----------"Smart Fools from Art Schools" -------------------------(c) 1992 Ben Livingston----------

I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WAS TORN BETWEEN THESE TWO GUYS





"Smart Fools from Art Schools"

WELL THESE ART SCHOOL FOLKS
SUFFER LIFE'S CRUEL JOKES
THAT KEEP US FROM FINDING OURSELVES
PARALYZED BY ROMANCE
KEEPS US FROM OUR OWN DANCE
WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE

SUCKED IN BY THE MYSTIQUE
AND HAMMERED BY A CRITIQUE
IT'S A CALDRON THAT'S A BIG CENTRIFUGE
AND IF YOU GOT NO AMBITION
THEN YOU WAS ONLY TUITION
THAT JUST WOUND UP SINGING THE BLUES

(chorus)
SMART FOOLS
FROM ART SCHOOLS
YOU THINK YOU'RE WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
SPORTIN' ALL THE LATEST FASHION
INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR LIFE'S PASSION
I WONDER WHAT'S BEHIND YOUR DISGUISE

JEAN PAUL SARTE
WAS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ART
BUT HE COULDN'T FIND HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR
SO HE CONFIDED IN BEUYS
WHO MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE
AS HE THREW A HAND FULL OF LARD ON THE FLOOR

WELL AS HE PICKED UP A PELT
HE DISCRIBED HOW HE FELT
FOR REASONS SATRE COULD NOT IGNORE
HE SAID "IF I WERE YOU JEAN"
I'D JUST PULL UP MY BLUE JEANS
AND TRY NOT TO BE SUCH A BORE

(chorus)
SMART FOOLS
FROM ART SCHOOLS
YOU THINK YOU'RE WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
WELL THE REAL EXISTENTIALS
AREN'T DRINKING COFFEE DOWN AT WINCHELL'S
THEY'RE WITH MOJO
PICKIN' AT THEIR TEETH WITH A KNIFE

MARCEL DUCHAMP
HAD A NUDIST CAMP
'CAUSE HE JUST LOVED PLAYIN' CHESS WITH ALL THE GALS
BUT IF YOU PEEKED THROUGH HIS FENCE
OOOH, YOU'D PROBABLY WINCE
AT THE WAY THAT HE TREATED ALL HIS PALS

YOU SEE SOME WERE DESCENDING
AND OTHERS, THEY WERE MENDING
ALL THOSE CLOTHES THAT THIER BACHELOR'S HAD STRIPPED BARE
AND IF THEY LOOKED KIND OF COLD
IT'S 'CAUSE MICHAEL TRACY STOLE
ALL OF THEIR BLOOD AND THEIR PUBIC HAIR

(chorus)
SMART FOOLS
FROM ART SCHOOLS
YOU THINK YOU'RE WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
SPORTIN' ALL THE LATEST FASHION
INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR LIFE'S PASSION
I WONDER HOW YOU'LL EVER SURVIVE

NOW IF ACADEMIA CALLS
FROM IT'S ECHOING HALLS
DON'T BE ALARMED BY THIS SONG
TAKE IT THERE WITH
MAYBE YOU CAN START YOUR OWN MYTH
THAT IS IF YOU'VE GOT THE BALLS

TO BE A SMART FOOL
FROM ART SCHOOLS
ALWAYS TRYIN' TO SEPERATE FROM THIS WORLD
WHY NOT BE A PART-LET YOUR LIFE BE THE FINE ART
AND QUIT ACTING LIKE SUCH A BUNCH OF LITTLE OL' SQUIRRELS

I KNOW MY VOICE, IT AIN'T AS GOOD AS MERRILL'S

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A DRUM MAJORETTE TO TWIRL

UNH UH!


Now that there is a song ain't it?!