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Rock 'n' Roll Is For Dinosaurs

from My Message by Paul Kotheimer

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Rock and roll is for dinosaurs
My old man's in a rock 'n' roll band.
They've had their big world tour all planned
since Moses crossed the Burnin' sand and
led his people out of Egypt Land.
Rock and roll is for dinosaurs
And my old man says his band rocks
'cause the divorcees come OUT in flocks
in their mom jeans, tie-dyed tops, and crocs--
The block parties take up three whole blocks!
Rock and roll is for dinosaurs
& when the kids say "Hey there, Pops, howdja get that sound,
man? I been searching. Looking all around!"
He says "Come on, kid, what are you? Some noob?
Ain'tcha never heard of this? It's called a vacuum tube!"
Rock and roll is for dinosaurs
But Jurassic parties tend to get complex:
Mastadon comes on to someone's ex
and then there's weird messy mammal-reptile sex:
Bangin' gong'til dawn with some old T-Rex--
and then the pterodactyls represent
the fossils' fossil fuels have all been spent
you barely know where your whole dang species went and
the block party didn't even raise the rent
Rock and roll is for dinosaurs
Someday you'll be a hundred and ten and living up on Mars
with your Robot Elvis and some Cadillac cars
where the dirt's so red and the air's so cold.--
Old man, I hope I die before you get that old.
Rock and roll is for dinosaurs

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from My Message, released September 1, 2014
Words and music by Paul Kotheimer. Guitar and vocals by PK, recorded at home, December 2013. Drums by Cody Jensen; Upright bass by Charlie Harris; recorded at Musek Haus, in the dead of winter 2014.

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Paul Kotheimer Urbana, Illinois

For well over 30 years now, Paul Kotheimer has been writing songs. And then recording them. And then putting them together into albums.
At first, way way back in the actual 1980s, he used a cassette player and a microphone from Radio Shack. Now he's the proprietor of Pillow Monster Home Studio, complete with lots of musical instruments and recording gear and one actual pillow monster. YAY MUSIC! ... more

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