Skinny was born in a bathtub
And he grew so incredibly thin
Even the end of an eyedropper
sucked him in
Skinny never knew any questiong
Skinny never looked at the lights
But Skinny sold something
every single night
Skinny sold a soldier to me
Skinny sold a wife
Skinny sold a suction cup
And a knife
Skinny found a Hello Dolly
record in the hall
He sold it to a truck driver
in the fall
Hello, Dolly
And he grew so incredibly thin
Even the end of an eyedropper
sucked him in
Skinny never knew any questiong
Skinny never looked at the lights
But Skinny sold something
every single night
Skinny sold a soldier to me
Skinny sold a wife
Skinny sold a suction cup
And a knife
Skinny found a Hello Dolly
record in the hall
He sold it to a truck driver
in the fall
Hello, Dolly
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1. Skinny growing thin is not having very many riches, and not looking to be rich. He never looks at the lights(the lime light) yet still sold a lot of things. Skinny also selling very odd things to odd people to sell it to. In this way, this could be the Residents defense to not selling out yet still selling things and how that makes sense
2. This one is the exact opposite than the first. Skinny was thin because he was weak. He did sell out but was behind the rich man he was very weak. Not knowing any questions would be always hiring people to answer the questions for him. Not looking at the lights would not be looking to the beauty of things. He also doesn't notice any value of anything either, he finds a rare copy of a Hello Dolly record and just basically throws it away on some truck driver.
But their version of Hello Skinny was definitely awesome. They played it as their encore when they came to St. Louis. It was wonderful.