120 Lb. Brain 
2002 
 
 

120 Lb. Brain

The scientists weighed it
They couldn’t believe it
That a normal human being
Could’ve ever conceived it
It looked quite normal
All lumpy and round
But it weighed an incredible
125 pounds

Was there bricks inside it
(nobody could say)
Was there gold in the middle
(or a little Chevrolet)
Nobody had an answer
Nobody could explain
The secret of the one hundred and 
Twenty-five pound brain

Well the people went crazy
(the people went loco)
When they heard the big story
(the people went loco)
They all wanted to see it
Cause it sounded quite gory
The president shouted
When he was contacted
We must find out about it
I think it must be extracted

Was there secrets inside it?
Nobody could say
Maybe the answers to the questions
That just won’t go away
Nobody had an answer
Nobody could explain
The secret of the one hundred and 
Twenty-five pound brain

Now there must’ve been a whole lotta information
Inside that big old beast
There must’ve been more telephone numbers inside it
Than a normal person could remember at least
It must’ve known where all the keys had been lost at
And maybe even those missing socks
It must’ve been somewhat out of the ordinary
Maybe even a little unorthodox

So they probed and they prodded
(they pricked and they pried)
With there space age machines
(they spooned and they spied)
And they mumbled and they nodded
And they scratched their beans
Cause it was the same color
(and same size & shape)
As a regular brain
(slightly bigger than an ape)
It was the buck and a quarter
(of LB’s)
That they couldn’t explain

Was there a little secret city?
Somewhere deep in the core
Or a mighty metal monster
Behind a big oak door
Nobody had an answer
Nobody could explain
The secret of the one hundred and 
Twenty-five pound brain
 

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2002

The year is two thousand & two
I'm doing exactly what I wanted to
And baby I don't even think about you anymore

Just thought I’d drop you a line
To let you know I was feeling fine
Cause honey it's been a long long time
Since you walked out my door

It took me some time I must confess
For a while there I was feeling less than my best
I had to get out of town so I headed out west
I ended up in Seattle

I thought I’d start a brand new band
I thought I might call it Lonelyland
Things got a little out of hand
I ended up hooked on heroin

So I ended up moving back over to Germany
Living with the folks baggin grocery's
But the time I had was mostly free
So I spent most of it drinking

I got myself in a jam or two
I guess it's what I had to do
Late at night I’d still think of you
And it felt like I was drowning

Till I met this girl at a discotheque
She was a dancer but not what you'd expect
She taught ballet and she was half-Czech half Chinese

But after she decided not to have the baby
She said she was gonna move back to Czechoslovakia maybe
By then I didn't really care I was either half drunk or half crazy

I got arrested once but never convicted
My parents eventually had me evicted
I tried your number but it'd been disconnected
I guess I should’ve known

I heard you got married and you moved away
I called your folks but where they wouldn't say
They said it's probably better that way so I just let it be

I moved back to Austin bout a year ago
I drive a schoolbus I don't drink no more
I go out every once in a while and see a show but mostly I just watch TV

So I don't know where I’m gonna send this letter
I doubt things are ever going to get much better
It seems like life is just one big whatever anyway

I just thought I’d drop you a line
Lie and say I was doing fine
Cause baby it's been a long long time
Since you walked out my door lb. Brain
 
 

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