I was sittin' by the bank on a stump I thought I heard me a bullfrog jump Turned around and sure enough he sat He excuse me, buddy, but I've been your news And I'm sorry to say I'm a little You bein' human, well know where at.
He said I read this old world's gonna And all on account of a called gold And that's somethin' hard for us to Now lookin' at me like I'm kinda But where I we don't have no money So we want to be hip to the on land.
Now I I was stoned so I walkin' I mean whoever heard of a talkin' But then I realized I hadn't been in no So I figured I'd tell him what I thought 'bout how gold was and how gold was And he'd our world when I explained.
I said it all started a time ago When the first learned to reap and sow They got all the things needed right out of the Like how many leaves and how many Would it take to cover up the And that's how you how much a suit of was worth.
Well then man he how to milk a cow And how to the soil with a stone blade And he kept so busy he had time to do you Then he'd take his produce and all that And go town and trade them for silk So his she'd look sharp down at the farm.
Well the let out a belly croak Like I'd told him some of a joke And he said I think you're me my man (what me?) I I know it sounds kinda mystifyin' But the truth of the matter is I lyin' I mean I talkin' no bullfrog, you
He said now get upset I'm not you You just go ahead, go and continue And I'll be and try to understand He said I know trees and leaves and And milk and silk and the But this thing the call supply and
I said well I grow cotton and you grow And you find your are all worn And me well I got to somethin' to eat You see? So I you some brand new And now you bake me some bread Pretty soon we'll have across the street.
this didn't work, or so we've been told And at that time they know about So all agreed they'd measure their in salt Well that idea had an early 'cause they were eatin' more they were And besides, whoever heard of in a vault.
Well folks said gold was the to use To pay for stuff like from to shoes But it weighed too much and it too good to So round about hundred and ninety Somebody started usin' money And that's the tale, my friend, end to end.
I thought it was a damn good I mean a real at communication And I only had me up until the I was ten But the bullfrog before he hopped Well I could have sworn I him say Your world is in the tadpole stage, my friend.