Em Well he rode from the ocean far upstream Nuthin' to his name but a code and a dream G Lookin' for the legendary inland sea Where the water was deep n' clean n' free Em But the town he found had suffered a blow Fish were dying, cause the water was low G Fat cat fish name o' Diamond Dawes Plugged the stream with copyright laws Em
Em He said my water's good n' my water's free So Pond-erosa, you gonna thank me! G Then he bottled it up and he labeled it "Mine" They opened n' poured, but they ran outta time! Em So Puff made a brand and he tanned his hide Said. "this is the mark of too much pride" G Tied him to a horse, set the tail on fire Slapped er on the ass and the water went higher! Em
G D Pond-erosa Puff Em wouldn't take no guff G D Em Water oughta be clean and free G D So he fought the fight Em and he set things right G D Em With his OpenBSD
Em Well things were good fer a spell in town But then one day, dang water turned brown G Comin' to the rescue, Mayor Reed He said, "This here filter's all ya'll need" Em But it didn't take long 'fore the filter plugged Full of mud, n' crud, n' bugs G Folks said "gotta be a gooder way" Mayor said "Hell No! She's O.K." Em
Em "The water's fine on the Open range" And he passed a law that it couldn't change. G "No freeze, no boil, no frolicking young" Em Puff took him aside, said "this is wrong" Then he found the Mayor was addin' the crud! So he took him down in a cloud of blood G Said "The Mayor's learnd, he's done been mean" So they did it right and the water went clean! Em
G D Pond-erosa Puff Em wouldn't take no guff G D Em Water oughta be clean and free G D So he fought the fight Em and he set things right G D Em With his OpenBSD
Em So once agin' it was right, but then The lake went dry, she was gone again! G Fish started flippin' and floppin' about Yellin' "Mercy Puff! It's a doggone drought!" Em So he rolled up-gulch till he hit the lake Of Apache fish, they was on the take G They'd built a dam that was made of rules Now Puff was pissed and he lost his cool! Em
Em I'm sick and tired of these goldarn words! n' laws n' bureaucratic nerds! G You're full o' beans n' killin' my town and if you's all don't shut er down Em I'll hang a lickin' on every one of you sons o' bitchin' greedy scum! G So he blew the dam, an' he let 'er haul Cause water oughta be free for all!
G D Pond-erosa Puff Em wouldn't take no guff G D Em Water oughta be clean and free G D So he fought the fight Em and he set things right G D Em With his OpenBSD
Em G Em That's right! I'll hang a lickin' on ya! Never piss on another man's boot!
Vocals, Lyrics, Melody and Co-Arrangement by Ty Semaka - Guitar by Chantal Vitalis - Bass by Jonny Nordstrom - Drums by John McNiel, Fiddle - Co-Arrangement, Recording, Mixing, Mastering by Jonathan Lewis of Moxam Studios (moxamstudios@hotmail.com).