Lyrics Eyeball Kid

Well Zenora Bariella
and Coriander Pyle
they had sixteen children
in the usual style
They had a curio museum
and they had no guile
All they ever wanted
was a show biz child
So on the 7th of Dec. 1949
they got what
they'd been wishing for
al of the time
He grew up in a trailer
by the time he was 9
he rolled off to join
the circus... telling fortunes
on the side

Hail hail, the Eyeball Kid

Well the 1st time I saw him
was a Saigon jail
Cost me 27 dollars
Just to go his bail
I say your name will
be in lights...
and that's no doubt
But you got to have
a manager that's what
it's all about
People would point
people would stare
I'll always be there
To protect you and to
cut down on the glare
I know you can't speak
I know you can't sign
So cry right here on
the dotted line

Hail hail, the Eyeball Kid

Well he was born without a body
Not even a brow
I made the kid a promise
I made the kid a vow
He's not conventionally handsome
He'll never be tall
He said all you got to do is