FRANK (Pete Ham)
[from Keyhole Street: Demos 1966-67 CD - recorded 1967 - released U.S. 2013]

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah

The trouble with being Frank
You don't get enough in the bank
I've tried for so long
And I'm thinking of changing my name
(I think I'll try George)

The vultures watch you as you die
And then come down to bleed you dry
(So, I'm) I'm gonna be a vulture (ha ha)
So I can pick off people's bones
And sue and own some people's homes
I'm gonna get some culture
(I'm gonna get some class)

The trouble with being Frank
You don't get enough in the bank
I've tried for so long
And I'm thinking of changing my name
(Rockefeller)

See the good man, rented home
See the bad man, owns his own
I'm gonna be a bad man (ha)
See the poor man being fair
And see the rich man, if you dare
(I'm gonna be a rich man)

The trouble with being Frank
You don't get enough in the bank
I've tried for so long
And I'm thinking of changing my name
(clears throat)
(Expensive cigars)
(clears throat)
Ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan,
corrections by Dan Matovina

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