Bullfrog
Bobby Darin

I was sittin' by the bank on a hollow stump

When I thought I heard me a bullfrog jump

Turned around and sure enough there

He sat

He said excuse me, buddy, but I've been

Readin' your news

And I'm sorry to say that I'm a

Little confused

You bein' human, well you'd know where

It's at.

He said I read where this old world's

Gonna fold

And all on account of a think called gold

And that's somethin' hard for us frogs

To understand

Now you're lookin' at me like I'm

Kinda funny

But where I live we don't have no money

So we want to be hip to the happ'nin's

Here on land.

Now I thought I was stoned so I

Started walkin'

I mean whoever heard of a bullfrog talkin'

But then I realized I hadn't been grazin'

In no grain

So I figured I'd tell him just what I thought

'bout how gold was sold and how gold

Was bought

And he'd understand our world when

I explained.

I said it all started a long time ago

When the people first learned to reap

And sow

They got all the things they needed right

Out of the earth

Like how many leaves and how many trees

Would it take to cover up the anatomies

And that's how you figured how much a suit

Of clothes was worth.

Well then man he learned how to milk a cow

And how to till the soil with a stone

Blade plow

And he kept so busy he never had time to

Do you harm

Then he'd take his produce and all that milk

And go into town and trade them for silk

So his woman she'd look sharp down at

The farm.

Well the bullfrog let out a belly croak

Like I'd told him some kind of a joke

And he said I think you're jivin' me my man

(what me?)

I said I know it sounds kinda mystifyin'

But the truth of the matter is I ain't lyin'

I mean I ain't talkin' no bullfrog,

You understand?

He said now don't get upset I'm not

Agin' you

You just go ahead, go ahead and continue

And I'll be quiet and try to understand

He said I know about trees and leaves

And plants

And milk and silk and the farmer's

Romance

But what's this thing the call supply

And demand?

I said well I grow cotton and you grow corn

And you find your dungarees are all worn

And me well I got to have somethin' to eat

You see? So I make you some brand

New threads

And now you bake me some fresh

Corn bread

Pretty soon we'll have shops across

The street.

Well this didn't work, or so we've been told

And at that time they didn't know

About gold

So they all agreed they'd measure their

Goods in salt

Well that idea had an early endin'

'cause they were eatin' more than they

Were spendin'

And besides, whoever heard of keepin'

Salt in a vault.

Well folks said gold was the thing to use

To pay for stuff like from ships to shoes

But it weighed too much and it looked too

Good to spend

So round about sixteen hundred and ninety

Somebody started usin' foldin' money

And that's the tale, my friend, from end

To end.

Well I thought it was a damn

Good explanation

I mean a real attempt at communication

And I only had me schoolin' up until the

Time I was ten

But the bullfrog right before he

Hopped away

Well I could have sworn I heard him say

Your world is still in the tadpole stage,

My friend.


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  Around The World   Autumn Leaves   Between The Devil And TheDeep Blue Sea   Buttons And Bows   Change Partners   Cheek To Cheek   Come On-A My House   Iu2019m An Old Cowhand   Learninu2019 The Blues   Mack The Knife Theme & Intro   Pennies From Heaven   Sixteen Tons   Somethingu2019s Gotta Give   Sweet And Lovely   Too Close For Comfort   (Sittin' Here) Lovin' You   (Up a) Lazy River   (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher   \   18 Yellow Roses   A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square   A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square   A Taste Of Honey   A True True Love   A True, True Love   About A Quarter To Nine   Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive   Ace In the Hole   Ain't That Love (LP Version)   Ain'T That Too Much   Ain't That Love (LP Version)   Alabamy Bound   All By Myself   All I Have to Do Is Dream   All I Have to Do Is Dream [*]   All Night Long   All Nite Long   All or Nothing At All   All the Way   Always   Amy   Another Song On My Mind   Artificial Flowers   As Long As I'm Singin'   As Long As I'm Singing   As Long As I'm Singin'   Ave Maria   Baby Face   Be Honest With Me   Be Mad Little Girl   Beautiful Things   Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea   Between The Devil And TheDeep Blue Sea   Beyond the Sea   Beyond the Sea [*]   Beyond the Sea [From Goodfellas]   Beyond the Sea [Live]   Beyond the Sea [Live][#]   Bill Bailey   Bill Bailey Won't You Come Home   Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home   Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home   Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home   Black Coffee   Blowin' In The Wind   Blowin' In The Wind   Blue Monday   Blue Skies   Bob White   Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)   Brand New House   Breaking Point   Bullmoose   By Myself   Call Me Irresponsible   Can't Get Used To Losing You   Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You   Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You   Caravan   Change   Charade   Child of God   Christmas Auld Land Syne   Christmas Auld Lang Syne   Clementine   Darling Be Home Soon   Day Dream   Daydream   Dear Heart   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me   Don't Call My Name   Don't Dream of Anybody But Me   Don't Make Promises   Don't Rain On My Parade   Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me   Don't Rain On My Parade   Down So Long   Down With Love   Dream Lover   Dream Lover - Bobby Darin   Dream Lover [#][Demo Version]   Drown in My Own Tears   Drown In My Own Tears (LP Version)   Early in the Morning   East Of The Rockies   Easy Living   Eighteen Yellow Roses   Eighteen Yellow Roses [Live][#]   Everybody Has The Right To Be Wrong   Feeling Good   Fire And Rain   Fly Me To The Moon   For Once in My Life   Funny What Love Can Do   Girl Who Stood Behind Me   Girl Who Stood Beside Me   Golden Earrings   Good Life   Goodbye, Charlie   Great Balls of Fire   Gyp the Cat   Gyp the Cat [#]   Hallelujah I Love Her So (LP Version)   Happy   Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)   Happy [Love Theme From Lady Sings the Blues]   Hard Hearted Hannah   Have You Got Any Castles, Baby   Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? 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  Me and Mr. Hohner   Mighty Mighty Man (LP Version)   Milord   Minnie The Moocher   Mississippi Mud   Misty Roses   Moon River   More   Moritat (Mack the Knife)   Multiplication   Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby   My Baby Needs Me   My Bonnie   My Buddy   My Funny Valentine   Nature Boy   No Greater Love   Not For Me   Not Mine   Now We're One (LP Version)   Now You're Gone   O Come All Ye Faithful   Oh, Lonesome Me   Oh! 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