Hydrangea Reports
By A.D. Penedo, Marshall Pailet
On album Who's Your Baghdaddy, or How I Started the Iraq War (Original Cast Recording)
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[RICHART and JERRY]
Hydrangea, 1st report. August 2nd, 2001
[RICHART]
We have found the subject
Quite excitable but clear
I'll of course continue
To appraise him
[JERRY]
Curveball's talking
[RICHART]
We have further learned
That he was a senior engineer
He'll squeal so long as BND pays him
[JERRY]
He's on their payroll
[ENSEMBLE and RICHART]
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh Hydrangea
[RICHART]
He speaks of his occupation
[CURVEBALL]
I went to work for CEDC -
We designed machines for farmers
Which would help their crops
To fight off fungus and thrive
Then they moved me to a secret team
To design a mobile system
That made toxic germs
No one could survive
I thought ‘please no!'
But I dare not say “no.”
So there, that's an overview -
Now I'll tell more
Then you could ask for
If they find out
No way I stay alive
Does this have four-wheel drive?
[MARTIN]
I knew about the mobile system, that's in my Compendium
Hydrangea one checks out
[BERRY]
One checks out
[JERRY]
One checks out
[RICHART]
One checks out
[RICHART and JERRY]
Hydrangea. 3rd report. August 6th
[RICHART]
To this point the subject
Tells a dark foreboding tale -
Doesn't seem concerned
If we respect him
[JERRY]
He's an asshole
[BERRY]
Cool!
[RICHART]
He describes his efforts
I
N such intricate detail
We would sure be fools
If we neglect him
[JERRY]
But he's talking
[BERRY]
Cooler
[ENSEMBLE and RICHART]
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh Hydrangea
[RICHART]
He speaks of his schematics
[CURVEBALL]
My grand design called for
Three big rigs -
The first one held fermentors
To turn the fresh inoculum
Into a paste
[ENSEMBLE]
Turn into a paste
[CURVEBALL]
The next one
Carried the mixing tanks
Which is where we'd prep the slurry
The third was where
It got primed to lay waste
And I thought ‘please no!'
But I dare not say “no.”
So there, that's an overview
And I know it
Sure ain't pretty
If they find out, my name
Will be disgraced
Wanna get wastey-faced?
[BOUCHARD]
I predicted the three-rig system
You'd have to separate
The chemical processes for safety
I wrote this!
Hydrangea three checks out
[BERRY]
Three checks out
[JERRY]
Three checks out
[RICHART]
Three checks out
[JERRY and RICHART]
Hydrangea. 8th report. September 1st, 2001
[RICHART]
Now and then the subject
Can be cranky and uncouth
With all this pressure on him
Who could blame him?
[JERRY]
He's still an asshole
[RICHART]
He has quirks but don't we all
We can't deny the truth
Why would that be reason to disclaim him?
[JERRY]
They still don't care
[BERRY]
Nice
[RICHART]
He speaks of an accident he witnessed
A germ spill
[CURVEBALL]
Then one day
Things all went wrong…
Poisoned air, we had to crawl
Comrades dying -
Say “so long.”
Twelve of my dear friends In war
Can't run off now -
Must stay strong…
That's it, that's all I recall
The shit you do
Will catch up to you -
We all harvest what we sow
[RICHART]
Seems ifs not a
Single thing he's
Trying to conceal
The setback he describes
Is quite convincing
You can feel the toll it took
To weather this ordeal -
The more he tells
The more it leaves me wincing
[ENSEMBLE and RICHART]
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh
Hydrangea, 1st report. August 2nd, 2001
[RICHART]
We have found the subject
Quite excitable but clear
I'll of course continue
To appraise him
[JERRY]
Curveball's talking
[RICHART]
We have further learned
That he was a senior engineer
He'll squeal so long as BND pays him
[JERRY]
He's on their payroll
[ENSEMBLE and RICHART]
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh Hydrangea
[RICHART]
He speaks of his occupation
[CURVEBALL]
I went to work for CEDC -
We designed machines for farmers
Which would help their crops
To fight off fungus and thrive
Then they moved me to a secret team
To design a mobile system
That made toxic germs
No one could survive
I thought ‘please no!'
But I dare not say “no.”
So there, that's an overview -
Now I'll tell more
Then you could ask for
If they find out
No way I stay alive
Does this have four-wheel drive?
[MARTIN]
I knew about the mobile system, that's in my Compendium
Hydrangea one checks out
[BERRY]
One checks out
[JERRY]
One checks out
[RICHART]
One checks out
[RICHART and JERRY]
Hydrangea. 3rd report. August 6th
[RICHART]
To this point the subject
Tells a dark foreboding tale -
Doesn't seem concerned
If we respect him
[JERRY]
He's an asshole
[BERRY]
Cool!
[RICHART]
He describes his efforts
I
N such intricate detail
We would sure be fools
If we neglect him
[JERRY]
But he's talking
[BERRY]
Cooler
[ENSEMBLE and RICHART]
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh Hydrangea
[RICHART]
He speaks of his schematics
[CURVEBALL]
My grand design called for
Three big rigs -
The first one held fermentors
To turn the fresh inoculum
Into a paste
[ENSEMBLE]
Turn into a paste
[CURVEBALL]
The next one
Carried the mixing tanks
Which is where we'd prep the slurry
The third was where
It got primed to lay waste
And I thought ‘please no!'
But I dare not say “no.”
So there, that's an overview
And I know it
Sure ain't pretty
If they find out, my name
Will be disgraced
Wanna get wastey-faced?
[BOUCHARD]
I predicted the three-rig system
You'd have to separate
The chemical processes for safety
I wrote this!
Hydrangea three checks out
[BERRY]
Three checks out
[JERRY]
Three checks out
[RICHART]
Three checks out
[JERRY and RICHART]
Hydrangea. 8th report. September 1st, 2001
[RICHART]
Now and then the subject
Can be cranky and uncouth
With all this pressure on him
Who could blame him?
[JERRY]
He's still an asshole
[RICHART]
He has quirks but don't we all
We can't deny the truth
Why would that be reason to disclaim him?
[JERRY]
They still don't care
[BERRY]
Nice
[RICHART]
He speaks of an accident he witnessed
A germ spill
[CURVEBALL]
Then one day
Things all went wrong…
Poisoned air, we had to crawl
Comrades dying -
Say “so long.”
Twelve of my dear friends In war
Can't run off now -
Must stay strong…
That's it, that's all I recall
The shit you do
Will catch up to you -
We all harvest what we sow
[RICHART]
Seems ifs not a
Single thing he's
Trying to conceal
The setback he describes
Is quite convincing
You can feel the toll it took
To weather this ordeal -
The more he tells
The more it leaves me wincing
[ENSEMBLE and RICHART]
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh Hydrangea
Ooooh
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