Bring Your Girl a Tangerine

Words and music: Alvah Allen
Performed by: Alvah Allen

Get your ass out in the yard
might not last long
or get you far
reach a ladder into the green
bring your girl a tangerine

She saw you comin’
from a mile away
standin’ on her porch
without a thing to say
if she smiles a little
through the screen
bring your girl a tangerine

She’s so unsweet
but more than fair
Says “baby, I adored you
for a second there.”
Define capricious, define serene
bring your girl a tangerine

And it may be more
than she deserves
but you can figure
that one out afterwards

Lightning must’a stayed
up in the tree
for a month or more
‘til it struck me
like a force of nature
or a hand unseen
bring your girl a tangerine

Leave the apple
up on the bough
go on back home
and wait around.
If you’re as lucky
as I can be
maybe she’ll bring you
a tangerine

And it may be more
than you deserve
but she can figure
that one out afterwards

Get your ass out in the yard
might not last long
or get you far
reach a ladder into the green
bring your girl a tangerine

Said, bring your girl a tangerine.

(Appeared on 1998 demo “Southern Amusement”)