Ohio

these are the correct lyrics:

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

That dog, that cat, that little tiny man...

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

That fly that helicopter, that red and white van.

Ohio, is it too late, Ohio?

We're talking paper forks now! We're talking bacon cuts now! We're talking turkey talk, and talking turkey walk and every small town !

We're talking 16 ska bands! We're talking 19 ska bands!

We're talking rooty suits and rooty boots and sooty moots do!

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

That dog, THAT CAT! That little tiny man...

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

That fly that helicopter, that red and white van.

Ohio, is it too late, Ohio?

The correct lyrics are.....

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

That dog, like cat, that little tiny man.

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

I'd fly that helicopter, that red and white van.

Ohio, is it too late, Ohioooo

We're talking paper forks now! We're talking bacon cuts now! We're talking turkey talk, and talking turkey walk and every small town !

We're talking 60s ska bands! We're talking 90 ska bands!

          (as in rude boy, a ska term)   

We're talking rudey suits and rudey boots and suity moots do! (and live he sings "hooty flutes do")

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

That dog, Like cat, That little tiny man

I guess I sort of lied when I said it's not that bad.

I'd fly that helicopter, that red and white van.

Ohio, is it too late, Ohioooo

Umm, I'm pretty sure it goes: We're talking 60s ska bands! We're talking 90s ska bands! We're talking rudie suits and rudie boots and ???

these are the correct lyrics:

I guess I sort of lied when I said it’s not that bad: -that dog -that cat! -that little tiny man

I guess I sort of lied when I said it’s not that bad: -that fly -that helicopter -that red and white van

Ohio, is it to late? Ohio Oooooooooo

We’re talking bacon cuts now We’re talking paper forks now We’re talking doors with porn And lords with stores that front my card new We’re talking 16 ska bands We’re talking 80 dad nows We’re talking horns and suits and guns and shoes and worms wording boots

What he lists on the website, and what he says at the end are two entirely different things. But there's probably another version somewhere. Mine's off Twacky Cats.

I think this song is about Dan's Ska band he tried creating in high school and how he now realizes that Ska is a silly and hopeless genre.

"We're talking 16 ska bands... We're talking 19 ska bands..." (Back then Ska was the "cool" scene, and teenage ska bands were more of a commodity than pedophiles on myspace) "We're talking rudie suits and rudie boots..." (suits and boots that ska kids or "rudies" wear. Suits usually bought at thrift stores and boots usually Doc Martins) "And hooty flutes too" (I imagine he's talking about the horn sections?)

All the other non sensical lyrics are just silly absurd visual devices, and ultimately a catalyst to get people talking about Dan Deacon and his music.

It's actually "walking every walk now", "60s Ska bands", "90s Ska bands", and "We're talking rooty suits and rooty boots and hooty flutes do!".

these are the correct lyrics:

I guess I sort of lied when I said it’s not that bad: -that dog -that cat! -that little tiny man

I guess I sort of lied when I said it’s not that bad: -that fly -that helicopter -that red and white van

Ohio, is it to late? Ohio Oooooooooo

We’re talking bacon cuts now We’re talking paper forks now We’re talking doors with porn And lords with stores that front my card new We’re talking 16 ska bands We’re talking 80 dad nows We’re talking horns and suits and guns and shoes and worms wording boots