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Nigel Egg: Music

Big Bang Baby Boom

(Nigel Egg)
July 6, 2010
Nigel Egg
This is the title track of the new CD.
BIG BANG BABY BOOM
NIGEL EGG
AFTER WORLD WAR TWO, WITH THE G.I. BILL AND THE V.A. LOAN
THE FUTURE’S BRIGHT ENOUGH TO FALL IN LOVE, GET MARRIED AND BUILD A HOME
AND RAISE A BUNCH OF KIDS IT WAS A TIME OF PEACE AND EASY MONEY AND BABIES BEING MADE
AND CHILDREN BEING RAISED, AND THEN IT ALL GOT CRAZY

BIG BANG BABY BOOM STARTED TO EXPLODE
BIG BANG BABY BOOM GOT TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GROW
BIG BANG BABY BOOM SEE THE PEOPLE TAKE THE POWER
GOTTA MAKE ROOM FOR THE BABY BOOM
AND WE GOTTA HAVE IT ALL RIGHT NOW!

HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH THE BATHROOMS AND THE BARBECUE
WE MOVED FROM EIGHTEEN MAIN STREET OUT TO ONE EIGHTEEN OH-TWO
WE’RE LAYING DOWN THE LAWN WE SCRAPED AWAY THE CORN AND SOYBEANS IN A TY-VEK TIDAL WAVE
THE FARM WAS IN OUR WAY, CAN’T DRIVE ACROSS UNTIL WE PAVE IT

BIG BANG BABY BOOM WATCH THAT THING EXPAND
THAT BIG BANG BABY BOOM HAD TO TURN INTO THE MAN
BIG BANG BABY BOOM SEE THE PEOPLE BUY THE LAND
NEED MORE ROOM FOR THE BABY BOOM
AND WE GOT IT ON A PAYMENT PLAN


WHAT ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL? IT OBVIOUSLY PLAYED A PART
IT GAVE US AN EXCUSE, THE BEATLES WAS OUR CAMOUFLAGE
A BETTER WORLD FOR MAN, WE’D TAKE A STAND, IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE, IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE…
THEN CRANK THE MUSIC LOUDER

BIG BANG BABY BOOM FAR AND FURTHER OUT
THAT BIG BANG BABY BOOM LIKE A BURNING MUSHROOM CLOUD
BIG BANG BABY BOOM SEE THE PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD
FORWARD ZOOM IT’S A GLOOM AND DOOM
FOR THE BABY BOOMER BOYS AND GIRLS
ALL THE LITTLE BABY BOYS AND GIRLS

BIG BANG BABY BOOM ( REPEATS)
WE WANT THE MALL AND WE WANT IT… WE WANT THE MALL AND WE WANT IT… WE WANT THE MALL AND WE WANT IT…WE WANT IT BIG AND BEIGE…

BIG BANG BABY BOOM