At one time we were happy, now we’re sad   Once you could see smiling faces   Now you see rows and rows of those who’ve had   Tragedy in their life of all places   In shady lane we were bright   Now shadows make it dark as night   Once where laughing children played   What’s a snarling darkened day      Oh, the sunny side of shady lane   When will we be happy again?      Smokey the bear’s a lying fuck-ass   He never touched me, I whupped him   The bitch’d get whomped by a blade of grass   Though I’ll admit he can bite and hold on like sin   Now the bear’s the least of my worries   For platypi march as torries   In a town torn and tear   Shady lane is worse for the wear      The platypi come at night   They bite at me with a terrible might   Try as I might I cannot fight   The shade has won the night