GREG BROWN lyrics - Whatever It Was

She's got a slant 6 mind and a supercharged heart,

The little princess is singing about her parts,

She says, "Come hither", but when I get hither she is yon.

I was looking for what I loved. Whatever it was, it's gone.



TV spreads and tension mounts,

Like a guy in a bra it's the idea that counts,

It's a picture of a picture of a whore holding a picture of a john.

I was looking for what I loved...



In the chemical fields by ammonia light,

I would offer my prayer to the Corn Goddess tonight,

But they chopped off her head and stuck her body out on the lawn.

I was looking for what I loved...



My generation takes what it can get,

Are you surprised that the kids are all upset?

They're looking at Nothing and Nothing turns away and yawns.

I was looking for what I loved...



Can't go to the country - the country isn't there,

It got chopped up and mortgaged and vanished in thin air,

It's a paint-by-number and it costs a million bucks down at the pawn.

I was looking for what I loved...



An electronic head and feet of clay,

Gonna be a lotta roadkill on the Information Highway,

Someone stole the video of the everfresh and lovely dawn.

I was looking for what I loved...



You might be streetwise. You might be real bad,

I guess you forgot that you also are a dad,

Your kids won't forget it when they're trying to find someone to lean on

I was looking for what I loved...



The little towns are lying on their faces,

All that's left are fading parking spaces,

It's been quite a week, there was a drive-by shooting in Lake Wobegon.

I was looking for what I loved...



A Native American told me this whole deal's a mistake,

And this implosion is just icing on the cake,

If the Great Spirit is gambling, I'd say the con is a bigger con.

I was looking for what I loved...