Country Joe and the Fish performing Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine at the Monterey International Pop Music Festival at the Monterey County (California) Fairgrounds on Saturday, 17 June 1967. It was the bands only single to chart, premiering on the Billboard Hot 100 on 5 August 1967. It remained for two weeks, peaking at #95. Now, this may be crazy, but I think this would be a great song for Pomplamoose to cover. Something just says to me it would be perfect, and Id love to hear them do it. Lyrics: She hides in an attic concealed on a shelf Behind volumes of literature based on herself And runs across the pages like some tiny elf, Knowing that its hard to find stuff way back in her mind. Winds up spending all of her time trying to memorize every line, Sweet Lorraine, ah, sweet Lorraine. Sweet lady of death wants me to die So she can come sit by my bedside and sigh And wipe away the tears from all my friends eyes. Then softly she will explain just exactly who was to blame For causing me to go insane and finally blow out my brains, Sweet Lorraine, ah, sweet Lorraine. Well, you know that its a shame and a pity You were raised up in the city And you never learned nothing bout country ways, Ah, bout country ways. The joy of life, she dresses in black With celestial secrets engraved in her back And her face keeps flashing that shes got the knack. But you know when you look into her eyes, All shes learned shes had to memorize, And the only way youll ever get her high Is to let her do her thing and then watch you die! Sweet Lorraine, ah, sweet Lorraine. Now shes the one who gives us all those magical things And reads us stories out of the I Ching, Then she passes out a whole new basket of rings That when you put on your hand makes you one of the Angel Band And gives you the power to be a man, But what it does for her you never quite understand. Sweet Lorraine, ah, sweet Lorraine. Well, you know that its a shame and a pity You were raised up in the city And you never learned nothing bout country ways, Oh bout country ways, oh bout country ways, Yeah, about country ways, oh, country ways ...
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