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To Be Sung While Picking Edible and Medicinal Plants in the Wild

from IVCC by The Invincible Vacuum Cleaner Co.

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lyrics

In times gone by the people used to sing
The anthropologists have said
To plants and animals
That they had need to take

But here I am in modern times
And no amount of whole wheat bread can bridge the chasm
Between me and the twigs I break

So now that I’ve found you
I’ve gotta try to introduce myself to you…

I’m not very bright
But according to this book I read
You might contain some properties
To make me feel better
And, God knows, I’ve never felt right
Not quite

I’m trying to be polite
‘Cos I try to do the decent good
And Gary Snyder says I should
Give something of a nicety
That isn’t tossed off, or trite.
So here goes

I am an ordinary guy
with an awful lot of needs
both imagined and real
and when I saw you in a clump
Of what I used to think were weeds
I had to tell you just how I feel

I’m not the kind of guy
Who would rip a plant out of the ground
And sell it by the pound
No ma’am! I just need a sprig
It’s not very big
I’ll take it from the bottom
So you’re top’ll get bigger
I’m pleased to meet you
Helpful, medicinal plant.

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from IVCC, released May 4, 2017
Recorded at Room 260, engineered by Vern McElroy and Dan Stone. Mixed by Jacob Winik at Tiny Telephone, Oakland. Accordion by Marlon Schmidt. Trumpet by Harlow Carpenter.

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