Tricky Dicky (video)

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1. Late last night I was watchin' the tube,

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when I saw the most incredible thing,

they built a new mechanical man,

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looked just like a human being.

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I started to become terrified, Good God it was makin' me sick,

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and then I began to realize, it was no one but Tricky Dick.

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Yes, it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

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Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

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He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns,he does what a human can,

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it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, the genuine plastic man.

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2. There is no “can't” in American, or so we once could say,

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but now our boys won't fight no more to bring us victory.

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Where are the mountain majesties above the fruited plains ?

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Who will come to lead us in our hour of pain ?

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Why, it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

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It's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

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He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns,he does what a human can,

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he's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, the genuine plastic man, hey!

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3. Oh my God, it's terrible here in the U.S.A.,

the water's polluted, the economy's crashing,

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and can someone save the day ?

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The war keeps going on and on, and the kids won't respect the cops,

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it's even said that God is dead, when will it ever stop ?

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Well, it's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

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It's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

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He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns,he does what a human can,

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he's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, the genuine plastic man!

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4. And across the garbaged highways, from the oil-drenched plains,

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now we'll see a victory, America shall rise again.

Pass the word that the buffalo heard,

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to the home of the free and the brave,

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he's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

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+ CHORUS + oh yeah, the genuine plastic man.

(orig. = no capo; video = capo 1st)    (Country Joe McDonald)