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Average Guy

from You Covered My Clam by The Tex Pistols

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A parody of a spoof. My take on Johnny Mercer's "I'm An Old Cowhand."
Bonus points if you get all the '90s references.

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I'm an Average Guy
© 1994 Mark Nelson

I'm an average guy, and I'm getting by
But I take Tylenol, instead of gettin' high
I used to party and have chicks galore
and I could eat anything in the grocery store
But I don't have time to do that no more
Yuppie I O Kai Yay

Yes I once was wild, but now I'm mild
From trying to toilet-train, my inner child
I followed my bliss down a one way street
I read the auras of everyone I meet
And I'm fanatical about the foods I eat
Yippie I O Kai Yay

Well my guru said, to clean out my head
So I hit the road, with the Grateful Dead
I spent all my money on tie dye shirts
As I cruise around in a van from Hertz
And I measure my drugs in megahertz
Hippie I O Kai Yay

I'm a New Age guy and I had to try
Every passing fad, that came across my eye
I've read Iron John, and Merlin Stone
Got a crystal and a black cat bone
I’ve got real estate in the old ozone
Yippie I O Oy Vey

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from You Covered My Clam, released November 2, 2015
© 1994 Mark Nelson, acme arts BMI

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Mark Nelson Ashland, Oregon

I'm a multi-instrumentalist & author with a solo recording career going back to 1979.

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