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KING FRED

It’s a great big city mostly ugly partly pretty
Eight million souls surround him but he’s utterly alone
He lives high above the ground and he rarely makes a sound
He’s in charge of everything

His name is King Fred

His fortress of power is a hundred year old tower
It used to be the only one
But the buildings got taller and the people got smaller
And everyone forgot they had a king

All bow down to King Fred

Blumenfield/Quirk/Smallens/Vinton
Published by People Suck Music, 1987

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from Green Eggs And Crack, released May 22, 1987

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Too Much Joy Scarsdale, New York

TMJ is/was a punk-pop band of some minor renown. Some of that renown was due to their music, which included semi-hits such as “Crush Story,” “Donna Everywhere,” and “That’s a Lie” — a cover of the LL Cool J tune that featured the man himself in the music video, which actually got played quite a bit during daylight hours on MTV back when they did that sort of thing. ... more

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