I have just recently learned of the songwriters and performers Lou & Peter Berryman. Wow!
Could they be part of our karass? They have a song called “Twine Boy“. Busy, busy, busy.
When Did We Have Sauerkraut? – Peter Berryman , Lou Berryman
Come on in and have a chair
Today’s the day I clean the fridge
We can talk while it’s defrosting
Pardon all the mess
How ya been? I just got back
From Elgin, Illinois, myself
For me the charm of travelling
Is fading, I confess
Could you grab the pot of water
On the stove so I can stick it
In the freezer? This is so archaic
Don’t you think?
This one last ice cube tray
Won’t come unstuck
It’s kind of welded to some broccoli
I think it’s broccoli
Why’s this broccoli pink?
How about the onion dip?
You think it’s any good
Or should we toss it to the dog
It looks o.k., but I don’t know
By the way, I stopped off at the
Belvedere Oasis
Which is such a pretty name
For such an ugly place to go
They sell you little sandwiches
About the size of oreos
And charge you three and a quarter
But I bought one anyhow
Look at this, it’s sauerkraut
Now when did we have sauerkraut?
Whatever this stuff was
It sure is sauerkraut by now
Coming back I heard a show about
Oppenheimer? –Openheimer? –what’s his name?
And how they made the bomb to prove a point
They didn’t even know if it would
Start a chain reaction
That would move into the atmosphere
And vaporize the joint
Could you dump this ice out
In the bathtub
Can you dig it?
Here, we’re dumping out the ice
To make some room to make some more
How’d you like a chicken
That came over with Columbus
Well I’ve got one here
Don’t mention it dear
That’s what friends are for
Remember back in grammar school
They used to have those drills
Where they would make you crawl beneath your desk
For when the bomb would come
The hell with those evacuation routes
And all those shelters
I just bought myself a desk
You know I’m really not that dumb
These carrots were a little more
Excited when I bought ’em
Lord, and here’s a slice of bread
Looks like a twenty dollar bill
Here’s a thing of Tupperware
That’s full of marijuana
If this shit improves with age
It’s probably good enough to kill
Don’t you ever wonder what became
Of all the activists like us
Who tried to make a little noise about the war
They must have got absorbed
Into the general flow of balderdash
And no one seems to pay them much attention anymore
Someday if I get it all together in my life
I may go out and buy a frost-free model
This one’s got to go
Why would anybody keep a yam as long as I do?
‘Cause I thought it’d come in handy
And you never really know.
Lyrics by Peter Berryman; Music by Lou Berryman, © 1984 by Peter & Lou Berryman