Balloon Man by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians

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Balloon Man
By: Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians

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Duration:	3:32 (Stavro Arrgolus)
Release Date:	1988 (Stavro Arrgolus)
Lyrics By:	Morris Windsor (Stavro Arrgolus)
Music By:	Morris Windsor (Stavro Arrgolus)
Produced By:	Pat Collier/Morris Windsor (Stavro Arrgolus)
Released By:	A & M Records (Stavro Arrgolus)
Published By:	Bug Music (Stavro Arrgolus)
Licensing:	BMI #1810861
Keywords:	BALLOON, BRUCE, HAND, HORSE, HUMMUS, NEW YORK, ROBYN HITCHCOCK, TOMATO

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Morris Windsor is credited as author of this song using his stage name on the BMI website. (Stavro Arrgolus)

One of the strangest pop songs of the '80s and that's saying quite a bit. From their 1988 album- "Globe of Frogs". (Stavro Arrgolus)

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I was walking up Sixth Avenue when Balloon Man came right up to me
He was round and fat and spherical with the biggest grin I ever seen
He bounced on up toward me but before we could be introduced
He blew up very suddenly; I guess his name was probably Bruce

And I laughed like I always do
And I cried like I cry for you
And Balloon Man blew up in my hand

He spattered me with tomatoes, hummus, chickpeas and some strips of skin
So I made a right on 44th and I washed my hands when I got in

And it rained like a slow divorce
And I wished I could ride a horse
And Balloon Man blew up in my hand

I was walking up Sixth Avenue when Balloon Man blew up in my face
There were loads of them on Bryant Park so I didn't feel out of place
There must have been a plague of them on the TV when I came home late
They were guzzling marshmallows and jumping off the Empire state

And I laughed like I always do
And I cried like I cry for you
And Balloon Man blew up in my hand
Balloon Man blew up in my hand (Stavro Arrgolus)

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Available on the following album:
Globe of Frogs
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Played on 3 shows:
	01-01-12, #MMS-149	12-10-05, #ROTP_068
	02-25-06, #ROTP_079
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