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IMPRACTICAL PEOPLE
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
INTRO: C - Bb - F-G (repetition)
C Bb F G
I. let's talk about impractical people:
C Bb F G
let's talk about hippies and Sixties upheaval,
C Bb F G
yelling "No rain! No rain!" at Woodstock,
C Bb F G
painting your face and smoking pot,
C Bb F G
grow your hair alot and being where it's at ---
C Bb F G
what's more impractical than that?
INSTRUMENTAL: C - Bb - F-G (twice)
C Bb F G
II. let's talk about impractical people:
C Bb F G
let's talk about women threading a needle,
C Bb F G
sewing blouses that button in back,
C Bb F G
makeup and jewelry and long nails that crack,
C Bb F G
wearing high-heels and decorating your flat ---
C Bb F G
what's more impractical than that?
INSTRUMENTAL: C - Bb - F-G (twice)
D C G A
III. let's talk about impractical people:
D C G A
let's talk about preachers and buildings with steeples,
D C G A
burning little candles and talking to the sky,
D C G A
wearing nun's habits in a sweltering July,
D C G A
and telling The All-Knowing all the latest crap ---
D C G A
what's more impractical than that?
INSTRUMENTAL: D - C - G-A (twice)
D C G A
IV. let's talk about impractical people:
D C G A
let's talk about gay men having no children,
D C G A
designing your clothes and dancing on stage,
D C G A
keeping alive the disco age,
D C G A
doing your hair and decorating your flat ---
D C G A
what's more impractical than that?
INSTRUMENTAL: D - C - G-A (twice)
E D A B
V. let's talk about impractical people:
E D A B
let's talk about me, the Stones and the Beatles.
E D A B
let's talk about singers and players of songs.
E D A B
what about painters and sculptors with bronze?
E D A B
and hitting a ball with a bat ---
E D A B
what's more impractical than that?
INSTRUMENTAL: E - D - A-B (twice)
E D A B
VI. what about "practical" people?
E D A B
let's talk about yuppies and legalized evil,
E D A B
gathering every possession on earth ---
E D A B
what a way to define your self worth ---
E D A B
and never give anything back.
E D A B
what's more impractical than that?
INSTRUMENTAL: E - D - A-B (4x)
E D A B
VII. so why have impractical people?
E D A B
you'd think evolution would mean their conclusion.
E D A B
but have you ever seen animals making art,
E D A B
following fashion or looking sharp?
E D A B
and maybe that's why they are where they're at!
E D A B
what's more impractical than that?
INSTRUMENTAL: E - D - A-B (twice)
E D A B
ENDING: in the yuppie graveyard,
E D A B
all the tombstones are identical:
E D A B
"he made money and he spent it all..."
E D A B
"he made money and he spent it all..."
E D A B
"he made money and he spent it all..."
E D A B
"he made money and he spent it all..."
(fade vocal / continue instrumental ad lib)
© Copyright 1991 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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