Spoken Introduction: (I'm an alien from another sphere
The thing I like about the Earth is the range of colors
Fantastic to mundane, brilliant to dull
As I was penetrating the ozone, I ca-perchance to notice
The orange peel-like quality of light playing upon the se- the ocean
I got to go right now
Someone is videotaping me in my spaceship)
All around the watertank just a-waitin' for a
train
A thousand miles away from home just for, 'n the
rain
I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of
talk
He said, "If you got money, I'll see that you don't
walk"
"I haven't got a nickel, not a penny for to
show"
"Get off! Get off, you railroad bum!" and he slammed
the boxcar door
They let me off in Texas, a state I dearly love
The moon and stars above me… and what else?