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Did you ever ask your self "Why is that Deb Seymour such a GOOF-BALL?" 

This song will explain *everything*! Based on a TRUE family story!

 

"Keep The Flies Off Of The Cake"
(C) 2020 by Deb Seymour

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Great grandpa was a cowboy, took great grandma for his wife

For fifty years you know they’ve led a happy life        

And now they’re celebratin’ with folks from far and near 

All come to the ranch to toast the couple with good cheer

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The garden is a bustin’ out with all the flowers in bloom

The kitchen is a jumpin’ with tasty barbeque     

Old Joe is an old cow hand, wants to help out

Great-grandpa takes a look around and then says “here’s how”

 

CHORUS:

Keep the flies off of the cake

This is a special party, make no mistake

We don’t want those nasty bugs down in our insides

Keep the flies off the cake and all will be all right

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Now Old Joe is a bit perplexed, he’s not sure what to do

Cause waving both his arms around he feels like a fool

But a swatter would be messy as far as he could see
That’s when he turns around and grabs the can of DDT

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CHORUS

 

BRIDGE

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Today we know things we didn’t know back then

DDT kills birds and makes chromosomes bend

Everybody ate the cake, no one thought it funny

Not my aunts & uncles nor my then teen-aged mommy      

       

 

The years flew by and I was born, and things turned out OK

But I still have some questions about my DNA

‘Cause Instead of being a doctor, lawyer, judge or statistician

I turned out to be a mutant freaky folk musician

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CHORUS

 

CODA: "Yodel-lay-hee-hoo…."

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Deb Seymour: Vocals, Guitar
Country Dave Harmonson: electric and steel slide guitars

Alicia Healey: upright bass and harmonies

 

Recorded at the Winterblue Room, Seattle, WA
February 2020
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Alicia Healey

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