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I thought about this long and hard In fact I thought about it all the time What would happen to belly button lint If you set the stuff on fire I collected more than enough Over the years to see this through So I went and invited a few friends along The word it spread and the crowd it grew All the folk from the town came out They'd been collecting belly button lint just like I had Not quite as impressive a pile as mine I guess I'm the biggest belly button lint dust collecting man That's (B.B.B.L.D.C.M.) if you want to simplify who it is I am You might think that's something to be proud of And believe me when I say that I am After I got through signing autographs We proceeded with my grand plan The crowd stepped up one by one To toss their lint onto the pile Coming close to blocking out the moon As the pile grew ever higher (Finally the time had come to light up the famed belly button lint dust fire) It was Frankie who spoke up first And said he'd be honored to flick his bic That was the very last time we saw any of him Frankie and the lint lit up like a rocket ship When the shock wore off I turned around And saw the whole town up in flames I've had a lot of great ideas before I'm not quite sure this was one of them I now live in a hippie commune in the woods Since my towns no longer there It's kind of lonely without Frankie around Although there's still that lingering hint of burning hair I no longer collect belly button lint these days I sure learned my lesson with that Haven't worked out the details of my next grand idea But I can tell you it involves a big ball of my ear wax
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