"Ted"

Ted always came to the art shows
Ted always donated money
He seemed to really like our music
He'd smoke his pipe and prop his feet up
He was just an old man who was in the way
And the city wanted him gone
So they brought the bulldozers in today
And hauled him away.

Ted would not cooperate
He would not go quietly
So they hauled him off to the hospital
Up at Osawatomie
Just a crazy old man who was in the way
And the city wanted him gone
So they brought the bulldozers in today
And hauled him away.

So down came the walls
And they sold all the bricks
And they made a tidy bundle
And the kangaroo judge has it all fixed
So Ted can't come into this town at all
Just an old man who was in the way
And the city wanted him gone
So they brought the bulldozers in today
And hauled him away.

Ted always came to the art shows
Ted always donated money