Organic Free Range

Herbal T

 

 

 

1 I’m Saved

2 What Would Jesus Do?

3 I Got You

4 Dog Park

5 Only the Best

6 Frequent Flyer Blues

7 Parcels, Tape, Addresses, and Twine

8 Organic Free Range

9 Driving the Kids in My Minivan

10 Go to Your Room

 

 

“I’m Saved”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

I’m saved, saved by grace

I’ve been to the mountaintop

I’ve seen His face

I’m saved, saved by grace

I’m saved, how about you?

 

I’m saved, saved by grace

I know where I’m going to

I’ve seen my place

I’m saved, saved by grace

I’m saved, how about you?

 

I’m saved, saved by grace

My sins are all forgiven

My soul is safe

I’m saved, saved by grace

I’m saved, too bad about you

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

celery: Fingers Felske

baguettes: Lily Marlene

“What Would Jesus Do?”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

I’ve got a dove on my license plate

And a fish there, too

I always wear a button saying

“What would Jesus do?”

 

I give money to Jews for Jesus

And a mission, too

I always end my meetings, saying

“What would Jesus do?”

 

I’m getting rich in heaven

And here on earth, too

Can I help it if the suckers tithe?

“What would Jesus do?”

 

I’m really big in radio

And I’m on the tube

Keep sending in the money, folks

“What would Jesus do?”

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

harp: Fingers Felske

ukelele: Lily Marlene
“I Got You”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

I got Zen

I got Tao

I’ve got no one telling me how

 

I got me

I got you

There’s no knowing what to do

 

I got X

I got Y

Everyday I gotta ask, why?

 

I got sun

I got moon

I’m gonna get there real soon

 

I got some

I got none

What’s to need when I’m having fun?

 

I got you

You got me

That’s the way that it ought to be

 

vocals: Herbal T

“Dog Park”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

Rover comes to see me when I get home

Jumps all over me ‘cause we’re not home to stay

Rover knows we’re going a place he wants

We’re going to the dog park where he loves to play

 

We’re going to the dog park

He’s waited all day

We’re going to the dog park

I’m gonna watch him play

 

Heidi’s his retriever friend since they’ve been pups

And Sparky is a something who just plays with a ball

Jupiter’s a mastiff who weighs a ton

And Steinway is a Newfie who doesn’t come when you call

 

We’re going to the dog park

He’s waited all day

We’re going to the dog park

I’m gonna watch him play

 

The people enjoy the evening and like to chat

The dogs are in heaven, they think the park is tops

But there’s a rat fink in the two-flat who lives next door

If the dogs bark too much he always calls the cops

 

We’re going to the dog park

He’s waited all day

We’re going to the dog park

I’m gonna watch him play

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

dog collar: Fingers Felske

whistle: Lily Marlene

 

Dedicated to Sandy

“Only the Best”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

It’s designer everything and only health food

I’m making sure they have whatever they need

They listen to Mozart whenever they can

And we only have the finest books to read

 

They’re gifted, they’re brilliant

They’re gonna rule the world

They’re my kids

They’re only the best

 

They’re gonna do the things that I never did

Play the violin, have a talk show, and everything

They’ll get Nobel Prizes and a million bucks

They’re even taking lessons to learn to sing

 

They’re gifted, they’re brilliant

They’re gonna rule the world

They’re my kids

They’re only the best

 

My kid was walking before yours was

And I’m sure he’s talking clearer than yours, too

We’ve got him into private school for kindergarten

Too bad you’ll have to send yours to the public school

 

They’re gifted, they’re brilliant

They’re gonna rule the world

They’re my kids

They’re only the best

 

vocals, violin, and gyro: Herbal T

school bell: Fingers Felske

nutcracker: Lily Marlene

“Frequent Flyer Blues”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

I’m checking into the hotel now

It’s my third one this week

I’ve been up since four this morning

I sure do need some sleep

 

