" It's about Alice, and the ...When my friend and I went up to visit ...ith her husband Ray and Facha, the dog. ...And livin' in the bell ...he pews used to be, and havin' all that roo...We got up here and found all the garbage in there and we decided that it'...robus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction, and headed ... Well, we got there and there was a big sign and a ...d on Thanksgiving," and ...hanksgiving before, and with tears in ...ame to a side road, and off the side of the...fifteen-foot cliff, and at the bottom of th...er pile of garbage. And we decided that one...Two little piles, and rather than bring t...Went to sleep, and didn't get up until...lf a ton of garbage and I just wanted to kn...And I said, "Yes sir, O...truth of the matter and he said ...t we had to go down and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and ...With the shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on ...ce Officer Station, and the first was that ... for bein' so brave and honest on the telep...Likely, and we didn't expect it), and the other thing was...Bawled us out and told us never to be... even counted upon, and we was both immedia...Handcuffed, and I said, "Obie, I ca...said: "Shut up kid, and get in the back of ...And that's what we did . . . sat in the back of the patrol car, and drove to ...wo police officers, and one police ...Officers and three police cars, ...Years and everybody wanted to get in the newspaper story about it. ...And they was usin' up a...dog-smellin' prints and they took twenty-se...graphs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...Took pictures of the approach, th...And that's not to menti... I want your wallet and your ... want my belt for?" and he said, ...yself over the head and drown, and he took ...slide down the roll and have an escape. Obi...led us out of jail, and we went back to the...t couldn't be beat, and didn't get up until...x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and ...Arrows and a paragraph on the ...!" We all stood up, and Obie stood up with ...ed glossy pictures, and the judge walked in...th a seein' eye dog and he sat down. We sat...Colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...k of each one . . . and looked at the seein' eye dog . . . and then at ...x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows ...And a paragraph on the back of each on and began to cry. ...Blind justice, and there wasn't nothin' he could do about it, and the judge ...y 10 colored glossy pictures with ...The circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...And we was fined fifty dollars and had to pick up the ...infected, neglected and ...I went down and got my physical examination one day, and I walked in, sat ...Down (got good and drunk the night before, so I looked and felt my best when ...Kid from New York), and I walked in, sat do...Brung down, hung up and all kinds of mean, ...And I walked in, I sat ...Blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth! ...And I started jumpin' up and down, yellin' "KILL! KILL!" and he started ...Jumpin' up and down with me, and we was both jumpin' up and down, yellin', ... KILL! KILL! KILL!" and the sergeant came o...Neglections, and all kinds of stuff ...There, and I was there for two...And I was just havin' a tough time there, and they was inspectin'... single part of me, and they was leavin' no...Proceeded through, and I finally came to s...there. I walked up, and I said, "What do ...And I proceeded to tell him the story of Alice's Restaura...Full orchestration and five-part harmony and stuff like that, and other ...pped me right there and said, "Kid, have you ever been to court?" And ...ded to tell him the story of the twenty-seven...Pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...pped me right there and said, "Kid, I want you to go over and sit down ...And I walked over to the bench there, and there's... Group W ...e bench next to me! And they was mean ...And nasty and ugly and horrible and crime fightin' guys...On the bench, and the meanest, uglies... comin' over to me, and he was mean and ...Ugly and nasty and horrible and all kinds of things, and he sat down next to...o pay fifty dollars and pick up the ...arrested for, kid?" and I said, "Litterin'"...And they all moved away...And all kinds of mean, nasty things, till I said, "And creatin' a nuisance.... . " And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time...about on the bench, and everything was ... smokin' cigarettes and all kinds of things...is hand, held it up and said: ...And he talked for forty-five minutes and nobody understood a...llin' out the forms and playin' with the pe...Just like it was and everything was fine. And I put down my pencil, and I ...the piece of paper, and there . . . on the ...women, kids, houses and villages after bein...He looked at me and said, "Kid, we don'...Study in black and white of my fingerp...And the only reason I'm... similar situation, and if you're in a situ...lice's Restaurant", and walk out. ...Really sick and they won't take him...And if two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and ...And if three people do ...Alice's Restaurant" and walkin' out? They m...And can you imagine fif...Alice's Restaurant" and walkin' out? Friend...nk it's a MOVEMENT, and that's what it is: ...REE MOVEMENT! . . . and all you gotta do to

