He's the 1432 Franklin Pike Circle hero
And you can see him every weekend
With a car full of kids and snow
cones
And the people cross town don't know his name
But on Franklin
Pike Circle, he's king
1432 Franklin Pike Circle hero
Well, at five
thirty-five at
The corner of Franklin and Warner
A blue station wagon
comes
Sliding around the corner
And on down Franklin Pike
Circle
All you're seeing is a streak of blue
And pulls in the drive at the
address of 1432
And he says, my head aches and my back hurts
And I
don't feel like talking
Don't wan go the show to see Doctor Zhivago
Don't
wanna take the dog out walking
I wanna sit right here in this easy
chair
It's been a jungle all day, you know
The 1432 Franklin Pike Circle
hero is home
He was out pitching ball with the
Kids in the
neighborhood yesterday
And the old major leaguer had to quit
'Cause he
said he threw his arm away
And the kids all hid behind the hedge
And
laughed at him but wouldn't let it show
Because they love him so,
He's
the 1432 Franklin Pike Circle hero
He's the 1432 Franklin Pike Circle
hero
And you can see him every weekend
With a car full of kids and snow
cones
And, you know people cross
town
Don't know his name
But on Franklin Pike Circle, he's king
1432
Franklin Pike Circle hero
Well, he won a little pony at the
Hill High
auction just the other day
And he didn't mean to do it
And he wanted to
give the pony away
When they called out his name
He tried not to claim
it
But the kids started crying
'Cause they'd already named it
And
who's up every Saturday morning
Saddling his new toy, you guessed it
The
1432 Franklin Pike Circle cowboy
He's the 1432 Franklin Pike Circle
hero
And you can see him every weekend
With a car full of kids and snow
cones
During Christmas, took the kids
Down to see the floats
When
he wanted to stay home
And watch the Baltimore Colts
1432 Franklin Pike
Circle Hero
Well, the ten-thirty news usually
Finds our hero is a
sleepy head
And Peter's out somewhere wrecking the car
And the rest of the
kids have gone to bed
So she takes his hand
They climb the stairs and
he falls asleep
And she bends over him so tenderly
To kiss his
cheek
'Cause she loves him so
And she's lucky, you know
To be
married to the 1432
1432 Franklin Pike Circle hero
He's the 1432
Franklin Pike Circle hero
And you can see him every weekend
With a car
full of kids and snow cones
Christmas time, he took
'Em down to see
the floats
When he wanted to stay home
And watch the Baltimore
Colts
He's the 1432 Franklin Pike Circle hero
You find the neatest photos.
ReplyDeleteI go for a touch of surrealism and try not to be too literal. This song was so dorky, and yet oddly appealing. There's one called Saturday Morning Confusion that is even stranger. Glen Campbell and Bing Crosby did a cover, but I think this guy was the only one who could pull it off with that dry, unfancy delivery and the funky tuba accompaniment.
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