eat the tangerine
 eat the tangerine
 ..it will treat you well
 when i was young i used to read the funny papers and i'd
 eat my tangerine and
 when i was done i'd be rolling on the floor laughing at the
 funny things that i had seen but
 there was one strip yeah it filled me full of hatred and i
 think you know you know what i mean
 it was the circle at the bottom with those circle headed kids by
 that yellow bellied mother scratcher -- bil keane
 that's why i.....
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 used to have a job -- nothing special it paid five twenty-five
 every so often a customer'd walk in
 just to remind me that i was alive
 but then one day my boss said, "jeff, grab a chair" --
 he said "i'm gonna have to take you take you aside"
 well the dirty bastard fired me but lucky for him
 i had my tangerine to keep me from homicide
 that's why i....
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