nother summer wasted in the Battlefords
on a banana seat bike with a hockey card in the spokes
a friend of ours who’s stopped his car by said that “he better get home”
he said “you’re gonna get a beating. You’re going to get the beating of your life”

Nutrasweeth and resca and popshoppe
and all the best of what a baby sitter could afford
with enough negotiotiaion and a freckled smile

nother summer wasted in the Battlefords
our dust coated freezie stained lips
and lawn darts in the yard

nd the rickedst guy in town drives his new
Lincoln drunk on the old dusty streets
balancing a snifter of gin on the edge of his knee

Rocky road, tiger tail and bubble gum and all the rest of them
that a baby sitter could afford with the right negotiotiaion and a freckled smile

They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
that’s we’re all wearing braces
and dirty fingernails that a good akela wouldn’t approve of

Not another broken arm in the heat
he fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
we weren’t invincible
and the sensei said “he’ll sit out the summer”
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nother summer wasted in the Battlefords
ad shakes his head at the car that’s been
sitting on blocks for years
and the weird kid who smoked two cigarettes playing bingo
then his Mom came to the rescue
she stood up and chided everyone with her finger outstretched
saying “you’re not the boss of him”

Ring pops, banana runts, popeye cigarettes
and everything that’s best that a baby sitter could afford
with the right negotiation and a freckled smile

They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
that’s we’re all wearing braces
and dirty fingernails that a good akela wouldn’t approve of

Not another broken arm in the heat
he fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
we weren’t invincible
and the sensei said “he’ll sit out the summer”

Nobody really asked for this, nobody really asked for this, nobodody really asked for this
Nobody really asked for this, Nobody really asked fot this
the sensei said “he’ll sit out the summer”

Nobody really asked for this, nobody really asked for this, nobodody really asked for this
Nobody really asked for this, Nobody really asked fot this
the sensei said “he’ll sit out the summer”

nother summer wasted here, in the Battlefords
Mom says to go get ouside and don’t come back till it’s dark

They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
that’s we’re all wearing braces
and dirty fingernails that a good akela wouldn’t approve of

Not another broken arm in the heat
he fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
we weren’t invincible
and the sensei said “he’ll sit out the summer”