Song With no Tune
Harry Smothers (Tune: "Horse With No Name", Dewey Burrell)

On my first day on the Billboard, I was looking at 95
There were rocks and rolls and blues and things
There was bands and thrills and kings
The first thing I met was a guy with a buzz
He was floating above the ground
My song was hot, but the sound was dry
And the airwaves they made no sound

Chorus:

You see I've made 40 million on a song with no tune
It felt good to go down to the bank
In a few days, they won't remember my name
But to cash those checks helps me deal with my pain
La la, la, lalalala, lala la, la la...

After two days on my tour bus
The groupies came to my bed
After three days eatin' diner dust
I was watchin' my bankroll shed
And the story it told of a river of gold
Made me grateful it wasn't dead

Cho.
After nine days, it went to Number 3
'Cause the jocks had played my CD
There were rocks and rolls and blues and things
There was bands and thrills and kings
The Billboard is a desert with its graft underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the city lies a heart made of sound
But the DJs will give no love
Cho:




Written 2001 by Gerald L. Bliss (written 4/2/01).

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