(Chorus)
Eat fruit, eat a lot,
eat a lotta fruit,
eat fruit a lot,
ya gotta eat
eatin' can't be beat
everybody eat fruit like the Poly-o-ne-si-ens. (2x)
(verse 1)
All you lovely ladies
are worried about your form,
but it's the pear-shaped figures
that turn the gentlemen on.
A plum peachy complection
is what the boys all love
musk-mellon scented
and water-mellon jugs.
(Chorus)
(verse 2)
Sun goddesses on the beaches
pop their pills and floss their teeth-es
but there's something about 'em that don't appeal to me.
Those macho-men way out west
with their two six-gunsand leather vests,
the pair deserve each other, it's plain to see.
(bridge)
Scandinavian yogurt
is O.K. for a while,
but you gotta eat your apples
if you want to keep your smile.
Throw away that old hamburger
dump your steak and french-fries too.
Eat mangoes, kumquats, cherries, and grapes,
Mother Nature will love you!
Eat fruit, eat a lot,
eat a lotta fruit,
eat fruit a lot,
ya gotta eat
eatin' can't be beat
everybody eat fruit like the Poly-o-ne-si-ens. (2x)
(bridge)
Chinese like their won-ton,
the French they like their snails,
Spanish eat their rice and beans,
The Eskimos eat whale,
English steak and kidney
all cooked up in a pie,
Just gimme a plate of passion fruit
served up Tahiti style!
Eat fruit, eat a lot,
eat a lotta fruit,
eat fruit a lot,
ya gotta eat
eatin' can't be beat
everybody eat fruit like the Poly-o-ne-si-ens. (2x)
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My point exactly
Thanks for visiting.
James Elmo
Amen
Words more true were never spoken, "JamesElmo." Reality is beyond appearance. I too would prefer just to eat things as nature intended, for the most part. Great song. "Call any vegetable, call it by name." Yet I like the way you give "shout outs" to some yummy fruit. Yet nature does not make me out into the form you crave, no matter how much I would eat, I would still be thin. Some folks don't diet, but have high metabolisms. I would have to eat a horse or a cow to gain weight, and I can't, since I am a vegetarian. Zappa also said that men don't like women as thin as ironing boards. Most don't, no matter what Madison Avenue portrays. Don't copy it. "Natural" is where it is at, plus everyone can do that, and it is free.
Jen
**know thyself**
If this is the way you
If this is the way you preach so preach some more. :) I am so fed up with all the lies surrounding us.
Many Tastes and Many Flavors
Preoccupation with self image is not helpful to making healthy relationships.
“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."
The image makers first steal from us, then pervert what they have taken, then sell back to us a lie.
The sad part is that we buy. We should be angry at them (maybe just laugh at them). Instead we judge ourselves by false standards. There is a hard justice in this. We suffer because of our own foolishness.
The image-makers want us to believe beauty is something they alone possess and so if we want it we must give them money. But it doesn't have to be that way. Beauty surrounds a loving heart. The only cost is to claim what you already possess.
I know I sound like a preacher, oh well, that's just me.
James Elmo
It's nice to hear real men
It's nice to hear real men speak of what they really like. :) I bet there are as many tastes as there are people on this planet. :-)