Leppo and the Jooves
Soft Boys

Detractor CrabwisenOver the Andalusian extensions of the life and loves of NoddynThrough the windows of disgustnThe teeth of Leppo and his managers awrynNo time to crynnSunrisenA lamp of no position in the loss of all existencenTo the vultures without bibles andnThe preachers without leaves that pass it bynNo time to sighnnAll them pretty womennPlanted in a rownYou see them in the newspapersnBut you can't have 'em no!nNo no no no no no no no!Oh ho ho!nnThey get Lep-Lep-Leppo and the J-J-J-J-J-JoovesnThey jump on anything that m-m-m-m-m-movesnOn taxis, coffin-lids, Americans, piano-heads and roofsnLepponnLikewisenA farmer and his diary might conspire to freeze a widownSo I went to rob the lizardnOf his skin, his coat, his money and his earthnAll that he's worthnnSomedaynYou realize that everything you do or see or think ofnIf it interferes with nothingnMight as well dissolve in arrows or in tearsnNobody hearsnnAll them famous peoplenWashed off in the rainnLeave not even a puddle, babynAll you leave is your namenHuh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!Your name!nnI got a name, babynIt's Lep-Lep-Leppo and the J-J-J-J-J-JoovesOh ho ho!nThey jump on anything that m-m-m-m-m-movesnAh ha ha!Ah ha ha.nOn taxis, coffin-lids, Americans, piano-heads and roofsnLepponnListennAnd you can hear the dripping of the clocks, the reaping of the sunnThe vengeance of the hammer andnThe squeamish tight explosion of the liarnBurn in the firennGazingnWith unforeseeing eyes into the smoke, the lungs of warnAnd all the endless formulations of unusable beginnings thatnHave grown from hungry rivers into treesnNobody seesnnAll them hungry peoplenThey don't look so goodnBut I don't let it bother younI don't see why it shouldnNo no no no no no!Oh oh honOh ho honnLep-Lep-Leppo and the J-J-J-J-J-JoovesnThey jump on anything that m-m-m-m-m-movesnOn taxis, coffin-lids, Americans, piano-heads and roofsnLeppo


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