I was sittin' by the bank on a hollow I thought I heard me a bullfrog jump Turned around and enough there he sat He said excuse me, buddy, but I've your news And I'm to say that I'm a confused You bein' human, well you'd where at.
He said I read this old world's gonna And all on of a think called gold And that's somethin' hard for us to Now you're lookin' at me I'm funny But where I we don't have no money So we to be hip to the happ'nin's on land.
Now I thought I was so I walkin' I mean whoever heard of a bullfrog But then I I hadn't been grazin' in no So I I'd tell him just what I thought how gold was sold and how gold was And he'd understand our when I explained.
I said it all started a time ago When the first learned to reap and sow They got all the things needed right out of the Like how many leaves and how trees Would it take to cover up the And that's how you figured how a suit of was worth.
Well then man he learned how to a cow And how to till the with a stone plow And he kept so busy he had time to do you Then he'd take his produce and all milk And go into town and trade them for So his woman she'd look sharp at the farm.
the bullfrog let out a belly croak Like I'd told him kind of a joke And he I think you're jivin' me my man (what me?) I said I know it sounds kinda But the truth of the matter is I ain't I mean I ain't no bullfrog, you
He now don't get upset I'm not you You just go ahead, go and continue And be quiet and try to understand He I know about trees and leaves and And and silk and the farmer's But this thing the call supply and
I said well I cotton and you grow corn And you your dungarees are all worn And me well I got to have to eat You see? So I make you some new And now you bake me fresh bread Pretty soon we'll have across the street.
Well this didn't work, or so been told And at that time they know gold So they all agreed measure their goods in that idea had an early endin' 'cause they eatin' more than they spendin' And besides, whoever heard of in a vault.
Well folks said was the thing to use To pay for stuff like from to shoes But it too much and it looked too good to So round about hundred and ninety Somebody usin' foldin' money And that's the tale, my friend, end to end.
I thought it was a damn good I a real attempt at communication And I only had me schoolin' up the I was ten But the right before he away Well I could have sworn I him say Your world is in the tadpole stage, my friend.