sznx-karl siznax audio opensource_audio a song about a <a href="http://www.826valencia.org/store/karl.html">fish</a> that can read. 2006-02-05 2006 lo-fi; acoustic; guitar; literate blowfish http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 1 2006-02-05 15:44:14 2006-02-05 23:42:43 steve@archive.org 2:52 This song was co-written by b33nymph, and is dedicated to the kids at the Writing Center at <a href="http://www.826valencia.org/">826 Valencia</a>. Image of Karl courtesy of 826 Valencia. <pre> .==============================================================. | KARL! | |==============================================================| | 3/4, Country feel | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Verse | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Am | C | D | G | | Karl is a | fish, who | likes to | read, | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Am | C | E | | | Karl likes to| read, a | lot. | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Am | C | D | G | | Karl don't | need a NewYork| Times best- | seller, | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Am | C | G Am | | | to know | what he | has got. | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Chorus: | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | C | C | G | G | | Rotund n | spiney, | flappin his | wings, | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Am | Am | Am/F# | Am/F# | | Aaaargh! | where books | to be | found. | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Am | C | D | G | | Fish that can| read you | like a | book, | |--------------------------------------------------------------| | Am | C | G Am | | | Buggy eyes'll| stare | you down. | | '--------------------------------------------------------------' Karl is a fish, who likes to read, and Karl likes to read a lot. Karl don't need a New York Times bestseller, to know what he has got. Could he climb out of his watery environ, he'd quarter you limb from limb. If you stand in his path, that he's aimin' t'make, toward the nearest librarian. Rotund n spiney, flappin' his wings, aaargh! where books to be found. Fish that can read you like a book, buggy eyes will stare you down. A solitary critter, multilingual gymnastic, wonderin' the sea all alone. His brain miniscule, his mind monumental, Descartes couldn't figure him out. So you think you've read a lot of books, well Karl, he's read em all. He flaps his wings in a mighty rush, and makes your intellect crawl. Spanish n Hindi, Italian n Mandarin, aaargh! Karl's been around. Fish that can read you like a book, buggy eyes will stare you down. There's a story been told, he's heard it too, nothin new, has he read recently. Nietzsche, Cervantes, Joyce, Orwell, n Poe, he's partial to Dostoyevsky. Poems and verse are his life's blood, like water without which he'll drown. A word on a page is like a new day to him, be it digital or embroidery bound. Magicians n gypsies, n pirates n lords, aargh! Karl ain't no clown. Fish that can read you like a book, buggy eyes will stare you down. </pre> raw 2006-06-15 01:41:01 siznax