Beautiful Fool

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Martin Luther who did you think that you were?
Appointed by some higher up
Merely mortal, your plans were unaffordable
No one wants to pay for love

Oh you beautiful fool
Swimmin up stream, kickin’ up waves
Dreams weren’t meant to come true
That’s why they call ‘em dreams
Oh you beautiful fool

Walter Cronkite pre-empted Disney one night
And all us kids were so upset
We thought that you were a trouble instigator
Marchin’ through our T.V. set

Oh you beautiful fool
Swimmin up stream, kickin’ up waves
Dreams weren’t meant to come true
That’s why they call ‘em dreams
Oh you beautiful fool

To fight a fight without a fist all human instinct puzzles this
How dare you threaten our existence
Mahatma Gandhi, Jesus Christ, history repeats itself so nice
Consistently we are resistant to love

I saw you on the black and white
With Blacks and White’s applauding you
I saw you on another time
Without a sign of life in you

Oh you beautiful fool
Swimmin up stream, kickin’ up waves
Dreams weren’t meant to come true
That’s why they call ‘em dreams
Oh you beautiful fool

I Like to Watch

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Written late one night after a gig. I was sitting on the couch way to early in the AM in underwear and t-shirt roaming the cable TV with a clicker in one hand and junk food in the other...not a pretty sight. Soon it all became a barrage of info-mmercials, squawking 24/7 "news" robots, soft-core porn and raging evangelists. I turned 'em off and wrote this song. God bless 'em all!

I Like To Watch
(Don Henry / Poppermost Music / SESAC) 2011

The pool boy is a cool boy he glistens in the Santa Barbara sun
The Doc's wife is a fox wife and she never leaves a fantasy undone 

Get it on little people, I have seen you from my couch
With my slow-mo remote control and couch potato pouch
Get it on little people, do it, do it, do it
Get it on little people, I like to watch

The Doc's work is like clock work teeing off each day at 9:02
The Caddy is some one's daddy making tips to help his children's public school  

Get it on little people I have seen you on the news
Where white-collar scholars analyze blue-collar blues
Get it on little people, do it, do it, do it
Get it on little people, I like to watch 

The daddy is a fatty with a thing for Burger King and Mackie D's
The Mother has a lover stashed away like Mary J. and Jackie D

Get it on little people I have seen you on the soaps
Until "Dialing for Dollars" eliminates my hopes
Get it on little people, do it, do it, do it
Get it on little people, I like to watch

BRIDGE
I'm vegetation on pixel medication
I'm just a whore and zombie for TV
I don't have an answer I'm just a cable dancer
Gleaming in extreme reality 

The lover's undercover he must protect his gospel hour revenue
His ministry is just an industry without a lotta thought of what Jesus would do  

Get it on little people I have seen the talking head
Twist the holy word into a hateful one instead
Get it on little people, do it, do it, do it
Get it on little people, Goddam I like to watch