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Let's Go To The Bibliotheque

from The Classic Recordings by King of Beef

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Want to go to the Pompidou
Like all good tourists do
But I got in the wrong line
Stood there for an hour or two

Let's go to the Pompidou, what the heck
Or maybe let's just go to the bibliotheque

This is a really cool museum
Never seen this many books
Thought I'd see some cool art
Who are all these fucking kooks
Writing down stuff and pulling out
Microfilm, is that still made?
There's floors and floors of this shit
Where's the Picasso paintings?

Oh at the bibliotheque
We can watch a Lee Marvin movie
Or some old episodes of SWAT
But tell me where's Picasso?

Here we are at the Pompidou
They got lots of books and videos too
Let's try to check some out
Oh I think we...oh no!

We're not in the Pompidou
We're in the library that shares the same office space
So they could split the rent
And get a better lease

This isn't what we came here for
I think we came in the wrong door
We're trying to go to the Pompadour
And we wound up here

I think I'll just buy a book mark
Maybe I'll pay some of my late fees
Can you help me find the ark
You stupid Americans with your stupid farts

We finally got in to the Pompidou
Found the right door after an hour or two
Paid our price, only ten Franc
Or Euros or whatever they're called, what the fuck
I think the books were prettier
At least the covers were better drawn
Why does Picasso put both sides on somebody's head like a flounder?
Who are all these other fucks?
They paint a piece of canvas and all of a sudden it becomes quite rare

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from The Classic Recordings, released May 24, 2020

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