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siznaxsiznax: karl! (February 5, 2006)

a song about a fish that can read.


This audio is part of the collection: Open Source Audio

Artist/Composer: siznax
Date: 2006-02-05
Keywords: lo-fi; acoustic; guitar; literate blowfish

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Notes

This song was co-written by b33nymph, and is dedicated to
the kids at the Writing Center at 826 Valencia.
Image of Karl courtesy of 826 Valencia.

  .==============================================================.
  |                            KARL!                             |
  |==============================================================|
  | 3/4, Country feel                                            |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Verse                                                        |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Am           | C             | D             | G             |
  | Karl is a    | fish, who     | likes to      | read,         |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Am           | C             | E             |               |
  | Karl likes to| read, a       | lot.          |               |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Am           | C             | D             | G             |
  | Karl don't   | need a NewYork| Times best-   | seller,       |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Am           | C             | G      Am     |               |
  | to know      | what he       | has    got.   |               |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Chorus:                                                      |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | C            | C             | G             | G             |
  | Rotund n     | spiney,       | flappin his   | wings,        |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Am           | Am            | Am/F#         | Am/F#         |
  | Aaaargh!     | where books   | to be         | found.        |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Am           | C             | D             | G             |
  | Fish that can| read you      | like a        | book,         |
  |--------------------------------------------------------------|
  | Am           | C             | G      Am     |               |
  | Buggy eyes'll| stare         | you    down.  |               |
  '--------------------------------------------------------------'
    
    Karl is a fish, who likes to read,
      and Karl likes to read a lot.
    Karl don't need a New York Times bestseller,
      to know what he has got.
    
    Could he climb out of his watery environ,
      he'd quarter you limb from limb.
    If you stand in his path, that he's aimin' t'make,
      toward the nearest librarian.
    
      Rotund n spiney, flappin' his wings,
      aaargh! where books to be found.
      Fish that can read you like a book,
      buggy eyes will stare you down.
    
    A solitary critter, multilingual gymnastic,
      wonderin' the sea all alone.
    His brain miniscule, his mind monumental,
      Descartes couldn't figure him out.  
    
    So you think you've read a lot of books,
      well Karl, he's read em all.
    He flaps his wings in a mighty rush,
      and makes your intellect crawl.
    
      Spanish n Hindi, Italian n Mandarin,
      aaargh! Karl's been around.
      Fish that can read you like a book,
      buggy eyes will stare you down.
    
    There's a story been told, he's heard it too,
      nothin new, has he read recently.
    Nietzsche, Cervantes, Joyce, Orwell, n Poe,
      he's partial to Dostoyevsky.
    
    Poems and verse are his life's blood,
      like water without which he'll drown.
    A word on a page is like a new day to him,
      be it digital or embroidery bound.
    
      Magicians n gypsies, n pirates n lords,
      aargh! Karl ain't no clown.
      Fish that can read you like a book,
      buggy eyes will stare you down.

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Reviewer: Tyler - - April 5, 2006
Subject: A fun song about a fish
This is a pretty funny sing song about a Fish who can read. I like that the author included the chords and the lyrics. Sounds like he recorded it with the mic on his computer. quality isn't that hot and there are frequent pops / dropouts throughout the recording which is annoying. 56k mp3? it should have been recorded at a higher bitrate, but maybe that wasn't possible. A fun little song and that's cool it was dedicated to the kid's writing program.