I ain't no video king
I still have to sing
For my supper each night


You stand on the benches
I play in the trenches

Beneath the big spotlights
Lived in a suitcase for half of my years
I got strange little voices that live in my ears

Hall monster, mall monster
I can't be the old me no more


Homemade music down in the passion pits
Homemade music lots o grits but no hits
Homemade music is part of my philosophy


Oh cookin' is a pleasure
And singin' is a treasure

That most dont' find

There aint' no harm in tellin'

I like to eat my melon right
Down to the rind


I had a hippy girlfriend when I was a kid
She died and went to the suburbs most of them did
Where did all the wild ones go


Homemade music ain't on the radio
Homemade music searchin' high and low

Homemade music where did all the good songs go

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First there were records, then cassettes and CDs
Managers, lawyers, then came the Japanese

But homemade music still makes a lot of sense to me

Homemade music is funky and nice

Homemade music sits on very thin ice
But homemade music is part of my philosophy


Homemade music ain't on the radio
Homemade music searchin' high and how
Homemade music where did all the good songs go