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lyrics

Well I was born on a Sunday
with a star on my brow
The gypsy lady saw me
and she gave me a bow
She said to my mama
Don’t you worry about him
He’ll always be in trouble
but he’ll take it with a grin

I went down to the temple
just to see the dancer
I asked a lotta questions
them priests couldn’t answer
I said If we’re all God
then what’s the big fuss?
And they said Go away boy,
you’re bothering us

Yeah I’m a bootstrap Buddha
You don’t like it you can shove it
I make my own bed
and I levitate above it
I’m a bootstrap Buddha
I’m a self-made Saint
I Am what I Am
and I ain’t what I ain’t

I go stompin on spooks
just to hear em go crunch
I eat demons for breakfast
and dragons for lunch
I read Akashic Records
on the Astral Plane
I just read yours boy
so don’t you complain

I give all them other gurus
a run for their money
I get so enlightened
that my mama calls me Sonny
I got pretty young chelas
that follow me around
throwin rose petals
in front of me on the ground

(and they sing Om Shanti Om Shanti
Om Shanti Om…)

This save-the-world business
is funky you bet
They tell me I’m a prophet
but I ain’t seen one yet
so if you see me comin
be prepared to get caught
You’re gonna get enlightened
whether you need it or not

(repeat chorus)

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from Cheap At Twice The Price, released June 1, 1996

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Thaddeus Spae Seattle, Washington

A 40-year veteran of the Folk Wars, Thaddeus Spae has played venues from Tipitina's to the EMP. He's an award-winning songwriter whose works range from quirky to literate, guardedly sentimental to outraged and sarcastic, performed on a panoply of instruments acoustic and electric, in a profligate variety of styles encompassing folk, hard rock, jazz, blues, electronic and more. Website: tspae.com. ... more

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