REM - Old Man Kensey lyrics

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(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/Ayers)

Old Man Kensey wants to be a sign painter

First he's got to learn to read

He's gonna be a clown on TV

Flags at his elbow, time to breath

(That's my folly) I believe

Drink up the lake, Kensey's away

(That's my folly) That's my mistake

Old Man Kensey wants to be a goalie

First he's got to learn to count

He's gonna be a clown on a circus mount

Letters to me signed in sopped up tar

(That's my folly) Kensey's going far

John, Bill and Ted, stand on your head

(That's my folly) I'm ready to go

If you see myself, I see you

If you see myself, I see you (If we missed the chance)

If you see myself, I see you (If we missed the chance)

Old Man Kensey wants to be a dog catcher

First he's got to learn to stand

He's gonna be a clown in a marching band

Letters to me signed ransom greed

(That's my folly) I believe

Drink up the lake, John, Bill and Ted,

(That's my folly) That's my mistake

Kensey's away, stand on your head

(That's my folly) I'm ready to go

Drink up the lake, stand on your head

(That's my folly) I'm ready to go