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Owe Mister O

from Daffy's Elixir by Bryan Scary

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(for ray davies)

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Bang! Bang! Bang!
There's a knock at the back door
Pay! Pay! Pay!
Like an amateur actor

It’s that man
With his face on the poster
He won the deed
(He's a boaster)

What can you say?
He's been knocking all day
I think he’s got the mind to stay

Mister O doesn't beg your pardon
And Mister O doesn't like to bargain
He's been sitting in his office nine to five
And suddenly he's come alive

He goes "Oh!
You've got to go!
Jack, hit the road!
For don't you know - you owe Mister O!

I'm gonna make it plain
You're gonna take that train...

For the family, the reverend, the foreign leader
Owe Mister. O
The senator, the mannequin, and the maiden meter
Owe Mister. O
Yeah, the manager, the old lady down the road
And everybody that you know
Oh, they owe
Mister O

(Knock at the door)
Well, I wonder who that is?
(Open up!)
He’s as mad as a hat is!
He's a fool with a plan like a card house
He likes to rule pulling cards out
Sell him a clue so he’ll know what to do
Or else you're gonna get the screw

Mister O doesn't need your savings
And Mister O doesn't like your babies
He's been waiting for an opportunity
To put everybody on the street and go...

"Oh!
You’ve got to go!
You're bought and sold!
And don't ya know you owe Mister O!?"

No more society
Or notoriety

The butler and the baker and the new age tailor
Owe Mister O
The pioneer, the coroner, the dancing sailor
Owe Mister O
The vagabond, the president, the pope
And everybody that you know
Yeah, they owe
Mister O

CITIZEN KANE ENDING PART:
Mister O, where are you going?
It seems your ship is overflowing
With all that you own, still you're living alone
I think it's time you found yourself a home

(Mr. O doesn't want your love. He wants your (fill in the blank)

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from Daffy's Elixir, track released April 24, 2012

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Bryan Scary Los Angeles, California

Being a biography of an artist written by the artist. The artist's bio: applause, applause. And accordingly, the artist dies at the end. The End.

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