The Alternative Zen Blues Trial

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I accepted an offer from the college to teach
Because they said I'd get fed at the commencement speech
But oh lord, you shoulda seen what I seen
They was eatin' old rib bones, and cold beans

I was invited by Father Steve
To serve at the soup kitchen on Christmas eve
But oh lord, you shoulda seen what I seen
They was eatin' old rib bones, and cold beans

I was invited by the president
To the white house lawn for a black-tie event
But oh lord, you shoulda seen what I seen
They was eatin' old rib bones, and cold beans

The Swedes done give me the Nobel prize
But at the Nobel dinner, could not believe me eyes
But oh lord, you shoulda seen what I seen
They was eatin' old rib bones, and cold beans

I met Saint Peter at the gates of heaven
He said, c'mon in son, dinner's at seven
But oh lord, you shoulda seen what I seen
They was eatin' old rib bones, and cold beans