Rickie Lee Jones
Howard
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)

[Spoken]
The spirits of her abortion had manifested─
The spirits of all her abortions manifested themselves into the furniture in the room
There would be a chair waiting, smiling
The pictures on the wall watched her in disbelief
She'd go carry the garbage out to the sidewalks
Come back in and sit with all her children
Inanimate, petrified forever

(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)

[Spoken]
A little boy named Howard
Everybody knows one of those guys in schools who kills everything he finds
Every little cat, every mouse, every dog, likes to burn his sister with cigarettes

(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
You, you you you
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
[Spoken]
I had to go to my congressman the other day
Had to see my congressman about it, he said he'd do his best, I don't doubt it, but...

(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
They talk about [?] alcohol helps to...
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)

[Spoken]
Diabolical schemes, David... bolical schemes
Everything has been conspired, the doors wired
That's 'cause of those south Americans who tied him up in that chair, heh heh...
He was doing that dope deal, he never got over that
They were probably gonna...

(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)

You're just made of words, you're just made of words, you're just made of words
(Hoo ba doo be, hoo ba doo be)
You're just made of sounds, you're just made of sounds, you're just made of sounds
(Ahh... STOP!)