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Danny Don't Rapp

from Yip Jump Music (1983) by Daniel Johnston

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Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp
Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp

Danny was young when he sung that song
But then he got old and something got cold
No more doo-wop at the hop the cop said
He was dead, bullet through the head

Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp
Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp

Forty-two and lounge singing and
Still doing that same song every night
And he couldn’t stop
Every night he sang that song
Every night he was at the hop

Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp
Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp

Danny, you knew what it was like to be on the top
You could rock it, you could bop it
But why did you drop it
Rock and roll will never die, but you did, and it’s sad

Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp
Danny don’t rapp, Danny don’t rapp

And on that sorry, sorry night
When no hope was left in sight
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could’ve told you, Danny
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as…

You can rock it, you can bop it
You can rock it, you can bop it
At the hop, ooo

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from Yip Jump Music (1983), released August 1, 1983

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Daniel Johnston Waller, Texas

An American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist, Daniel Johnston spent 30 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience.

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