Reply To: new lyrics for Big Rock Candy Mountain?
The, um, variant lyrics are printed in the appendix to the paperback edition of The Areas of My Expertise. If you haven't already got your copy (an Ideal Christmas Gift), here they are.
In the big rock candy mountain there's a land that's fair and bright
And the handouts grow on bushes, and you sleep out every night
The boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the big rock candy mountain
In the big rock candy mountain you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come trickling down the rocks
So your socks get good and stinky and you're always good and drunk
It's the bestest time that you ever had
You won't miss your friends or your Mom and Dad
In the big rock candy mountain
In the big rock candy mountain there's a hole that's full of treats
And the rocks all taste like sugar drops, and the dirt is nice and sweet
You can eat some as you work the mines to bring me precious gems
There's a hobo shed and some paint made of lead
You know you're done a paintin' when you wake up dead
In the big rock candy mountain
I love the tender crisp bacon cheddar ranch, the breasts there grow on trees
And streams of bacon ranch dressing flow right up to your knees
There's tumbleweeds of bacon, and cheddar paves the streets
You get to veg all day, all the lotto tickets paid
There's a king who wants you to have it your way
At the tender crisp bacon cheddar ranch
The tender crisp bacon cheddar ranch
(Finally, I get to contribute something useful. Now if you could give us your favorite chords to go with that, M_pony, my joy would be complete.)