Fraternity Blues - Live-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:Fraternity Blues - Live] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Live At The Old Quarter, Houst] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fraternity Blues - Live - Townes Van Zandt [00:06.94]I decided to improve my social station [00:08.86]I joined a fraternity organisation [00:10.43] [00:11.55]Tucked in my shirt [00:12.55]Signed on the line [00:13.43]Right away they said about to improve my mind [00:15.49] [00:17.17]The car I drove [00:17.99]The books I read [00:18.80]The food I ate [00:19.49]The booze I drank [00:20.55]The girls I took out [00:22.24]My breath [00:22.80] [00:27.50]Said "kid we don't much like the way you walk [00:28.83]And you gonna have to change the way you talk" [00:31.27] [00:32.27]They said "your dress is kind of sludge [00:33.89]And your attitude is mighty grudge" [00:35.27] [00:37.27]Said "you got to learn to bubble" [00:38.79] [00:42.74]"you got to bubble with enthusiasm" I started bubble [00:45.04] [00:49.54]"most important thing you can't forget [00:50.91]Is learning the entire greek alphabet" [00:53.22] [00:54.79]I never did really understand [00:55.47] [00:56.04]That that's gonna make me anymore a man [00:57.66]But I learned it [00:58.66] [01:00.35]I can whip through that son-of-a-beta backwards in five seconds [01:03.03] [01:09.41]Then they hit me with some pretty bad news [01:10.78]Concerning the payment of monthly dues [01:12.91] [01:13.91]I never did know where that money went [01:15.66]I never was sure it was well spent [01:17.72]But I paid it [01:18.02] [01:20.58]I'm no troublecauser and besides I figured that's life [01:22.39] [01:23.95]If you want good friends it gonna cost you [01:26.03] [01:37.16]Well finally got to be party time [01:38.84]I got a great big old jug of wine [01:41.09] [01:41.90]I went back to the house in about an hour [01:43.97][when the boy's were] drinking whiskey sours [01:45.83] [01:47.52]Brandy alexanders [01:48.86]Frozen [daquires] [01:49.80] [01:52.36]Reciting the greek alphabet to one another [01:54.68] [02:00.42]I could see I was gonna have to do my very best [02:02.86]To get myself out of that fraternity mess [02:04.61]I stood right there outside the door [02:06.11]And I chugged that wine like never before [02:08.00] [02:10.31]Walked inside and bubbled [02:11.81] [02:15.38]All over a couple of their dates [02:17.12] [02:24.37]So now everything's back to normal again [02:26.25]But there is still lots of room for improvement my friend [02:28.62]'Cause that fraternity stuff is too much for me [02:30.56]Next time I'm gonna join a sorority [02:32.22] [02:33.35]Really get me something to bubble about