Townes Van Zandt
Talkin' Karate Blues

Well, I ain't very big for twentyone
And it seems I never could have any good clean fun
Cause every time I'd go outside some great big bully'd come along
He'd hit me in the face and he'd knock to the ground
And he'd start kickin' me all around
And that ain't exactly fair, friends, that's wrong.


So I got me a paper the other night
And I crawled up on the sofa and I turned on the light
And flipped through the pages till I found the classified ads.
Said, "take karate from lee hung chow;
Man, make your first appointment now
This course is guaranteed to make you bad."


Well, the next day I drove to the address
By japanese design I was really impressed
It looked like a regular house of the rising sun.
I walked inside, I was all alone
I had a nervous feeling down in my bones
I was kind of sorry I'd ever even come.


Then a giant jap came through the door
He must have been about seven foot four
And he looked like he's prone to easy aggrevation.
He said, "lee hung chow, ah kee dung"
That's japanese for fee fie foo fum
I tried to explain my entire situation.


He said, "number one course, yankee, self defence,
Twohundred dollars and twentyfive cents";
I said "what's the twentyfive cents for? " and he said, "repairs."
I said, "repairs to what? ", and he said "to you"
And I thought to myself "man, that won't do"
Felt about a half inch tall under that ol' slender stare


Ah, you think he was yellow...


I said, "i believe I better go check another place"
He said, "ha so, yankee don't like my race"
I said, "now, there's a mistake, man, and that's true;
I've been for you you japanese all along
You japanese just can't do no wrong
And I thought you got mighty dirty deal in world war ii."


Well, he grabbed me by the hand and gave a heave
I figured there's a pretty good time to leave
Before he had a chance to do me any definite harm.
But my plan worked out in the end, you see,
Now no bully is gonna pick on me
Who's gonna hit a fellow with just one arm?


Mirror lyrics:

Who's gonna hit a fellow with just one arm?
Now no bully is gonna pick on me
But my plan worked out in the end, you see,
Before he had a chance to do me any definite harm.
I figured there's a pretty good time to leave
Well, he grabbed me by the hand and gave a heave


And I thought you got mighty dirty deal in world war ii."
You japanese just can't do no wrong
I've been for you you japanese all along
I said, "now, there's a mistake, man, and that's true;
He said, "ha so, yankee don't like my race"
I said, "i believe I better go check another place"


Ah, you think he was yellow...


Felt about a half inch tall under that ol' slender stare
And I thought to myself "man, that won't do"
I said, "repairs to what? ", and he said "to you"
I said "what's the twentyfive cents for? " and he said, "repairs."
Twohundred dollars and twentyfive cents";
He said, "number one course, yankee, self defence,


I tried to explain my entire situation.
That's japanese for fee fie foo fum
He said, "lee hung chow, ah kee dung"
And he looked like he's prone to easy aggrevation.
He must have been about seven foot four
Then a giant jap came through the door


I was kind of sorry I'd ever even come.
I had a nervous feeling down in my bones
I walked inside, I was all alone
It looked like a regular house of the rising sun.
By japanese design I was really impressed
Well, the next day I drove to the address


This course is guaranteed to make you bad."
Man, make your first appointment now
Said, "take karate from lee hung chow;
And flipped through the pages till I found the classified ads.
And I crawled up on the sofa and I turned on the light
So I got me a paper the other night


And that ain't exactly fair, friends, that's wrong.
And he'd start kickin' me all around
He'd hit me in the face and he'd knock to the ground
Cause every time I'd go outside some great big bully'd come along
And it seems I never could have any good clean fun
Well, I ain't very big for twentyone


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