Snow Cone
Channel: Markologic Music
Date: 2021-09-10

From the album 2 + 2 = Mark.

LYRICS

when I was young
my father said to me
to be a man
you must cut down a tree

and I said no
I will not cut this tree

and he said no
you must cut down this tree
we are at war with the forest king
he is an evil thing
we must destroy his soldiers or else he will sing
his skin is bark and his toes are acorns

and I said no
and he said very well
but you cannot have a snow cone

no snow cones will be consumed today

later on
when I was thirty-three
there was a gentleman his suit was made of leaves
he came to my apartment said he wished to speak to me

and he said welcome
which always seemed kind of strange to me, because, why would he welcome - he was in my apartment, so, why would he be welcoming me to - anyway

he said I bring a message from the forest king
whose skin is bark and whose toes are acorns

the king has said that your father must die
for he has committed a sin against the sky
and also for public indecency

the king says
the only way my father lives
is if I plead his case and he as judge forgives

I get my things and we walk to the forest court
the man and I and as we walk we talk of love and sport
I learn his name is Mort

his name is Mort

then we arrive at the court of the forest king
whose skin is bark and whose toes are acorns

I hear his laugh
my stomach fills with dread
he holds a sword above my father's head
"the time has come for you to bargain for his life" he said

and I said no
I will not bargain for his life
he has been nothing but a source of strife

the forest king
he lifts his sword with might
my father cries in fright
and I say no you also do not have it right

you cannot execute someone for public indecency
give me a break
even Mort agrees with me, and he works for you
you two just need to deal with your own problems
ok
and leave me out of it
ok
ok thank you.

and I will have a snow cone
I would like one snow cone, regular flavor please
I'm going to go see Mort's band, it's called Mort's Mashers
so, I'm going to go see them play a show, and
you two can come along if you're done doing
whatever it is this is

and you should, really, you should get those toes checked out
there's something wrong with those
they should not look like acorns


ALBUM CREDITS

All music, lyrics, instruments, vocals by Mark Wittels, except Archimedes / Danse Bacchanale (music also by Camille Saint-Saëns) and Don't Worry Be Happy (lyrics also by Bobby McFerrin).

Cover art (and profile art) by Julia Zimmerman

Inspiration for the whole thing by Arin Rogers


Released under CC BY-NC 3.0 license.