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Ball & Chain Record Store by Ellyn Maybe7 t; y) g/ p7 W5 Y/ J5 v- o, `
Ball & Chain Record Store
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Someone came into the ball and chain
U& b' i$ K3 q; n( mrecord store I work at
1 U' T+ |! t2 z8 O- C) iand said no bags
u" E7 A7 i5 m ?- Sa waste of plastic
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I said yes
3 {9 G. j" _5 eYou must be a granola eating, left wing,- E3 }2 [$ e4 z- R/ F; x: u+ }! w+ }
dig gothic, post-modernist, watch a lot
4 w. O2 i8 \+ |of Billy Jack movies, Arlo Guthrie type+ W% Q% `+ D6 ^4 x. ~0 ~/ J" i9 G
* c7 ^* _0 {4 }2 F& dHe said yes' R- A E E; G' S. A
I smiled
# O" J S- O) {8 \( W, h% v$ eI dream of Tom Waits fingerpainting
0 k% q: |/ ^* C! Tlightbulbs on my holiday wreath,
: I6 O! b7 i* O zand I'm Jewish, pretty weird huh?+ g7 `1 o( `+ f4 E
I celebrate Tiny Tim's birthday
$ G9 u* d" I- Y* c, X( ^; A: Q; A) owith a parade of dancing deadheads# N9 j, v, ?& X' N
some who never sleep and some
; v& x5 o0 F. _+ V4 Cwho never go to the bathroom4 Y" J( a- W' M8 i+ G* }
1 J* k3 P0 f: o4 V/ \His T-shirt said have you hugged
2 L% |2 X$ y) t/ j6 @a rainforest today?, z- X& g% o7 J3 _! x# L
6 m. v! T/ u. w0 N7 }) rI said I love the planet
' u5 M# P: w8 Obut it's unrequited love
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He told me babe, you're bringing me down
) ?* f I( L: h n! H6 x1 ^9 kWhen I was born my first word was ooomm( u; h5 ^) C* [; s& o$ U
In kindergarten I organized the pacifists' I: ]6 p9 A, Y8 m
to demand we didn't have to read/ P( x6 i* P. E8 W: F
from Dick, Jane and Spot books
}7 S% C8 d5 h; U& G5 V, `( C$ m( {Too generic
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I demanded we get American Indians
. W, D! Q2 F6 B6 ~8 C6 j, bto talk about what's real
0 d$ d; O, X, h' T3 n5 QAnd I gave them my nap mat
* e, k# a/ i4 qcause it's their land and6 Z* Z' Z6 ^0 A) o+ b- P/ P8 X
I gave them my peanut butter
1 e8 y7 [# X, p% e2 n' B+ u% x: }and jelly sandwich cause7 m8 T) T+ J# `+ e
the buffalo have been murdered& U7 n6 x/ k% t" ?4 q
and they need protein o+ N; v4 p+ |) w. v8 S
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He blushed with passion and said
) k2 X+ e8 y9 _$ w3 P4 l, Ttell me you* ]7 L& ~ F, P1 A! O5 d
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Well, the first 15 years of my life; @. [$ o4 n" J# N% T1 X, Q0 ^& Y
I thought Barry Manilow was a sex symbol
; v; Q5 k: H7 `* d8 ?/ Y4 N/ TNeedless to say I got a sort of late start
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% T1 V/ j: T( m2 H: rat being at one with the cosmic heartbeat2 {, }9 s% @1 K5 j s) o3 c) O$ e
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He gave me one of those looks
1 _% b- n. T8 M$ hlike I better get this girl
% v0 ]; h4 M# V0 ?; i8 [) \6 w% vsome Jack Kerouac books to read fast
+ R8 D: M6 Y* g# B6 x& ybefore she suffers the confusion1 P4 m4 t) i7 p; Y9 f2 y1 @, B
( n, @1 [& N! p2 q$ m5 K+ n2 uof not knowing there's other existences1 } [8 S8 W4 F R8 |3 E4 g
beside the banal* J( \- d* }* t# `
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I put my hands on my hips and squealed
8 x1 k9 @) Y; H8 w- LI read On The Road and the letters$ ]& h% |, v5 R$ q8 N4 A- l' F
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of Allen Ginsberg to Neal Cassady
! E, ?. U: S/ v. q* x, x0 A2 iand vice versa' j% n+ E3 i* z
! Q: l7 U/ o. o) }+ g& c ^He said on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday- i* \! s9 J- {: l+ [
I'm a part time Marxist
- e4 r$ b# L5 bHe took out a beanie
, \! m) v" E6 @put it on his head
$ e A8 r+ k: i1 x6 Dand began to chant
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; o1 f: n& ^- ^' u7 HThis definitely turned me on9 o) G+ U2 ^! v# [5 Z/ k$ P
