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Ode to Rowan
February 6, 2002
This is our ode to Rowan
This is his song
We wrote it down one winter night
Please don’t take it wrong
It all started one spring day From “Bewitched” he took The title of our band he’d say Should be: “The Big Book”
I’m Sid and I’m Red And we’ll rock this town Until we drop dead We played East and we played West We played with your girlfriend, she said we were the best
Back in ’89 Traveling on the Greyhound line Sid wanted some sauerkraut The bus stopped, we got out We went into “Kings” Looked around at all those things And then we found a tape And then we found “The Tape”
(Rowan speaking)
“Oh what a great name for a band! “The Big Book.”
(Chorus)
The Big Book The Big Book What a great name for a band The Big Book The Big Book
(Rowan speaking)
Rowan: “Haven’t you ever seen that episode of “Bewitched” where somebody…um somebody had some disease or something…some ailment…”
We took the tape to our producer He said, “With this name you will go far.” Our style and attitude got looser Now we’re grossly overrated stars
(Rowan and Tom speaking)
Rowan: “So Samantha went to see Doctor um…Doctor Bom—Doc—“
Tom: “Dr Bombay?”
Rowan: “Doctor Bom—mmm No I think it’s Doctor--
Tom: “Bombay?”
Rowan: “No…it’s…it might not be…No it’s…No it’s not Dr. Bombay. This old like, this old like, you know, witch apothecary and he said, okay, anyway so he said, he said, well and he’s really old and he lives in this dusty little dungeon and he says like “We’ll have to look that one up in The BIG Book!””
Will they take away our Grammy? After all those records that we sold Is this the reason of our lust for sex and drugs? Or just because we like Bob Mould?
I’m Sid and I’m Red And we owe our name to the words you said Unlike “Carry Nation” We wouldn’t have left you waiting at the station
Sid: Yeah man! You can drive our van anytime, it’s immune to curves! Red: We would’ve bought you a new amp too, that’s the least we could’ve done! Sid: We want to hear some more stories! Maybe even one about “Get Smart.” Don Adams is my favorite!
Up to now we’ve never named The man whose name that we claimed Last night I had a dream Of a cashier wearing green
We went into Kings Looked around at all those things He was comin’, we were goin’ I saw the nametag—it said “Rowan” And now we know his name And now we know his name
(Chorus)
The Big Book The Big Book What a great name for a band The Big Book The Big Book
(Rowan speaking)
Rowan: ”Anyway, that’s the Big Book.”
It all started one spring day From “Bewitched” he took The title of our band he’d say Should be: “The Big Book”
I’m Sid and I’m Red And we’ll rock this town Until we drop dead We played East and we played West We played with your girlfriend, she said we were the best
Back in ’89 Traveling on the Greyhound line Sid wanted some sauerkraut The bus stopped, we got out We went into “Kings” Looked around at all those things And then we found a tape And then we found “The Tape”
(Rowan speaking)
“Oh what a great name for a band! “The Big Book.”
(Chorus)
The Big Book The Big Book What a great name for a band The Big Book The Big Book
(Rowan speaking)
Rowan: “Haven’t you ever seen that episode of “Bewitched” where somebody…um somebody had some disease or something…some ailment…”
We took the tape to our producer He said, “With this name you will go far.” Our style and attitude got looser Now we’re grossly overrated stars
(Rowan and Tom speaking)
Rowan: “So Samantha went to see Doctor um…Doctor Bom—Doc—“
Tom: “Dr Bombay?”
Rowan: “Doctor Bom—mmm No I think it’s Doctor--
Tom: “Bombay?”
Rowan: “No…it’s…it might not be…No it’s…No it’s not Dr. Bombay. This old like, this old like, you know, witch apothecary and he said, okay, anyway so he said, he said, well and he’s really old and he lives in this dusty little dungeon and he says like “We’ll have to look that one up in The BIG Book!””
Will they take away our Grammy? After all those records that we sold Is this the reason of our lust for sex and drugs? Or just because we like Bob Mould?
I’m Sid and I’m Red And we owe our name to the words you said Unlike “Carry Nation” We wouldn’t have left you waiting at the station
Sid: Yeah man! You can drive our van anytime, it’s immune to curves! Red: We would’ve bought you a new amp too, that’s the least we could’ve done! Sid: We want to hear some more stories! Maybe even one about “Get Smart.” Don Adams is my favorite!
Up to now we’ve never named The man whose name that we claimed Last night I had a dream Of a cashier wearing green
We went into Kings Looked around at all those things He was comin’, we were goin’ I saw the nametag—it said “Rowan” And now we know his name And now we know his name
(Chorus)
The Big Book The Big Book What a great name for a band The Big Book The Big Book
(Rowan speaking)
Rowan: ”Anyway, that’s the Big Book.”