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Gumby's Locomotive

from Journeys Through Obscurity by Vernon Tonges

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Gumby’s Locomotive
In a shopping mall I saw Hitler’s Mercedes
In a photograph I saw Lindberg’s plane
In a carnival I saw Elvis’ caddy
But nothing thrilled me more than seeing Gumby’s train

Little green fella with those googly eyes
Grabbed a big locomotive in between his thighs
Motor starts grownin’ grindin’ & grabbin
Green eyes waving from the engineer’s cabin
Hi Hi Hi

Why bother walking when you know you can skate?
Why be stiff if you can bend like a snake?
Why drink Kool-Aid when you got Champagne?
Why walk when you can be riding Gumby’s train?

Lays track faster than the eyes can see
Goddamnest thing I ever saw on TV
Running down the Rockies into Arizony
Rockin’ like a fool with a little orange pony
Hi Hi Hi

In a shopping mall I saw Hitler’s Mercedes
In a photograph I saw Lindberg’s plane
In a carnival I saw Elvis’ caddy
Nothing thrilled me more than seeing Gumby’s train
Nothing thrilled me more than seeing Gumby’s train

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from Journeys Through Obscurity, released December 11, 2020
Music & Lyrics - Vernon Tonges (BMI)
Publisher - RockinK Music International (BMI)

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A literary songwriter of the first rank. It’s his quavering, compassionate, observant, imaginative, sometimes overstuffed, always eloquent songwriting that his crack bands are there to put across, as they do, unfailingly.... the kind of miracle that keeps me checking out thousands of albums a year so I can grade a couple hundred for posterity.
- Robert Christgau, Dean of American Rock Critics
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