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All of a sudden he began to sing
t2 t" |3 p8 G# Lthe minimum wage workers' song3 W) C' d9 u! P _+ J! |
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the walls are full of faces
7 F$ E' G! s7 G; L2 O, ithe mini-malls are full of neon
$ |, a, u: e- ]# Y8 K' `% fthe bitter bite the hands that feed them) I7 ?: s$ l# n5 L: w
the food is a mixture of bone, blood
% |: x% b+ N9 ^* ` Land snails9 g) h8 r0 g7 U
man is a cannibal+ _6 Y, H+ t, m' p
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I said wow! you are the sort of guy0 }, P7 |7 h9 g% I5 l4 U. L# F+ p
who says right on and really means it; l L8 O4 i1 @
you probably only drink the milk8 F: k8 u4 b5 {. r
of socially conscious cows$ |) e+ N( d+ R6 v' T/ b$ t, g' A
who voted Crosby, Stills, Nash
+ }1 p' V( Z& n% b5 o( w" |and Young for president
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9 x. d- Z+ c( ^5 }) cHe screamed oh chick my life changed$ H; Y! \! N# P8 H$ L! W9 B' J$ t% M
in 1962 when I realized the Constitution w* ]; ?+ C6 i/ ?( ~5 ]
was written without women, blacks,
- f4 V+ y0 R$ H6 o7 ], W% Tindians, and poor white men in mind, c9 ?+ O' k1 G
That was not o.k.
, X5 n6 t( I( ~- {1 I0 w& m+ `4 h( ]2 `I became the Jackson Pollack of feminism
0 Q! W* g& \. R/ j: \I threw paint of outrage everywhere
. o- E/ ]( z: U ]& Q, {! H) ^I was a man who identified
- W" ~4 u' J! v( q# X9 ^# nwith Billie Holiday and Ernest Hemingway
; N8 R9 i. \9 R0 fI was a traveler* f' \" m0 h$ p, d _7 Y% X7 l
; y; ?$ ]+ m: d" {So what brings you into this6 a7 m5 d% b& r6 M- w# O1 s
San Fernando Valley air conditioned
' ]0 ], X0 M* e6 D* Lintellectually malnourished video store
/ U0 a) H: v8 t3 e$ t! `with the exactlys?
3 ~$ F4 @/ ~6 _$ a! f9 e' N0 IWe open exactly at 10:00
) v; H0 e7 V$ O) xClose exactly at 10:00, U* V+ T3 D7 O a
No matter what our karma
& u2 e' C9 Z- a/ V8 J# ~Damn it's so crass,* v0 B* i) e1 f
you can't even rent The Last Waltz here
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. Z$ x; f7 F/ Z+ CHe said I'm in a competitive mantra makers# i; U5 r R7 ^* g9 U- M
bowling league( s. ~) ~5 R) ~3 g6 v1 N3 T1 L) _7 o
We have weavers, chess players
6 }! |1 N: d, q( `avant garde stamp collectors
) r% n2 a( a+ G2 w" v/ F. wand Hell's Angels
$ Z1 s( B2 o+ fInventors all
h2 ~( y7 @% Q0 LWe bowl whenever the fuck
( B) Z! ~! H2 e8 N2 xthe spirit moves us+ ^" |; u: k% T3 |1 P6 \; w m
With any luck we'll be playing the8 l! w- w" N& w
New Age/lawyers/used car salesman league7 r+ ?& t( d9 Q4 _4 G0 T9 l
again real soon
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; R% G# s8 c: w8 E8 L( MHippies and New Age people are like( {( B, T# L' q. ?- c
the difference between Bob Dylan and Bob Hope: }. ^/ _$ R4 V1 M2 R4 V) S6 ?' e
0 A0 l' g/ G1 j1 lHe smiled and said do you want to bowl?
9 U3 j0 i6 v% L* e6 EWe are definitely into strikes
! o' d2 J$ `0 N N1 r8 {for the betterment of the worker5 ~8 H4 d) F* f
We need someone who looks: W2 s2 `. h7 j8 B, d
like she could walk into the woods. @. [ C' m( H0 @- I
and find incense without getting poison ivy
" Q% C- i- U( J- Z) HYou look like Van Morrison( a; |7 S# Z- B4 E8 P% c9 y
when you pout your lips: I$ O( R9 g4 b' u7 m% S
You could be a part of the father son and
8 M8 S$ V6 d( I" ]$ E% _the holy ghost meshuganeh athletic league6 D4 D6 u$ h6 O
Besides I love you# u+ C: R; A# Z
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I started to weep6 A4 y$ {9 E( r6 J( i& I. I$ _
Tears of Bas Mitzvah cake
/ o. E& j4 J- D" ~+ P. C$ \" g$ A7 uand tears of being the last kid picked! _. A6 {* I! H9 y
for field hockey in gym class' {( ]( {2 y4 e3 ]2 n
Authentic tears; A8 w% U8 h+ u; G
Nobody ever said all that to me before
9 i2 N% C8 Y# @I guess I kind of do have Van Morrison's mouth
. B4 @ d4 I# B, K+ gWhy hadn't anybody ever noticed?
