Raggedy Man from HISS by TEN BENSON
When recording Raggedy Man, at the last minute (on the advice of managment) the lyrics were altered. The original line 'piss and cabbage' was changed to 'fish and cabbage'. This idea was that having 'piss' in the lyrics would screw any chance of the song being played on the radio. As it happens, as far as we are aware, Raggedy Man has never been played on the radio anyway, piss or no piss, so that was a waste of time.
At some point, and if the multi-track still exists somewhere, we will rectify this and restore the song with its original lyric.
Tracklist
| 3. | Raggedy Man | 4:46 |
Lyrics
Raggedy trousers, stove-pipe head
Orange-peel cheeks, he really reeks of
Fish and cabbage, his hair in knots
Teeth like clothes pegs
Old shoes, no socks
Grown-ups fear him, children stare
At his long white face, and greasy hair
They all walk across the street
When they hear those shuffling feet
Of the raggedy man,
Oh he's the raggedy man
Yeah raggedy man
Oh he's the raggedy man
Long days, short days
Cold black nights
He walks the streets of orange lights
Where pigeons huddle against the dark
Through the trees the foxes bark...
He's the raggedy man
Oh he's the raggedy man
Oh he's the raggedy man
Yeah he's the raggedy man