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And...truth of the matter and said that we had to...And pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the...Shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward th...The police station, and the first was he co...Being so brave and honest on the telephone, which wasn't very likely, and...e didn't expect it, and the other thing was...And told us never to be... even counted upon, and we was...rested. Handcuffed. And I said "Obie, I don...And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the...wo police officers, and one police car, but...ive police officers and three police cars,...e last fifty years, and everybody wanted to...et in the newspaper story about it. And they was using up a...og smelling prints, and...And arrows and a paragraph on the ...ce against us. Took pictures of the approach,...he southwest corner and that's not to...Wallet and your belt." And I said, "Obie, I ca...Want my belt for?" And he said, "Kid, we d...he was making sure, and friends Obie was, c...yself over the head and drown, and he took...slide down the roll and have an escape. Obi...Was making sure, and it was about four o...ice), Alice came by and with a few...led us out of jail, and we went back...And didn't get up until...Color glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...And Obie stood up with ...Pictures, and the judge walked in sat down with a seeing eye dog, and he...the seeing eye dog, and then at the...by-ten color glossy pictures with circles and arrows...And a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seein...And then at twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy pictures with circles...And arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and began to cry,...Blind justice, and there wasn't nothing he could do about it, and the...Pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...vidence against us. And...We was fined $50 and had to pick up the ...Neglected and selected. I went do...Day, and I walked in, I sat down, got good and drunk the night bef...I looked and felt my best when I...And I walked in, sat down, I was hung down, brung down, hung up, and all... nasty ugly things. And I waked in and sat down and they gave...And I went up there, I ..., I wanna see blood and gore and...Guts and veins in my teeth. ...Kill, kill." And I started jumpin' up and down yelling, "Kill, kill," and... started jumpin' up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down...ling, "Kill, kill." And the Sargent came ov...ctions, neglections and all kinds of stuff ...At the thing there, and I was there for two...Ugly things and I was just having a tough time there, and they was... single part of me, and they was leaving no... 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And they all moved away...There, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean n...Said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back,...And we had a great time...Bench. And everything was fine, we was smoking cigarettes and all kinds of...Up and said....e-time-of-the-crime-and-any-other-kind-of-t...a-say-pertaining-to-and-about-the-crime-I-w...Officer's-name-and-any-other-kind-of-thing-you-gotta-say", and talked for...Forty-five minutes and nobody understood a...lling out the forms and playing with the pe...And I filled out the massacre with the four part harmony, and wrote it..., just like it was, and everything was fine and I put down the...Pencil, and I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the...Kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug." He looked at me and...n't like your kind, and we're gonna send yo...And friends, somewhere ...Study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm... similar situation, and if your in a...ne thing you can do and that's walk into...ice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know,...nk he's really sick and...hey won't take him. And if two people, two ...hey're both faggots and they won't take eit...And three people do it,... Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They m...Organization. And can you, can you im... Alice's Restaurant and...Walking out. And friends they may th...And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and...on the guitar, here and...you want to end war and stuff you got to si...comes around again, and this time with four...Harmony and feeling.

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Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the ...e name of the song, and that's why I called...ing, when my friend and I went up to visit ...ith her husband Ray and ...Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell ...e garbage in there, and we decided it'd be ...robus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed ...Well we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across acro... on Thanksgiving." And we had never heard ...hanksgiving before, and with tears in our e...ame to a side road, and off the side of the... fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of th...er pile of garbage. And we decided that one...n two little piles, and rather than bring t...That's what we did, and drove back to the c...beat, went to sleep and didn't get up until...garbage, and just wanted to know if you had any information about it." And ...truth of the matter and said that we had to...and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the...shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward th...the police station, and the first was he co...being so brave and honest on the telephone, which wasn't very likely, and ...e didn't expect it, and the other thing was...and told us never to be... even counted upon, and we was ...sted. Handcuffed. And I said "Obie, I don...And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the ...wo police officers, and one police car, but...ive police officers and three police cars, ...e last fifty years, and everybody wanted to...et in the newspaper story about it. And they was using up a...og smelling prints, and ...and arrows and a paragraph on the ...e against us. Took pictures of the approach, ...he southwest corner and that's not to ...wallet and your belt." And I said, "Obie, I ca...want my belt for?" And he said, "Kid, we d...he was making sure, and friends Obie was, c...yself over the head and drown, and he took ...slide down the roll and have an escape. Ob...was making sure, and it was about four o...ice), Alice came by and with a few ...led us out of jail, and we went back ...and didn't get up until...colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...and Obie stood up with ...pictures, and the judge walked in sat down with a seeing eye dog, and he ...the seeing eye dog, and then at the ...y-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows ...and a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seein...And then at twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles ...and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and began to cry, ...blind justice, and there wasn't nothing he could do about it, and the ...pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the ...idence against us. And ...we was fined $50 and had to pick up the ...neglected and selected. I went d...day, and I walked in, I sat down, got good and drunk the night bef...I looked and felt my best when I...and I walked in, sat down, I was hung down, brung down, hung up, and all ... nasty ugly things. And I waked in and sat down and they gave ...And I went up there, I ..., I wanna see blood and gore and ...guts and veins in my teeth. ...KILL, KILL." And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and ...e started jumpin up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down

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