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Flower Punk

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Flower Punk

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Hey Punk, where you goin' with that

flower in your hand?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that

flower in your hand?

Well, I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a

psychedelic band.

I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a

psychedelic band.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that

button on your shirt?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that

button on your shirt?

I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play

my bongos in the dirt.

Yes, I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play

my bongos in the dirt.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that

hair on your head?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that

hair on your head?

I'm goin' to the dance to get some action,

then I'm goin' home to bed.

I'm goin' to the dance to get some action,

then I'm goin' home to bed.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with those

beads around your neck?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with those

beads around your neck?

I'm goin' to the shrink so he can help me

be a nervous wreck...

(Just at this moment, the 2700

microgram dose of STP ingested by

FLOWER PUNK shortly before the

song began TAKES EFFECT: before

your very ears his head blows up...

leaving a bizarre audial residue all over

your teen-age record player!)

Hey Punk! Hey Punk! Hey Punk!

Punky! Punk! Hey Punk! Punky!

Come and go...come and go...

Polly, do I ever have a lot of soul?

I think I love you!

Questi dominga?

Have you seen that nose eating?

I wanna know for sure!

Leave my nose alone please!

What 're you trying to do?

Listen! ...

This is one of the most

exciting things that's ever

happened to me

You know, every time I think

about how lucky I am to be in

the rock & roll industry

It's SO exciting

You know, when I first got into

the rock & roll business

I could barely even play the

changes to this song on my, on

my guitar

But now I'm very professional

I can play the guitar

I can strum it rhythmically

I can sing along with my guitar

as I strum

I can strum, sing, dance,

I can make merry fun all over

the stage

And you know, it's so wonderful

to...

It's wonderful to feel that I'm

doing something for the kids

Because I know that the kids

and their music are where it's

at

The youth of America today is

so wonderful

And I'm proud to be a part of

this gigantic mass deception

I hope she sees me thrilling,

yes...

I hope she sees me dancing and

thrilling

I will say: "Hello Dolly!"

Is the song over?

Boy, this is really exciting,

making a rock & roll record

I can't even wait until our

record comes out and teen-agers

start to buy it

We'll all be rich and famous!

And when my royalty check comes

I think I'm going to buy a

Mustang

No, I think I'll...I think I'll

get a Corvette

No, I think I'll get a Harley

Davidson

No, I don't think I'll buy any

of those cars

I think what I will do is I

will buy both

No, I don't do that either

I think, ah, I'll go into real

estate

I think I'd like to...

I think I'd like to buy a house

in ... Boulevard

No, that wouldn't do any good

Gee, I wonder if they can see

me up here, twirling that

tambourine and dancing...

Maybe after the show

One of the girls who sees me up

here, singing and thrilling my

tambourine and dancing, will

like me

And she will come over to me

And I will walk

I will walk up to her and I

will smile at her

And I will impress her and I

will say: "Hello, baby,

What's a girl like you doing in

a place like this?

I'm from a rock & roll band,

I think we should..."

Is the song over?

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