Balloon - Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon

When your brother and his raisin jack

Blow up in the yard

And the elephants refuse to honk

Just to break your heart

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When your friends tell you you’re not the same

Grapefruit skies allow

Tears of gold bought any happiness

You must yell out loud

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Quiet shrouds the world below

And people crowd the moon

While mobs advance a stupid tune

With a shout or moan

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And when the pilot drops you on the ground

That old familiar thud

Still the planets in the useful dark

Rise above the crud

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Quiet clouds the world below (ooo…)

People crowd the moon

When the pilot hits the ground

That old familiar tune

When the racoon steals the cheese behind

Pandora’s other box

Or the one you love is shopping for

A helm that’s made of rocks

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