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I said I love you' W( Q p3 V1 I
But every free moment I moonlight at. y6 R' k/ d' g6 W3 c6 M1 o& @( S" f
Hairy Krishna Organic Coiffures
/ n: S+ r; A) Pand Tea Salon j2 L: H9 K; G: m' C9 N! M, d
We use/ m0 }9 c. g$ [4 c1 A& I. l* v. i1 S
no chemicals3 w/ m* V5 x Y* b" v# g
no dyes
) l8 A# L/ K8 Jno sprays
! C! o3 {' |/ ]no combs7 M# S4 ]0 |" [% E: _' T5 z
no brushes
' b) ?: F' V n% y4 _/ ^Hell, you look pretty much the same going out1 V7 u1 U/ g7 B6 G" v) V/ l* J+ e2 r
as going in$ S) d G/ D" B
( h" L6 d" ]6 B+ YHe said what's a nice girl like you doing
5 k9 a1 ?) i/ [4 }5 e6 R4 Rliving in a Republican administration
# q: Z/ e M& h; j( z+ E% v/ k' Alike this?! Y% G* y" s" a( u2 ~) W/ q
, O/ q3 f) X6 t9 y+ jThe manager of the record store comes over
3 {/ R7 X5 N" i x8 l! Q3 e7 ?7 Eand says& X, I t0 E0 Z4 N- [
you know the movie Fahrenheit 451
" o4 c7 P$ t3 ]" Q: [5 A& |" ~Corporate has ordered us to burn it
! u. Z' `" a1 w( n: v: cGet to it!8 z% D- X: n6 T' t" W
Don't give me your damn whimpering. k5 U `0 J0 F! w+ @5 S
Joan of Arc eyes% O( o3 ?& s5 R6 O
Lots of people would love to have your job
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I screamed pig PIG
2 N' g& {$ m3 H L3 `: l7 @) I9 sYou are giving barnyard animals a bad name
; ?! P. \) p2 {) DCops are Pigs!
% n! i: B# `' H+ I% F- j6 ?; ~Intolerants are Pigs!
0 ?3 @( ~* l: _2 m' }Bigots are Pigs!
, b' n4 D6 @3 }$ HEverybody who does it and says they're
0 |& L) G9 p; f Ijust doing their job is a Pig!* f2 b: G/ R- d3 p
Everybody who does it to someone else; k9 c2 C# b$ d9 f+ @( E
knows what they are
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This is my first day at the record store; [* r- J/ k4 Y* M5 F
I guess if they want to have a quiet0 U, t; \2 M+ T$ H5 _3 A- X
complacent yes sir type of employee, T* E" b. a4 h" ^( G4 O* f
they ought to ask different questions* v# o. q5 M0 `
on the application
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like do you conform?
0 z& q% D# ^0 a; c1 v* o3 n. elike do you care that this is stolen land?5 z* A3 T% U7 ?8 x- i
like do you believe in playlists?; G" l# G2 p+ Z/ B! I
like do you believe in yourself?
8 E/ b) U p: S& gdo you mind waking up alone
& _5 t& m0 n7 Vrather than being beat up with fists?
. ~" m% `# ~' p" _4 A* Bdo you see the government is beating us up
9 B, f' p" o4 ]# L" s4 V7 jas bad as a knife in our elbows
" V8 L8 l8 Y/ j2 Fas bad as a slur in our ears
6 i3 D5 @6 A+ Q Sas bad as a rape
8 e' x, r! L2 Owhen we just wanted to be held. m' U5 D; @8 a2 J
4 f" n; T( ]2 U0 A9 ?" ZAnd all they ask is2 y8 V' Y7 z5 {4 `: _, l
can you work part-time?% o1 w3 ?3 ^( t0 G4 @- D9 ^
and what days can't you work?- x5 s- s% {7 z+ ^5 g' x
and they say whom do we contact
& n- ~" N8 O* ]7 i8 D% nin an emergency?
