Blue (Live Version)

We'd like to sing a children's song for you now

That's unique

It's the only children's song

That we've ever encountered

That contains all three of the basic elements

Of every single children's song

The first element is simplicity

So that the child can understand this song

The second element is pathos

To prepare the child for later traumatic experiences

And the third element is repetition

To give the child a false sense of security

I had a dog and his name was Blue

I had a dog and his name was Blue

I had a dog and his name was Blue

I betcha five dollars he's a good dog too

Singin' here ol' Blue hey you're a good dog you

Ol' Blue come when I blow my horn

Ol' Blue come when I blow my horn

A Blue come a runnin' through the yella' corn

A Blue come a runnin' when I blow my horn

Singin' here ol' Blue hey you're a good dog you

What if this song were to be changed

Modified by an unscrupulous modifier of folk songs

Whose business it is to make

This type of song palatable

For the teenage delinquent mother my dog instinct

Let with your a rock 'n roll song

Oh nasty unscrupulous modifier

Now it would sound something like this

Hup two three four five six hey

Well I got a dog and his name is Blue

I betcha five dollars he's a good dog too

Oh

Oh oh oh

Well Blue why did you leave me sweetheart

Blue you promised to write and I I sit I sit

I sit alone at night now sifting

Sand through my fingers

Looking for some trace of you

Come back Blue I I I I want you

I I I need you

And I'm going to have you here Blue