Eat the tangerine Eat the tangerine Eat the tangerine It will treat you well When I was young I used to read the funny papers and I'd Eat my tangerine and When I was done I'd be rolling on the floor laughing at the Funny things that I had seen but There was one strip yeah it filled me full of hatred and I Think you know you know what I mean It was the circle at the bottom with those circle headed kids by That yellow bellied mother scratcher, Bill Keane That's why I Used to have a job, nothing special it paid five twenty-five Every so often a customer'd walk in Just to remind me that I was alive But then one day my boss said, "Jeff, grab a chair" He said "I'm gonna have to take you take you aside" Well the dirty ba*tard fired me but lucky for him I had my tangerine to keep me from homicide That's why I Used to have a job, nothing special it paid five twenty-five Every so often a customer'd walk in Just to remind me that I was alive But then one day my boss said, "Jeff, grab a chair" He said "I'm gonna have to take you take you aside" Well the dirty ba*tard fired me but lucky for him I had my tangerine to keep me from homicide That's why I