" w+ m! N, R" }# b2 XI said+ a! m' U( K& v5 U& q% ]! z$ `% H
cause you need to ask that
: P& m# Q' _. P7 c' |7 Z- nconstitutes an emergency Z3 u- ?+ v, i W5 s( [' ]
The hippie said my name is Hell's Bell's2 q2 ?5 B' ]6 b0 F9 h
but you can call me hope" k+ l$ c D' j
He said I dug you
3 |3 H7 |5 E( h9 W" b( S# Q rNow I dig your whole being. I. D: V! J6 Y) ]5 ]8 b
) V: J: a, j6 n* h2 X) m% rIt's strange4 x6 u4 D0 ]; [: x% S" n
No matter how many nights I wake up unhappy
3 L! D9 N4 `2 C" c0 a" n6 m4 Dthere is still a possibility of rising! x- p4 Z- g' J' H6 w; d9 G( K+ x
into a change so easily
( q' U0 p/ B# ]& {The outlaw lives in a world
. |! I% h& Y' ~+ rwhere when he sees a mirror" j% \8 z: b Q6 g, A8 E# L6 X: V
he sees a hero8 r0 I# ]& Q. V* ]1 x, s; O0 T7 Q
And all heroes put their bellbottoms on1 [( w5 H0 y* C) W2 G& g j
one leg at a time y i) \0 |/ d$ l1 U2 f
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Let's face it3 ]- q; ]- d& h/ F( W
How can you trust money when
- q3 O u5 c6 {it's politician's faces printed on it
% H0 L5 n1 ~( [1 } s9 Y$ e7 tMoney is sexist
$ `' m% Y2 d; S: FThe only woman on so called American currency0 ^* C. E3 V* W8 C0 d" O
which is really Turtle Island8 _- E% u* v: n6 _+ U
to the Indians is Susan B. Anthony
! R; [9 C* ]( q# O# U) Qand they stopped making those real fast
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Is money worth killing for?
+ q/ p# Z# x; n% l' f6 }. J1 ^Is money worth dying for? P' p/ Z: G- M( d7 f) Q8 F
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I ran through the store singing
2 I+ U5 [* v( }; gabout William Blake's eyebrows" r% d( i W" H/ ~5 K/ S
and Walt Whitman's bellybutton, b: q a- V z+ I% O% d! S: f, X
saying everything is alive; \" `& Q. G. @/ T0 v5 p6 }7 q
and everything is sort of adorable
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I took paperclips and gave them* f! w! G% f4 @6 T" C
to loving vegetarian families
- Z# W; } W- _; ^ m3 Swho needed someone
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I took the bathroom sink and gave it a hug+ h3 f" g- r! }2 l. A8 @
I freed all the rubberbands!
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! v0 H* ]$ ~2 `And I said to all the plastic bags& g1 n8 T3 c4 f& |+ S8 d
I will never burden you
3 Q l" t2 ]/ K: ]0 U+ ]with films weighing you down,
9 c4 C+ W2 H( ~' \0 r( s, GPerry Como cassettes,( V" ]0 [& F8 c- F+ E# ~
or even a piece of Jerry Garcia's beard
! p' |3 F8 I% MWell maybe0 z. o2 i+ @3 f; C" L
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But I will never staple a bag0 Y+ r6 a2 t' U6 l% ~
for you brought love7 Z/ n$ n4 e; R% n1 n
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Most people tell me& s8 ?% e# M7 k/ w0 m1 {
it was all the pop tarts I ate2 J1 _5 Z2 q) H, f- z5 i0 f- T
Some people tell me1 S6 P# t) n% o" W
it was because I was a liar
) B+ H! H( f/ IAnd I said I'm too honest) S% Q0 p: N: K) }% _9 o- f5 d% B# w- M
to be anybody's best friend; V5 z3 u5 W8 v
but at times nobody believes
, y: H$ D7 m2 P( b6 Q1 ithis hippie ever even came by
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* Y8 v" L% Q! U4 _there are2 w/ y* o b) e( N
no lingering peace signs
/ _. r, R1 [6 {1 s- v0 Lno incense
0 o5 h9 A7 ?+ o- J U) hno tea bags- x: ~+ B/ Q: y4 y6 V2 o7 k7 y
no fuck the fuckers pamphlets1 Q& [; Y( k( r9 [% a) J! k
yet I still can't even believe2 [, G" E: C6 n. |7 S% m4 K
Abbie Hoffman is dead
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! M2 C* k1 x: L2 f6 U6 HSo my strengths and pains
$ M4 N$ n& o5 j) iare in my sense of wonder
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All I know is I don't believe in
" t* X6 Y0 a. r% j. Swearing sandals and argyle socks together
% e0 \: W* l# I7 Q) YAnd when I needed it most, hope was here6 N! ?1 ?5 s& @, Y4 @8 f
change must not be too far behind9 ?5 q; |, F/ x. I
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% F+ _# [7 r% MEllyn Maybe |
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