Capman Bootman Lyrics - Shine Eyed Mister Zen - Kelly Joe Phelps

baseball cap and flannel arms 

dancing with a voodoo doll 

sweat rolls down the old guitar 

seeing things the way they are 

a crooked look lay on his brow 

beside a wisecrack whiskey mouth 

tip up the bottle and pour him out 

here he is again 

capman bootman 

lay it down horizontal lean slip a finger across the bar 

whip the high note frantic 

skip the manic songwriter's pulled-down rhyme 

then leave'em hanging halfway home 

surprise is not the same thing twice 

music is not your boiled rice 

here he is again 

capman bootman 

leave the making sense behind 

zen bazooka buddha joe 

cornmeal and guitar strings 

hates to fly to land and lives to sing 

he's got his cap and boots and coat 

he's got his box of songs he wrote 

I wonder if he'll find that note 

here he is again 

capman bootman