Repo

(to the song Rio)

Driving down the road at night,

He's skillfull and precise

Checking out the houses,

And then turning off his lights

With a glance to the left and a look to the right,

He's the man they all detest

He's just there on business,

No offense, you're repossessed.

His game is repo,

And he's working for the man

When payments dry up,

He will come to take your van.

If you get angry,

Just calm down and understand.

Oh repo, repo makes you change your travel plans.

No one is out of reach,

Yes, you've seen this on TV

Four hundred million cars

From sea to shining sea

When times get tough, and the jobs are few

This line of expertise

Could be right for you

The game is repo,

You'd be working for the man
It's economics,

A new 401K plan.

If you're not working,

You could call your congressman.

Or you could repo, and then meet market demand.

Hey, that car's looking fat

See it sashay through your town

You begin to devise a repo disguise

This will be your demise, demise, demise

You took the chance

Illegal enterprise

A dumb thing

The blue lights are blinking

What were you thinking?

The handcuffs are clinking.

It's grand theft auto,

Now you're busted by the man

You tried to repo

And then kept the bank's sedan

The policeman smiles

Tossing you into the can

Illegal repo breaks the laws of our great land

Your cellmate's Clio

He's a muscle mass of man

He will protect you

Let him make you his Roxanne

Oh repo, repo would have been a better plan

Instead your doing time and selling contraband.

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©2009 Warren Baker

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Likely in the Woods

(to the tune Hungry Like the Wolf)

My elbows are bent, and the knees are apart

The head is centered, my friends cringe in the cart

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

I swing so softly and the ball flies away

The sun it blinds me, turning day into grey

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

I divot the ground

I'm on the hunt I'm after you

I hear a small sound, I hear it fall down.

And it’s likely in the woods.

I can’t take my time behind there’s a line

I'm on the hunt I'm after you.

This ball I won’t find, won’t walk through those vines

Cos’ it’s likely in the woods.

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Lost in the forest and no way to see

The brush is thicker than I’d like it to be

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

My friends are putting, saying just drop the ball

Determination enters before the fall

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

I crawl on the ground

You little ball I'm after you

I hear a strange sound. Is that a snake that I found?
And it’s likely in the woods.

I make a beeline to a cart that’s not mine

I cry that the snake will eat you too.

Mouth has gone dry, I’m shaking inside

No need to find what’s in the woods.

My ball is in the woods.

A snake is in the woods.

I won’t go in the woods.

Dropping the ball now I’ve seen it all

It bounces higher than it should

I hear that same sound. A ball rolling down

And it’s likely in the woods.

And here’s the rub as I throw out the clubs

I am ticked off, I’m feeling blue

In the lake they did fly, those clubs that weren't mine.

I was aiming at the woods.

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©2009 Warren Baker

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