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Ballad of Gordon (Barenaked Ladies) acoustic

from MattCrap: Acoustic Weekly by The Dumb Fox

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MattCrap: Acoustic Weekly- POST 032

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There was darkness, there was light
There was day and there was night
There was wrong and there was right
And then there was me

You didn't even know me but you treated me like dirt

(And then there was me)
You didn't even know me but you called me a jerk

(And then there was me)

I'm from a planet near a star
You wouldn't know, it's very far
They're calling me the man from Mars
But I think they're insulting me

They tried to take my special suit

(Insulting me)
They say my head looks like fruit
(What is fruit?)

(Insulting me)
Put your hands up or I'll shoot! I don't have hands

Across the galaxy, I flew
Heard a peaceful message sent by you
Now I find you're judged by color and size
I can't believe what you called my...

I'm the guy who sailed the sky, but I think I'd like to live here
Like to share you mountains, share your trees and share your rivers
I've never seen so many beings of so many colours
I'd like one day for you to say that I could call you brothers


(And then there was we)
I'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather

(And then there was we)
Then we could learn about how beings live together

(And then there was we)

So if you're thinking about being a spaceman
It won't matter if you're black or white
Or purple or green or blue or red
Or yellow with polka dots on your head
Or made of snow, or made of wheat
Or looking like something that's kind of a treat...

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from MattCrap: Acoustic Weekly, released April 14, 2011

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