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Artist/Band: John Prine
Lyrics for Song: Letter To The Penthouse Forum
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - John Prine



Dear penthouse,

I never did believe anything I ever read in your magazine

until just the other night.



When something happen to me that was so strange that

I felt compelled to share it with your readers.



I'm a student at state-u.



Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself.

it was one year ago tonight that my room mate "stupendous

dork" and I were sittin' around the dorm poppin'

a few frosty's and burning some rope,

and boning up for the speech therapy midterm exam the

next day, by reading back issues of your magazine out loud to each other.



I looked at "stu" and he looked at me and

we both knew neither of us was going to get a real

good grade on that exam anyway.

we hopped out of the dorm and went across the street

to herbie's tumble inn.



Right across from the dorm there,

we came through the swinging doors and I couldn't believe

my eyes, there they were, sitting at the bar,

these two luscious babes, and they were siamese twins



I looked at "stu" and he looked at me and

we looked at them and they looked at us and then one

of the twins said "won't you join us?

" and I just laughed and we went and sat down at the bar.



Turns out, one if the ladies was a speech therapy major

and her sister said she had some rope in her purse

there, and a big light bulb went off in my head and

I said "what the heck, why don't we all go back to the dorm? "



Came out of the swingin' doors at herbie's and couldn't

get across the street.



There was these 30 bikers with jackets that said "harley

aristocrats" on the back.

there was an aerobic dance class and there was the

commanding officer of the campus rotc pushing a nautilus

machine right down the double yellow line.

I said "what the heck, why don't we all go back to the dorm? "



The last thing I remember is one of the twins screaming,

"hey general put your big heat seeking missile in my love silo!"



I got my degree in spite of failing speech therapy

that quarter. last night for the first time in a year,

my room mate stupendous dork went back to herbie's

to toast our commencement.

came thru the swingin' doors and there they were at

the bar, the same two siamese twins and I said "oh

no" and I went and sat down a table.



The twins came over to the table and the one that was

a speech therapy major looked my right in the eye and

said: "excuse me you probably don't remember us."



Name and address withheld by request.


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - John Prine


John Prine
"Other Songs - John Prine"


1. 'til A Tear Becomes A Rose
2. (we're Not) The Jet Set
3. A Good Time
4. Aimless Love
5. Automobile
6. Baby Ruth
7. Back Street Affair
8. Beautiful World
9. Big Old Goofy World
10. Billy The Bum
11. Bruised Orange
12. Chinatown
13. Clocks & Spoons
14. Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
15. Common Sense
16. Crooked Piece Of Time
17. Dear Abbey
18. Donald And Lydia
19. Fish & Whistle
20. Forbidden Jimmy
21. German Afternoons
22. He Was In Heaven Before He Died
23. How Lucky
24. How Much Tequila
25. I Had A Dream
26. I Know One
27. If She Were You
28. In A Town This Size
29. In Spite Of Ourselves
30. Iron Ore Betty
31. It's A Cheating Situation
32. Jackie O
33. Just Wanna Be With You
34. Kokomo
35. Let's Invite Them Over
36. Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
37. Letter To The Penthouse Forum
38. Linda Goes To Mars
39. Love, Love, Love
40. Lulu Walls
41. Maureen Maureen
42. Me, Myself, & I
43. Mexican Home
44. Middleman
45. Milwaukee Here I Come
46. My Own Best Friend
47. Nine Pound Hammer
48. No Name Girl
49. Often Is A Word I Seldom Use
50. One Red Rose
51. Onomatopoeia
52. Please Don't Burry Me
53. Quiet Man
54. Rocky Mountain Time
55. Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
56. Saigon
57. Shop Talk
58. Silent Night, All Day Long
59. Six O'clock News
60. Sleepy Eyed Boy
61. Slow Boat To China
62. So Sad
63. Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love
64. Space Monkey
65. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
66. Sweet Revenge
67. Take The Star Out Of The Window
68. That Close To You
69. That's The Way That The World Goes Round
70. The Accident
71. The Hobo Song
72. The Torch Singer
73. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over
74. There She Goes
75. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
76. Third Of July
77. This Cold War With You
78. Ubangi Stomp
79. We Are The Lonley
80. We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds
81. Wedding Bells/let's Turn Back The Years
82. Wedding Day In Funeralville
83. When Two Worlds Collide
84. Wonderful 99
85. Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
86. You Never Even Call Me By My Name