The flight was a hassle

The airport’s no fun

There’s a reason that the airlines

Don’t let you bring along a gun

 

The cabbie’s a crook

He says he hasn’t got change

If I meet an honest one

I’ll sure think that that’s strange

 

I’m waking up now

It’s dark all around me

I don’t know where I am

Or even who I should be

 

I think I might be married

Or maybe I’m not

I call someone every night

She sounds like she’s hot

 

I think I need a vacation now

Maybe take a little trip

Do something I don’t do much

And take a cruise on a ship

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

bass milk jug: Fingers Felske

water dripping: Lily Marlene
“Parcels, Tape, Addresses, and Twine”

lyrics by Herbal T

music: traditional

 

Are you opening a mailbox shop?

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

The strip mall needs a mailbox shop

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

 

If you open a mailbox shop

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

Will you stay open later or not?

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

 

Someone running a mailbox shop

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

Isn’t relaxing from anything

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

 

If you’re still running your maibox shop

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

I’ll come see you at Christmas time

Parcels, tape, addresses, and twine

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

backing vocals: Lily Marlene
“Organic Free Range”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

The kids are growing up

The way the corporations want them to

They’ll all be good consumers

The way their parents were, too

 

They’re getting the best education

Money and the government can buy

But no one stops and asks the question

Who we’re doing this for and why

 

The kids want an education

And they want something more than that

It can’t be just any education

Because they’re much too good for that

 

When you’re a chicken, it don’t matter

Whether you live your life outside

If in the end, it’s all the same

And in the end you just get fried

 

So being organic and free range

Doesn’t help you out a lot

You have to change the ending

And not wind up in the pot

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

chicken bones: Fingers Felske

clucking: Lily Marlene

“Driving the Kids in My Minivan”

lyrics by Herbal T

music by Sammy Kershaw

 

I gave the kids a ride in my wagon
They belted in, and took control
They were tired, their voices were screaming
I said get some sleep we'll soon be home

 

Like a picture they were lying there
Sunlight dancing off their hair
They woke up and called me, “Dad”
I’m driving the kids in my minivan
And that’s all right with me

 

Their young faces were like those of an angel
And their Pooh shirts were dirty and brown
Better keep your eyes on the road, dad
Better slow this vehicle down, ‘cause...

 

Like a picture they were lying there
Sunlight dancing off their hair
They woke up and called me, “Dad”
I’m driving the kids in my minivan
And that’s all right with me

 

I can’t believe that they’re still so small
It won’t be long now before they’re tall

I better enjoy this, watch them and savor this
’Cause we only go this way once and not again

 

Like a picture they were lying there
Sunlight dancing off their hair
They woke up and called me, “Dad”
I’m driving the kids in my minivan
And that’s all right with me

And that's all right with me

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

telephone book: Fingers Felske

Yoko-Onosizer: Lily Marlene
“Go to Your Room”

music & lyrics by Herbal T

 

Go to your room

Be with yourself for a while

Learn to like yourself

And learn to live with your smile

 

Go to your room

Learn to be quiet and calm

Imagine a sandy beach somewhere

Where you’re shaded by palms

 

Go to your room

You can be the king for a time

And when you come out

You’ll be feeling quite fine

 

Go to your room

Think happy thoughts for an hour

It’s only when you leave your room

That things start to go sour

 

Go to your room

Why should you ever come out?

As long as you stay there

I don’t care if you pout

 

vocals and guitar: Herbal T

 

 

Produced by Guy Schifrin

Released by Free Range Records

Catered by Miguel Starshine’s Macrobiotic Tacos on Wheels II

Dedicated to Rachel Carson and dog lovers everywhere

Also thanks to Timothy Leary, Jimmy Swaggart, Ichabod Crane, the guy at the truck stop who gave us a lift that time, and the really cool waitress at Judy’s

 

Fingers Felske appears courtesy of Phalanges Records

Telephone book courtesy of Ameritech

Yoko-Onosizer courtesy of Phlegm Electronics