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Golden Boy Tab

by Mountain Goats


                       
you must try to lead a good life
                
you must do unto others
    
as you would have them do

so that when you die
             
you'll find golden boy peanuts
                             
waiting in the afterlife for you

there are no pan-Asian supermarkets

down in hell
                           
so you can't buy golden boy peanuts

there are no pan-Asian supermarkets

down in hell
                           
so you can't buy golden boy peanuts

(same as verse above)

if thine enemy oppresses you
you must
let him oppress you some more
so that when you go shopping in paradise
you'll find those magnificent peanuts
from Singapore

           
with the drawing of the
                 
young Chinese farmer

eastern sun behind him
           
smiling at you from the shelves
                                 
if we want to spend eternity in happiness
                                     
we are going to have to watch ourselves
                      
you must give to the march of dimes
                           
you must be on guard against wickedness
  
at all times and you will find that your efforts
      
have brought you great joy when your
                          
spirit is munching on that golden boy

there are no pan-Asian supermarkets
down in hell
so you can't buy golden boy peanuts there 
but the streets of heaven are lined with shells
and there's billboards of the golden boy everywhere

there are no pan-Asian supermarkets
down in hell
so you can't buy golden boy peanuts
there are no pan-Asian supermarkets
down in hell
so you can't buy golden boy peanuts