A B C D E F G H I gotta' gal wears her toenails long.
Drives a red Barracuda, singin' meat packer songs
And she ain't from Kalamazoo.

A B C D E F G H I gotta' friend lived in a Mercedes-Benz.
Then a 55 Chrysler where the trunk never ends/
And the plates say Kalamazoo.

He had a steady job and watched what he spent.
He'd say I don't believe in payin' no goddamn rent.
I'll squirrel away every goddamn cent
And buy my own damn house in Kalamazoo.

I knew a guy that mangled his hand,
And he went from pipe fittin' to a hot dog stand.
They say last year he cleared fifty grand
Selling dogs round Kalamazoo.

She turned to the world with a bastard child.
Said, "I just can't handle him he's too damn wild".
But the years and the liquor have made him mild.
And he lays around in Kalamazoo.


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Kalamazoo Lyrics as written by Les Claypool Bryan Kei Mantia

Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing

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    The lyrics to the Glen Miller song (googled):

    A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H I got a gal in Kalamazoo Dont want to boast but I know Shes the toast of Kalamazoo (Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo)

    Years have gone by My my how she grew I liked her looks when I Carried her books in Kalamazoo (Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo)

    I'm gonna send away, hoppin On a plane, leavin today Am I dreamin? I can hear her screamin (Zoo, zoo, zoo, Kalamazoo)

    K (K) A (A) L-A-M-A-Z-O

    (Oh, oh, oh, oh what a gal, a real pipperoo) (Were goin to Michigan to see the sweetest in Kalamazoo) (Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo) (Kalamazoo!!)

    goldsacon October 26, 2007   Link

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