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Nothing but a Baby

from Harlem Hayride by Karl Straub & the Graverobbers

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lyrics

You’re nothing but a baby.
An open window’s razzle-dazzle
Magic string of lit-up lights
Every time you blink your eyes.

Pretty little colored house
You don’t notice that it’s made of matches.
Popsicle’s just as good
If it’s left out in the sun.

Credit cards and candle wax
Your mother’s keys and your father’s glasses
Soon as there’s a minute free
You’ll put ’em in your mouth.

Always so much to do
When you’re the size of a carpet sample
So many places to have fun.

You’re nothing but a baby.
You’re out of milk and you’re out of coffee.
Leave a message on your phone
It says that you are out.

You’re distracted by
The crowd around the makeup counter.
Wanna get some water
But those lines are so damn long.
Must have been a couple months
Since they told you they would notify you.
Soon as something opens up
We’ll be giving you a call.

Have a seat, fill out some forms
Your maiden name and your average salary
Where you’ll be living in the fall.

You’re nothing but a baby.
An open window’s razzle-dazzle
Magic string of lit-up lights
Every time you blink your eyes.

Pretty little colored house
You don’t notice that it’s made of matches.
Popsicle’s just as good
If it’s left out in the sun.

Credit cards and candle wax
Your mother’s keys and your father’s glasses
Soon as there’s a minute free
You’ll put ’em in your mouth.

Always so much to do
When you’re the size of a carpet sample
So many places to have fun.

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from Harlem Hayride, released July 19, 2013
@ 2013 Karl Straub, Clever Bits Music (BMI)

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Karl Straub Alexandria, Virginia

KARL STRAUB writes music the way birds build nests, throwing together something sturdy from whatever detritus is lying around. Bubblegum pop, Charlie Parker, Merle Haggard and Bob Wills, Rodgers & Hart, psych fuzz, the Dolls and Velvet Underground, etc.
Straub basically uses two approaches when he writes lyrics— storytelling and impressionism. ... more

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