78 Blizzard Of 78

Intro: Verse One ten year old was found after three weeks In a snowdrift ten feet from his door Some fell asleep in their cars and awakened no more 25 people died shoveling snow Have that done by somebody you hate 166 looters arrested, but wait I spent the blizzard of '78 On a commune in Northern Vermont With all the Isaac Asimov anybody could want Verse Music was very much not allowed So we we said "Hey kids, let's start a band" Proof that Ganesh loves us There was no tape deck at hand The first band I'd had was called "One and a Half" We were a duo, technically So if Tonto's Expanding Head Band was a band So were we I spent the blizzard of '78 On a commune in Northern Vermont With all the Ursula Le Guin anybody could want Verse I played guitar, Chris played tin cans Caroline played tambourine Chris was eleven, Caroline twelve, I thirteen We called ourselves "the Black Widows" We weren't the last nor the first But we were almost certainly by far the worst We made the Cramps sound orchestral That's an achievement, I guess As for rehearsal We made the Shaggs sound like Yes I spent the blizzard of '78 On a commune in Northern Vermont With all the Roger Zelazny anybody could want It was hell