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Today's song choice is a video dramatizing the lyrics to The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by the Canadian band Crash Test Dummies.

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Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
spreading wisdom and cash around.
Fed the starving and housed the poor;
showed the Vatican what gold's for,
but he made too many enemies
of the people who would keep us on our knees.
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin!
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
Oh my!
Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all -
emptied churches and shopping malls.
Where he spoke, it would raise the roof.
Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth,
but he made too many enemies.
Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
governments who would slur his name.
Plots and sex scandals failed outright.
Peter merely said,
“Any kind of love is alright!”
But he made too many enemies.
Peter Pumpkinhead was too good -
had him nailed to a chunk of wood.
He died grinning on live TV.
Hanging there, he looked a lot like you,
and an awful lot like me,
but he made too many enemies.
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin?
Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead
Oh my oh my oh!
Doesn't it make you want to cry oh?

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Andy Partridge

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead lyrics © BMG Rights Management