy, Maverick, released June 4, 2010

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