JONATHAN COULTON
FIRST OF MAY
FROM THE ALBUM SMOKING MONKEY
intro: G C (with nifty hammer-on fingerpicking on the D string)
I woke up this morning
I had a scone and a large house blend
And then a little conver-sation with my squirrel and chipmunk friends
I said I’m sick and tired of winter
And I wish that it was spring
And then a little fellow named Robin Redbreast
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Began to sing
And he sang
Ooh ooh child, what’d you think the cold winter’s gonna last forever
Ooh ooh child, now’s the time for all the people to get together
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Outside
[chorus]
Cause it’s the first of May, first of May
Outdoor fucking starts today
So bring your favorite lady
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Or at least your favorite lay
The water’s not cold baby dip in your big toe
Maybe I’ll see you in flagrante delicto
Grass below you, sky above
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Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..
fucking outside
I thanked him for the information
I cried a little when he flew away
I watched an episode of The People’s Court
And I tried to plan my day
I called up my old lady
She wasn’t home so I called my girl
I asked her if she’d like to join me as I
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Entertain the world
And I said
Ooh ooh child, I’ll bring a blanket and I promise I will brush the
ants off
Ooh ooh child, you’re gonna like it when we’re taking each other’s
pants off
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Outside
[repeat chorus]
So we went to the park together
We were walking in the midday sun
We met all kinds of people and we
We fucked everyone
We fucked a lady who sells ice cream
We fucked a man with a tan Shar Pei
Everyone who needed fucking well they
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They got fucked today
So come on
Ooh ooh child, open your mind and your heart, feel-the-spirit moving
through you
Ooh ooh child, you’ll feel the warmth of the love when I stick it to
you
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Outside
[repeat chorus]
(x02010) Cadd2
Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..
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fucking outside, fucking outside, fucking outsi-i-i-i-i-ide