Mark (lead vocals) kaylan (lead vocals) Ian (woodwinds, keyboards, vocals) dunbar (drums) Don (keyboards, mini-moog) Jim (bass, vocals)
Billy the Billy the A regular mountain Residing between Rosamond and With his stunning ethel A tree, a tree.
Billy was a Ethel was a tree growing off of his Billy was a Billy was a Ethel was a tree off of his shoulder Ethel was a tree off of his shoulder ( hey, hey, hey! ) had two big Caves for With a for a jaw would go up or down And it did He'd out some dust And up a boulder, hack. up a boulder, hack, hack. up a boulder, hack, hack. up a boulder.
Now, one day, and I believe it was on tuesday, a man in checkered double-knit suit drove up in large el dorado leased from bob spreene ( "where the freeways meet in downey!" ) He laid a huge bulging right at the corner of billy the mountain, that was right where his foot was supposed to be. now billy the mountain, he couldn't believe it: all those postcards h Osed for, for all of years, and finally, now at last, his royalties! "royalties, royalties, royalties! the royalty check is in, honey!" ... yes, billy the mountain was rich! yes, His eyeball caves, they widened in amazement... and his jaw, was a cliff, well it ... it dropped thirty feet! a bunch of dust puffed out ... rocks and boulders hacked up, hack! hack! ... c Ng the ...
I gave him the He real funny He up a rock and It my car Oh do you Know any Might be bound for the I don't wanna stand All in this bar ( dear ) I don't wanna stand All in this bar ( no ) I don't wanna stand All in this bar
By two o'clock, when bars had already closed down, billy had broken the big to ethel, ahhhh, and with dust and boulders everywhere, billy, choked with exitement, announced: "ethel, we' Ing on a vacation!"... yes, and they were on a vacation, oh, and ethel, ethel, ethel, like any little woman, she of course was very excited ... she creaked a little bit, and some old Flew off of her. billy told ethel they were going to... yes, they where going to new york! "ethel, we're to... new york! but first they were gonna stop in las vegas...
"it's off to las to check out the lounges, a few handles and drink a few beers, oh ethel, Ethel, my darling, you that I love you, I'm we could have a vacation this year, Oh neat-o, we could have a vacation this year."
They left that night, crunchin' across the mojave desert, their voices echoing thru the canyons of minds... "ethel, wanna get a cuppa cawfee? howard johnson's, ahhh there's a howard jo 's! ... wanna eat some ...
The first noteworhty piece of real estate they destroyed was edwards air force base. and to this very day, wing-nuts and reduction clerks alike speak in reverent whispers about that fateful T when test stand number one and the rocket sled itself got lunched, I said lunched, by a famous mountain and his wooden wife ...
"word just in to the kttv news service undeniably links this mountain and his wife to drug and payoffs as part of san joaquin valley smut ring. however, we can assure parents in the s Rn california area that a recent narcotic crackdown in torrence ... hawthorne ... ... westchester ... playa del rey ... santa monica ... tujunga ... sunland ... san fernando ... pacoima . ... newhall ... canoga park ... palmdale ... glendale ... irwindale ... rolling hills ... granada hills ... shadow hills ... cheviot hills ... will provide the secret evidence the palmdale Jury has needed to seek a criminal and pave the way for stiffer legislation, increased federal aid, and avert a crippling strike of bartenders and veterinarians throughout the inlan Ire ..."
Within the week, jerry had hosted a telethon ( la la la nice lady ) to raise funds for the injured, "injured", and homeless, "homeless" in glendale, as billy had just l Ed it. and a few miles outside of town billy caused a 'oh mine/my(? ) papa' in the earth's crust, right over the secret underground dumps, right near the jack in the box on glenoaks where t Eep the of old poison gas and obsolete germs bombs, just as a freak tornado cruised through ... yes, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon when little howard kaplan was sitting on hi Ch ( "toto...!") just playing ( "come here, toto ...!") and having a nice with his little accordion, ("toto...!") and this weird wind came up, direct from glen Blowing those terrible germs in his direction ... and all this caused by huge mountain ("aunty em") somewhere over the rainbow, blue fly, sucking up two-thirds of it ( suck, suc Ck) for an ultimetly dispersal vast stretches of ... watts!!!
Now, unless I misunderstood, it was right outside of columbus, ohio when billy received his notice to report for his induction physical. now lemme tell ya, ethel said, now ethel, said she T gonna let him go ... "i'm not gonna let you go, billy" ... that's right, we now have confirmed reports from an informed orange county minister that is still an active communist It is this reporter's opinion that she also covent witch-craft ...
It was about this time that the telephone rang inside of the secret briefcase belonging to one mortal man who might be able to stop all of this destruction and save america herself. an Sorry to disappoint some of you, it was not chief redden. this one man was studebacher hoch, fantastic new super hero of the current economic slump. now, some say he looked like zubin meh Ubin mehta); still others say "bullshit, honey, it was just another greasy guy who happened to be next to the frozen beef pies at boney's market..."; still others say "pshaw/ (? ), and piss on you, jack, he's just a iatlian who drove a red car ..." you see, nobody ever really knew for sure because studebacher was sooooo mysterious ....
He was so ( he was so, he was so) He was so ( he was so, he was so) ''cause when a person to be such a hero, folks And beyond compute You can never really tell about a guy like Whether really a nice person Or if he just a lot Or if he has a son named or what. Whether really a nice person Or if he has a son pinocchio or what. men say he could fly Some men say he could say he could sing like neil sedaka, And all the in flushing would be amazed of him Two, three of him ... amazed ...
