Fraternity Blues - Live-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:Fraternity Blues - Live] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Texas Troubadour] [by:] [offset:0] [00:24.41]I decided to improve my social station [00:26.09]I joined a fraternity organisation [00:28.28] [00:29.10]Tucked in my shirt [00:29.85]Signed on the line [00:30.85]Right away they said about to improve my mind [00:33.90] [00:34.65]The car I drove [00:35.52]The books I read [00:36.27]The food I ate [00:36.96]The booze I drank [00:37.80]The girls I took out [00:38.86]My breath [00:40.18] [00:45.05]Said "kid we don't much like the way you walk [00:47.17]And you gonna have to change the way you talk" [00:49.17] [00:49.74]They said "your dress is kind of sludge [00:51.61]And your attitude is mighty grudge" [00:53.11] [00:54.80]Said "you got to learn to bubble" [00:56.30] [01:00.24]"you got to bubble with enthusiasm" I started bubble [01:02.74] [01:07.05]"most important thing you can't forget [01:08.66]Is learning the entire greek alphabet" [01:10.84] [01:12.40]I never did really understand [01:13.42]That that's gonna make me anymore a man [01:15.11]But I learned it [01:16.13] [01:17.75]I can whip through that son-of-a-beta backwards in five seconds [01:20.76] [01:26.95]Then they hit me with some pretty bad news [01:29.26]Concerning the payment of monthly dues [01:31.45]I never did know where that money went [01:33.07]I never was sure it was well spent [01:34.43]But I paid it [01:35.61] [01:37.99]I'm no troublecauser and besides I figured that's life [01:39.58] [01:41.52]If you want good friends it gonna cost you [01:43.58] [01:54.71]Well finally got to be party time [01:56.27]I got a great big old jug of wine [01:58.52] [01:59.45]I went back to the house in about an hour [02:01.46][when the boy's were] drinking whiskey sours [02:03.21] [02:04.96]Brandy alexanders [02:06.12]Frozen [daquires] [02:07.06] [02:09.87]Reciting the greek alphabet to one another [02:11.81] [02:17.94]I could see I was gonna have to do my very best [02:20.02]To get myself out of that fraternity mess [02:21.80]I stood right there outside the door [02:23.67]And I chugged that wine like never before [02:25.74] [02:27.79]Walked inside and bubbled [02:29.17] [02:32.79]All over a couple of their dates [02:34.61] [02:41.92]So now everything's back to normal again [02:43.70]But there is still lots of room for improvement my friend [02:46.26]'Cause that fraternity stuff is too much for me [02:47.99]Next time I'm gonna join a sorority [02:49.61] [02:50.86]Really get me something to bubble about