Desolation Row
Desolation Row is the Folk Music Scene in the early 1960's
Desolation Row is the Folk Music Scene in the early 1960's
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Then he went off sniffing drainpipes<br />
And reciting the alphabet<br />
Huntington’s Chorea drove him nuts and he ended up a state mental hospital.<br />
Now you would not think to look at him<br />
You would think to look at him in the medical state that he was in.<br />
But he was famous long ago<br />
For playing the electric violin<br />
For playing folk music<br />
On <strong>Desolation</strong> <strong>Row</strong><br />
In America<br />
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world<br />
Inside of a leather cup<br />
But all his sexless patients<br />
They’re trying to blow it up<br />
Now his nurse, some local loser<br />
She’s in charge of the cyanide hole<br />
And she also keeps the cards that read<br />
“Have Mercy on His Soul”<br />
They all play on pennywhistles<br />
You can hear them blow<br />
If you lean your head out far enough<br />
From <strong>Desolation</strong> <strong>Row</strong><br />
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world<br />
Inside of a leather cup<br />
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