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THE GUY WHO RUNS TENT CITY
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The tale of ousted/convicted/pardoned former Maricopa Co (AZ) Sheriff Joe Arpaio of "Tent City" infamy, aka Sheriff Joke, a racist, corrupt, lawless, egomaniacal mofo. Lol in his previous life, fellow DEA called him "Nickel Bag Joe". Recorded 2006.
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MY OLDIES. In post-9/11 Bush-Cheney days, I vented by writing "MOp-eds", musical op-eds. I had an acoustic, electric, Yamaha keyboard, & MusicMaker10.
The light was all shining on me for a while there back in the oughts and I made some CDs and I uploaded some of the songs here. I came back in 2021, on the occasion of Darth Vadar's 80th birthday, to upload a couple more Dick (Cheney) songs I recorded back then, and I've re-ordered my songs so we can party like it's 2006 or 7.
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Genre
Podcasts • Comedy - Political Humor
Charts
Peak #2
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Davis/Taylor-Stormin Norman
Rights
2006 Stormin Norman the nag
Uploaded
August 14, 2017
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MP3 4.5 MB • 160 kbps • 3:56
Story behind the song
The Ad-Libs (and later Manhattan Transfer) had a '60s hit with the doo-woppy "Boy From New York City", and it seemed a perfect vehicle to chronicle the sins of Arpaio, our cross to bear for too, too long in and around Phoenix, AZ. Song coda, "Tent City Getaway" is original music.
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THE GUY WHO RUNS TENT CITY (from "The Boy From New York City") Oh man he's one twisted kitty Talkin' about the guy who runs Tent City No no there ain't nothin pretty When it comes to the guy who runs the tent city He's crude and mean and sometimes sounds insane (oh yeah) Like when he says he'll guard the border from sixty miles away (he's mad) He brags about green meat (oooh) and his death chair seat (it's hot) He gets his kicks making folks live out in the heat (real sad) Screw their dignity (screwoohooee) it gets him on the teevee They're just props (backdrop) photo ops (toy cop) Oh man he's one twisted kitty Talkin' about the guy who runs Tent City He struts around like he wears a crown (big man) He's got the largest ego that the Guinness people ever found (big ham) The man gets sued (sued...) every day or two (free shot) And his female prisoners were degraded by his pervy view (webcam) He'll invent the scene you just put in on the screen Spider bombs (ha ha) chain gang moms (mama) Once he sent the Sheriff's Posse off to fight sex crime No one got arrested but they had a real good time oh yeah (good time!) Those pink underpants part of his tough-guy stance (hardline) But he's got this special jail for wayward stars who dance (real fine) It's VIP nice the champagne's on ice (yeehaw) He kept the Rhinestone Cowboy safe there for a price (show time) Sooie y'all saw Glen on the teevee (sooie) With his host (you know) aired coast-to-coast (it's Joe) Oh man he's one twisted kitty Talkin' about the guy who runs Tent City No, no, there ain't nothin' pretty When it comes to the guy who runs the tent city Oh man he's one effed-up kitty Talkin' about the guy who runs Tent City No no there ain't nothin pretty When it comes to the guy who runs the tent city Nothin' pretty (in Tent City) There's nothin pretty In Tent City (nothin' pretty)
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