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Burnt Orange Peel Lyrics
Long ago things to be
Ive got a garden hose and a color tv
I've got time on my hands
I've got time on my hands
nobody cares what i do
Long ago things to do
I've got a burnt orange peel and a potato stew
I've got work to get done
I've got work to get done
nobody knows where to run
I've got a quart of milk and some sound advice
I've got trees to drink
but they smell so nice
don't give me the flu
nobody knows I'm with you
back and forth I dodge a fly
like a feather in the sky
write me out a check
give me all your cash
nobody knows, so just go home
Ive got a garden hose and a color tv
I've got time on my hands
I've got time on my hands
nobody cares what i do
I've got a burnt orange peel and a potato stew
I've got work to get done
I've got work to get done
nobody knows where to run
I've got trees to drink
but they smell so nice
don't give me the flu
nobody knows I'm with you
like a feather in the sky
write me out a check
give me all your cash
nobody knows, so just go home
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I think the first lines of the first two verses should be "running out of things to be..." and "running out of things to do, ..." and I think in the third verse could be "I've got trees to break" instead of drink.
Hell of a song though. The only real rockin' song on the album.
Hey asshole your not the writer, beck is.
No I think placeboheadwound got the lyrics right. trhats what beck says in the song.
awesome song....makes me feel like running through the park