THEY CAN'T HEAR ANYMORE WORDS: Barbara Fritchie (from her poem "Plantation Road") MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter INTRO: the women are in their houses and it's so loud, and it's so loud - CHORUS: they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. I. they can't hear 'cause the ice cream truck is circling and the kids are screaming because they need the ice cream and they need to catch the truck before it's too late, before it's too late. CHORUS: they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. II. they can't hear 'cause they've got garbage disposals and the garbage keeps coming and it's bones and bones and bones are too much for the disposal, but they can't stop disposing and they keep disposing. CHORUS: they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. III. they can't hear 'cause their lovers are yelling because they love the women but not those women and they're angry and they're angry 'cause they love women but not those women, but not those women. CHORUS: they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. IV. they can't hear 'cause their phones are ringing and it's always urgent, and it's always women and it's urgent and it's ringing and it's their friends but they can't hear, it's too loud, they can't hear, it's too loud. CHORUS: they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. they can't hear anymore. ENDING: hey! hey! hey! hey! (repeat and fade) © Copyright 1988 Barbara Fritchie and Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.