Weird Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (Ukulele)

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Amish Paradise - "Weird Al" Yankovic Bad Hair Day (1996) [Verse 1]
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As I walk through the valley where I

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harvest my grain

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I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain

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But that's just perfect for an Amish like me

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You know I shun fancy things like

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electricity

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At 4:30 in the morning I'm milkin' cows

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Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows, fool

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And I've been milkin' and plowin' so long that

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Even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone

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I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline

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Got a Bible in my hand and a beard on my chin

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But if I finish all of my chores and

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you finish thine

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Then tonight we're gonna party like

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it's 1699
[Chorus 1]
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  We been spending most our lives

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living in an Amish paradise

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  I've churned butter once or

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twice living in an Amish paradise

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  It's hard work and sacrifice living

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in an Amish paradise

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  We sell quilts at discount price

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living in an Amish paradise
[Verse 2]
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A local boy kicked me in the butt last week

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I just smiled at him and I turned the other cheek

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I really don't care, in fact I wish him well

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'Cause I'll be laughing my head off

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when he's burning in Hell

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But I ain't never punched a tourist

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even if he deserved it

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An Amish with a 'tude? You know that's unheard of

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I never wear buttons but I got a cool hat

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And my homies agree I really look good in black fool

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If you come to visit, you'll be bored to tears

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We haven't even paid the phone bill in

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300 years

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But we ain't really quaint, so please don't point and stare

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We're just technologically impaired
[Bridge]
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There's no phone, no lights, no

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motorcar not a single luxury

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Like Robinson Caruso it's as primitive

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as can be
[Chorus 2]
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  We been spending most our lives

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living in an Amish Paradise

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  We're just plain and simple guys

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living in an Amish Paradise

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  There's no time for sin and vice

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living in an Amish Paradise

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  We don't fight, we all play nice

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living in an Amish Paradise
[Verse 3]
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Hitchin' up the buggy, churnin' lots of butter

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Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise an 'udder

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Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure in heart?

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Well, I know I'm a million time as

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humble as thou art

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I'm the pious guy the little Amlettes want to be like

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On my knees day and night scorin'

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points for the afterlife

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So don't be vain and don't be whiny

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Or else, my brother, I might have to

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get medieval on your heinie
[Chorus 3]
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  We been spending most our lives

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living in an Amish Paradise

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  We're all crazy Mennonites living in

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an Amish Paradise

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  There's no cops or traffic

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lights living in an Amish Paradise

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  But you'd probably think it

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bites living in an Amish Paradise

[Outro]
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Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh

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Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-yecch!