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Get Off My Hood Dude

by Billy Snipes

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1.
THE MONKEY AND THE LIZARD THE MONKEY AND THE LIZARD HIGH UP IN A PALM TREE BILLOWING SMOKE NEVER STOP TO BREATH THE MONKEY SAID I CAN TAKE THIS ALL DAY LONG THE LIZARD WASN'T SURE STILL HE HUNG STRONG THE LTTLE GUY GOT THIRSTY SAID HE NEEDED A DRINK SO HE CLIMBED DOWN THE TREE TO THE RIVERSIDE TO STUMBE INTO THE LIPS OF A CROCODILE THE CROCADILE WAS CRANKY BUT THESE WERE TWO REPTILES ONE HELPING THE OTHER HE JUST LAYED HIM ON DOWN THE RIVERBANK AND HE WARNED WITH A SMILE 'BOUT THEM OTHER CRAZIES OUT THERE IN THE WILD WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT THEY'D TAKE YOU OUT AND THERE'S NOT TOO MANY AMOUNG 'EM THAT WOULD SAVE YA' THE CROC GOT PERMISSION TO GO UP TO THE TREE AND SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY WITH MONKEY SO HE WADDLED OUT THOUGH THE JUNGLE UNTIL HE COULD'NT GO NO FARTHER THEN THE THE MONKEY LOOKED DOWN AND SAID DUDE YOU DRANK A LOT OF WATER
2.
GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE ON A MIDNIGHT RUN OUT TO SOUTH  PADRE WE WERE WELL AHEAD OF A  LIGHT NORTH WIND PULLED INTO ISABEL TO GET SOME WAX I JUMPED OUT ON THE HOOD 'N SAID BE RIGHT HERE TILL Y'ALL GET BACK WHEN THEY COME RUSHIN' OUT I SAW THE LOOK IN WEAZEL'S EYES AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR THE WIND IS SHIFTING' AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE OFF SHORE GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GO NOW THERE WE WERE WITH OUR WHEELS NOW IN THE SAND THREE  FOOT GLASSY FACES A LITTLE LESS THAN WE HAD PLANNED DE LEON WAS SHREDDING OUT THERE ON HIS STICK WHITE WATER CHASING HIME SPELLED OUT HIS FIRST NAME RICK ROYS SNIPES DROPS IN ON HIS 10 FOOT 6 TUCK ALL WAY UP LOW HEAD UNDER THE LIP WEAZAL ROCAH WAS SLICING DIAMONDS OFF THOSE GLASSY WALLS SINCE I BODYSURFED THE INSIDE I GOT TO SEE IT ALL GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR THE WIND IS SHIFTING' AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE OFF SHORE GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GO WHEN WE WERE DONE WE CHECKED INTO HOTEL PURDY'S A OLD WOODEN STRUCTURE BUILT SO STRONG AND STURDY AS THE STORY YOU JUST HEARD GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR THE WIND IS SHIFTING' AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE OFF SHORE GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GET INTO THIS CAR GET OFF MY HOOD DUDE LET'S GO
3.
BARRLIN' DOWN THE ROAD WELL IM BARRLIN DOWN THE ROAD I WON'T BACK DOWN IVE GOT TOO MUCH WEIGHT BEHIND ME IM ON THE LOOSE THEY'LL NEVER FIND ME LESSIN' I COME BACK TO SAN ANTONE SHE'S MY 1992 CLASS A MOTOR HOME FORD 460 CUBIC MO' SHE'S GREEN AND WHITE WITH BRAND NEW TIRES I HOPE SHE DON'T CATCH ON FIRE AS IM BARRLIN' DOWN THE ROAD I PICKED HER UP IN BOSSIER CITY ON THE INTERNET SHE LOOKED SO DAMN PRETTY IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT SOMETHIN' COULD GO WRONG BUT I M BARRLIN' DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 70 AND IM LISTIN' TO BAD COMPANY AND RIGHTN THERE THE LEFT FRONT DECIDED TO BLOW WELL I PULLED HER OVER THOUGHT I'D TAKE A LEAK SHE HAD ONE OF HER OWN UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK I SPENT THE NEXT FOUR HOURS LEARNING AOBUT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE LONG ABOUT 3AM I BROUGHT THAT PUPPY IN I GOT HER HIME CUZ I AM PERSISTANT WELL AFTR A SHORT TERM MINI DROUGHT IT BEGAN TO RAIN THATS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT OLE ROOF OF HER'S KINDA RESEMBLED SWISS CHEESE I SPENT THE BEST PART OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SCRAPING AND A PULLIN AND BRUSHIN' ANA ROLLIN' I FELL IN LOVE ALL A GAIN ON MY KNEES
4.
COLIN'S TOENAIL IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOSE THE JOB CUZ YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO RING NO MORE MOST DAYS I MAKE A POINT NOT TO THINK OF IT AND IF THAT BOTTA YOU YOU CAN DO IT TOO DEN I'LL BE LIKE YOU HOORAY THEY SAY YOUR WATCHING ME ARE YOU SEEING THROUGH MY WINDOW WHERE SIT NOT WATCHING YOU WE CAN SIT AROUND AND WHATCH THE SUN COME UP AND THEN PRETTY SOON IT'S GONNA GO DOWN BELIEVE ME IT'S NEVER FAILED ME ONCE AND IT WILL ALWAYS RISE JUST AS IT DID TODAY HOORAY
5.
CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY I WAS HANGIN' AT THE PARTY LATE LAST NIGHT A FELLA' WALKED UP AND HE WANTED TO FIGHT HE PUNCHED ME IN THE STOMACH AND THEN HE HIT ME IN THE HEAD NEXT THING YOU KNOW I'VE GOT THREE CRACKED RIBS I SAID WHAT YOU DO THAT FOR MAN I DIDN'T HAVE THAT COMIN' HE SAID LAS YEAR YOU RAN OFF WITH MY WOEMAN I SAID WHAT HE SAID SHE WENT BY IRIS MAN I DON'T RECALL THAT NAME HE SAID YOU LOOKED JUST LIKE THAT CAT BEFORE YOU FACE GOT MAMED EVERYONE WAS LOOKIN' I WAS PUT TO SHAME I LOOKED BACK AT EVERYONE AND SAID I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN FRAMED THEY JUST LOOKED BACK AT ME AND SAID YEAH RIGHT BUDDY YOU KNOW I MUST'VE LOOK REAL DAMN FUNNY IT WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME BUT NOW THAT MY FACE IS ALL BENT UP I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYIN FOR ANYBODY ELSE'S CRIME SHE'S A REAL HEARTBREAKER AND A REAL RIB SHAKER BROTHERS YA'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN IRIS HURT ME BAD IN A SPECIAL KINDA WAY HEY IRIS YOU AND I OUTTA GET TO GETHER SOME DAY YOU SOMEHOW THAT JUST MIGHT EASE THE PAIN
6.
WHERE WOULD I BE THE HOME LESS ON THE STREET ARE PIONEERS THEY DON'T PAY TAXES SO EVERYTHING IS CLEAR IN MOST FOLKS EYES THE'RE NOT EVEN AROUND WICH IS PRETTY DARN GOOD LOOK OUT THEY'RE GETTIN' OFF THE GROUND FOR TOO DAMN LONG THEY'VE BEEN FLYIN' 'NEATH THE RADAR MAYBE MORE OF US COULD USE THAT HUMILITY IS GUESS THAT'S WHAT US GOOD FOLKS ARE TRYIN' TO SAY AS WE WAKE UP EARLY IN OUR TIDY BEDS EACH DAY WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT MY BED WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT MY HOME I AI'INT MAKIN' ANY PROMISES BUT I'D GET SOME HORSES AND A COVERED WAGON AND ROAM SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR URVIVAL THE ONES WE PUT UP TOP A'INT GOT ANY THEY SPEN TOO MUCH TOME GETTIN' TO WHERE THEY ARE THAN THEY EVER DO KNOWIN' WHAT IS GOING ON AND THERE'S THOSE THAT'LL PROTEST A SOLDIERS FUNERAL HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING SO OBSCENE THAT KINDA SPEECH JUST DON'T REPRESENT NOTHING ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM
7.
CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER THAT'S WHAT I SAID CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER CLIMBED UP MY BABY'S LEG BIT MY BABY'S LEG SHE GOT ALL WELPT UP WHITH THE VENOM INSIDE I SAID TO MYSELF MY OH MY I SAID BABY DON'T YOU CRY CUZ I A'INT GONNA LET MY BABY DIE I WNET TO THE DOCTOR HE WAS CHECKIN OUT HER LEG I SAID DON'T CUT IT OFF SHE A'INT WHEREIN' NO PEG SO I SAVED HER LEG Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I DID TIGHT THERE ON THE HOSPITAL BED SHE SAID SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS STUNG BY A BUMBLE BEE SECONDS LATER SHE WAS UP ON HER FEET GOT HER HOME SHE WAS A LIL TIERD AND FUSSY ABOUT THAT BIG RED SPOT NEXT TO HER OTHER LEG IM GONNA HUNT THAT SPIDER DOWN BUT TONIGHT HE A'INT GONNA DIE I'M GONN PUT IN AN EMPTY PEANUT BUTTER JAR AND GIVE HOM TO AL BARLOW TO TORTURE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WHEN THE SUN COMES UP AND BEGINS TO FISE THAT CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER GONNA WHISH HE DIED
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RUBY 03:30
HER NAME IS RUBY LIPS OF FIRE SONG SO SWEET RUBY SUCH A SWEET THING WHERE YOU ARE IS A MYSTERY HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME TOBACCO BODY AND WHEN SHE SANG SHE SANG SO SWEETLY RUBY SUCH A SWEE THING SHE WAS JUST AN OLD STRATOCASTER THAT I GAVE AWAY DIDN'T THING I'D EVER NEED HER HOW I WISH SHE WAS HERE WITH ME
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My Budget has run out. I really needed to release this any donations and all proceeds from band camp Sales will be set aside for Hard Copy release.
All Instruments and vocals were engineered, produced and mastered by myself, and i will also be manufacturing the hard copies.....So any help to achieve this is greatly appreciated.

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released June 5, 2014

THANK YOU
JANE HILL FOR MAKING IT ALL POSSIBLE.
ROBERT "WEAZAL" ROACH FOR ALWAYS PROVIDING HIS YELLOW VOLVO. ROY SNIPES FOR TELLING THE JOKE ABOUT "THE MONKEY AND THE LIZARD" HOWIE ROACH AND HIS POUGET CORBY AND GREGG JONES FOR LETTING ME RECORD INTHEIR MUSIC ROOM. DAVID PAGEN FOR BEING RIGHT THERE WITH ME IN THE OZONA SESSIONS. AL BARLOW AND PAUL FAIN FOR THEIR LOVE OF MUSIC AND SUPPORT WITH THE ANNUAL TARPON MUSIC BASH PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS

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