Time passed. january, february, march, july, wednesdey, august, irwindale, in the afternoon, sunday, monday, funny cars, walnuts, city of industry, big john masamanian ... so when the E ring in the secret briefcase, a strong masculine hand with a dudley wristwatch and flexy braclet grabbed it and answered in a deep, calmly assured voice: "so... ah... yeah, yeah Already ... ... well, yeah? ... ah-are you kidding? ... you're not kidding ... a mountain ... with a tree growing off of it's shoulder? aw, you're fulla shit, man... ah listen, by the way, Re you go on; did you get those white albums I sent ya with the pencil on the front, yeah, you should move some of those for me ... we're having a lot of,...listen, so kiss little jakee on Head... and how's your wife's hemorrhoids? ...ah, that's too bad...listen...so you've got a mountain, with a tree, listen, causing...well, let me write this down... take a few notes here... ...to el segundo, ...causing
Untold destruction..( my baby, my baby )...wanted for draft ... an expense account? ... and per diem, too? ..."
Some men say he could They said he could And of course they were ...
Ladies and gentelmen, this is it: the studebacher hoch dancing lesson & cosmic for guidence, featuring aynsley dunbar! ... hit it! ... Twirly, twirly, twirly, twirly, twirly, ... Hey, hand from a heart Left hand a heart Right hand from a Left hand from a shoulder To the heart. fillmore, ... can dance like studebacher hoch ... So many rumors have spread about studebacher hoch ... consider rumor which was published about three weeks ago in rolling stone ( oh, it's gotta be true! ) ... studebacher hoch can write th D's prayer on the head of a pin!" (no!) do-do-do do-do-doot doot do-do-do ... ... I'm so hip ... pies ... he was born next to the beef pies, underneath joni mitchell's autographed pict Right beside elliot robert's big bank book, next to the boat where crosby away all his stash and the cops got him in the boat and drove away, to the can where neil young slipped another ...
[ ? ? ? pie ? ? ? pie ? ? ? pie And was the main influence on him The influence of a beef pie ]
Boldly springing into action he phoned his wife who ran a modeling school, whereupon he... yes, he ran around the back of the broadway at hollywood boulevard and to see if he could find him Some big, large, unused cardboard boxes ( no shit! )... after which he hit up the ralph's on sunset for some aunt jemima syrup, some kaiser boiler and pair of blunt sissors, yeah! ... yes, N the parking lot of ralph's ... where no prices are lower prices than ralph's... in the parking lot of ralph's, in between a pair of customized trucks where was looking, he cut out some Y, really, really nice wings and he covered them thoroughly with ...
Then he took wings and wedged one under each of his powerful arms and sneaked into a telephone booth ..yes,yes!! and then he shut the fucking door! ... and he pulled down his blue denim po An-type trouser pants, and he spread even amounts of aunt jemima maple syrup all over the inside of his legs! ... soon the booth was filling flies ( help me! help me! help me! ) ... he held The legs of his boxer shorts so they could all get in, and when each and every one of those little cocksucking flies had gone into his pants and they were up all that maple syrup, he be Er and he put his head between his legs and he in a very clear, impressive, ron-hubbard-type voice: "new york"... and the booth and everything lifted up, out of parking lot, and i He sky.
hoch Yeah, yeah, Studebacher Studebacher Studebacher Yeah, yeah, hoch Studebacher coating his legs With aunt jemima syrup up and His shorts be filled with flies That will be buzzing all Studebacher hoch is really outa Studebacher hoch, he does it night hoch, he treats the flies all right Studebacher why they never bite, hey!
Hey please to new Fly to new
He be a dog Or a Or a queen (fly to new york) He be a narc Or a lady Or he might play He's over old ... I know His attire And the he requires Keep him on ''cause is gone They leading him on ''cause is gone And the mountain on
And speaking of mountains - - we'll join hoch on the edge of billy the mountain's mouth .. take it away! ...
"ah ... ya, ya, ya, hey-ah, billy, listen ... I've come to reason with you ... our great country needs you in the armed forces ... your number came up ... ya go on running like this f R ..."
Ah, but ethel just shook her twigs angrily. but studebacher hoch, calm, cool, and unperturbed, continued:
"ya, well listen ... listen you communist sonofabitch ... you get your ass down there for your fuckin' physical or I'll see to it that you get used for fill dirt in some impending ne Sey marsh reclamation ... and girlfiend there will wind up disguised as series of brooms, primative ironing boards or a dog house ... get the ( cough, cough) get the picture? "
Ya, well billy just
"ha, ha, ha. if they they're gonna draft me, they're crazy."
Unfortunately, because studebacher hoch was on the edge of billy the mountain's mouth when the giant mountain laughed ... studebacher hoch lost his footing and fell screaming, two hundr Et the rubble below ... ( "aaahhhhh, oh fuck, I'm gonna need a truss ...")
Ah listen, that only to show you And show you once again that A mountain is something you don't wanna fuck You don't fuck with Don't around Don't around fuck with billy, no And don't fuck with You saw just happened To the guy with the
Don't around fuck around Don't around Don't fuck fuck around Don't fuck Don't around biddilly, biddilly Biddilly the
Eddie, are you Eddie, are you Oh I to mention this is where we take our intermission. We see you in a few minutes you, we'll be back.