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I Was Born In A Weigles
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I was born in a weigles in the middle of the store
While daddy pumped gas, momma pumped more
She squeezed me out in the middle of the floor
And I did a little dance for the overnight cashier
She said, “good morning-oh Lordy there’s an awful lot of fluid in here”
So I looked down the aisle and I looked at my mother
Grabbed a little jar of creamy peanut butter
I scooped it out with my tiny, wet hands
Balanced on a tour of Pringles cans to reach the shelf by myself
I was 32 seconds old
I was born in a Weigles off Western Avenue
I had a nibble of some brittle in the gas hospital
But I knew it’ll be a little better to chew
And I was slamming milk
Silk and sweeter than my momma built
I was swaddled in a corndog quilt
Underneath a W moon
Well, the years went by and I got a little higher
Plus my height grew too ;) and I never got tired
I was cleaner than the sheen of an Icee machine
Producing more power than gasoline
A tiny little bean on a trampoline:
I was a pre-teen Adeem
And we were married in a Weigles but we skipped champagne
Had a fountain of milk cos we couldn’t abstain
Bought a little land near the mountain range
And put a little a cabin out in Strawberry Plains
Found ourselves a Weigles parking lot,
Made a little spark ’til the car got hot,
Let it erupt and sure enough, we do the whole thing over again
I was born in a Weigles off Western Avenue
I had a nibble of some brittle in the gas hospital
But I knew it’ll be a little better to chew
And when the time came?
I chewed it ’til I give myself a migraine
I didn’t stutter- I LOVE peanut butter
And another thing- well, I don’t have another thing to say
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Well times was tough and I got up to settle into some self-care
I had $1,200 in a government check and a small plot of land to spare
Built a strong fence out of twigs and sticks, I was nestled in a castle in the air
Did some surfing on the internet, found me some tigers for to live in there
Now I’m the Tiger Prince of Knoxville
Hillbilly royalty
I mighta been born in a Weigels
Now I’m nobility
I might not look like much to you
But I’m high on Vitamin T
I’m the Tiger Prince of Knoxville, Tennessee
Well he was warm and soft, we started off better than I thought we could
I got fancy feast from the food pantry
He got bigger than I thought he would
And the fence I built wasn’t hard to jilt
For a tiger with a liberated mind
Now he’s wandered off and I ain’t gone soft- I'm gonna find him tonight
I heard they’ve spied my little friend
They even set a trap for him
How’d they know he loves rotisserie?
I’ve saddled up his sister now
She was my favorite anyhow
We'll find him 'fore the Sheriff's Deputies
I am the Tiger Prince of Knoxville, Tennessee
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Adeem the Artist Tennessee
Adeem is a seventh-generation Carolinian, a makeshift poet, singer-songwriter, storyteller, and blue-collar Artist.
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