Jumpin' Around

from The Oaks That Still Stand by Dave Carroll

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Caffeine addiction: not very Rock'n'Roll but harmless enough (relatively speaking, of course)

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Herbal tea, NO USE! Chamomile tea, NO USE! Peppermint tea, NO USE!
Just load me up with caffeine and turn me loose.

I’m frisky as a billy when the nanny’s around, snortin’ and cavortin’ and pawin’ the ground
My heart’s all a-flutter like a leaf on a tree, I’m itchin’ and scratchin’ like a cat with a flea
Slippin’ and slidin’ like an eel in the mud, barkin’ like a stag hound bayin’ for blood
Quiverin’ and a-shiverin’ like a frog in a fridge, rootin’ and tootin’ like a hog in a ditch
Whinin’ and pinin’ like a pup for its mother, squealin’ like a stuck pig runnin’ for cover
I’m in a cold sweat holdin’ onto my head, achin’ and shakin’ and I wish I was dead..but then
Another cuppa tea’s got me jumpin’ around, a cuppa coffee keeps me jumpin’ around
Even Coca Cola’s got me jumpin’ around, jumpin around, jumpin around, jumpin around

I tried to give it up and live like a monk, doctor said “you better stop usin’ this junk-
But don’t try to give it up all at once: it’s gonna take you a coupla months”
Now two days in and I started to shake: nausea, depression and a filthy headache –
Maybe this was all just a big mistake; my willpower’s started to break and I’m
Whinin’ and pinin’ like a pup for its mother, squealin’ like a stuck pig runnin’ for cover
I’m in a cold sweat holdin’ onto my head, achin’ and shakin’ and I wish I was dead... but then

Another cuppa tea’s got me jumpin’ around……..etc

I’m makin’ my debut in a Punkabilly band in a purple T-shirt I bought second-hand
Ain’t misbehavin’: I’m actin’ my age, leapin’ like a loony all over the stage and now I’m
Jumpin’ out the taxi just in time for the train, sprintin’ for the bus, hoppin’ onto a plane
I wouldn’t wanna disappoint those screamin’ girls, struttin’ my stuff all over the world
But when I got to the gig there was nobody there -I’m apoplectic - tearin’ my hair
Did I get it wrong? Was this some kinda trick? Oh my goodness – I’m gonna be sick!.. but then

Another cuppa tea's got me jumpin’ around……etc

Ty-Phoo’s got me jumpin’ around, PG Tips keeps me jumpin’ around
Even Coca Cola’s got me jumpin’ around, jumpin around, jumpin around

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from The Oaks That Still Stand, released December 12, 2016

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Dave Carroll England, UK

Dave Carroll is a composer and singer-songwriter with wide experience in Classical, Rock and Folk music. Well known in Birmingham’s vibrant rock scene of the 1970s he was for many years a resident guitarist with The Royal Shakespeare Company, later co-founded the alternative folk trio 'Soundboard' and now composes, collaborates and occasionally performs in a little mountain town in Canada. ... more

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