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(Thanks to our resident songwriter Rick Vanover - he wrote the Wogstock Song and From Montgomery to Paradise)
and now

THE CRUSHFEST SONG
or (Lost Dogs and Party Frogs)
©1999 by Rick Vanover and the John Prine Shriners

 

They came from the mountains and the valleys,
cities, farms and towns.
To Crusherfest to honor Prine
and spread goodwill around.

PMS*red and Crusher
- a staple short of a whole knee,
welcomed friends from far and wide
to the shores of Lake Marie.

-chorus-
And the frogs were sleep’n in shifts
in that chocolate smell’n town.
Heaven rumbled while Jesus moved
Mary’s furniture around.
Cyber Geeks and sixties freaks
a yellow bus and a box of fun.
Rain soaked logs and Gomer’s dogs.
When will them sausages be done?

Big burly men with hearts of gold,
old folks and young folks too.
Singles, pairs with rain soaked hairs
shared a toke or two.

Sitt’n around a campfire
while lost dogs all sang a song.
Illegal smiles that last for miles
as the guitars strummed along.

-repeat chorus-

When John asked for a woman
that would make his knees knock.
"Right here, John", could be heard
No Shriners were in shock.

Friends you know but haven’t met
photographs and tears.
John Prine gave us memories
that will last for years.

-repeat chorus-

-spoken-

Hey, who took the candle from the Porta Potty?

Which way is the nudist camp from here?

Shhhh! Did you hear an elephant?

"You Shriners have a great time at Lake Marie"

 

 

 

WE STARTED IT IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT
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THE CRUSHFEST SONG
©1999 THE FESTERS

:chorus (we think)
The frogs were a partyin' as we rolled into that chocolate smelling town
Heaven's rumblin' from Jesus moving Mary's furniture around (it was a futon)

Possible inclusions(come on you wanna be and think you is songwriters): Let's paste this puppy together.......
-->There were big burly men there were "cool little squares"; old folks, young folks, rain soaks, long tokes; practically everyone was there, at the Crushfest...
-->The festers weren't crushed in that big yellow bus; they slammed into Milwaukee like ......
-->They came from  Vermont, California, Tennessee;  the Midwesterners showed up for that Lake Marie Party
-->They came from the mountains, the lakes, and the fields;  in the honor of Mrs Prine's child
-->It was Crusher and PMS*red; a staple short of his whole knee, exploded brain in her head
-->the sky may have thundered, and verses were blundered, but nobody, nobody dampened our under (where?)
-->She thundered with power,  and popped us a test;  not even Ma Nature could dampen Crushfest!
-->The festers they strummed and the frogs slept in shifts; Mother Nature gave up and showed us her gifts (stars, I see stars)
-->

Here's a list of some things that can be mentioned...anybody got anymore?
Mother Nature 4 inches of rain sweat and sun Herman's sausages, potato salad big yellow bus ride John dedicating Lake Marie campfire songs wearing tinfoil hats in a lightning storm holes in the roof snoring Exploding Brains "one staple short of a whole knee" wheelchair ballet blue electric glide (umbrella) between legs treasured memories generations un-gapped photographs tears	mean mosquitoes wet tents and waterbeds little girls and men who fish people who come in out of the rain box of fun a-holes and guitars Frogs that sleep in shifts below the belt names of places Sun Ray Nudist Camp Highway P Bohner's Lake Herman's Sausage Burly boys Prine Guitar String Bracelets 99 tee shirts and 99 hats internet fans "You Shriners have a great time at Lake Marie..."	Gomer and his dogs Orange VW bus CA, IA, WI, IL, VT, MI,TN, KS clouds and stars candles in the port a potty stream fed pond beautiful, just beautiful Milwaukee and Pabst theater wet logs "Right here, John!" keeping Sue from Vermont something in common Elephant's call traffic and detours friendships... muddy feet air bear