Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 12, 2017

He’ll be waiting in the sky.

Look on the bright side scooter,

At least you don’t have to play the sidekick this time.

Scooter thinks "Where’s my Iron Dog suit?

Scooter thinks Starman is a super freak.

If I didn’t know better, I would say, because of the look on Scooter’s face, That Starman’s leg is getting wetter.

If you see what I mean.

Didn’t know what time it was and the lights were low

I leaned back on my radio

Some cat was layin’ down some rock ‘n’ roll ‘lotta soul, he said,p>Then the loud sound did seem to fade

Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase

That weren’t no D.J. that was hazy cosmic jive

There’s a starman waiting in the sky

He’d like to come and meet us

But he thinks he’d blow our minds

There’s a starman waiting in the sky

He’s told us not to blow it

‘Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile

He told me

Let the children lose it

Let the children use it

Let all the children boogie

I had to phone someone so I picked on you

Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too

Switch on the TV we may pick him up on Channel Two

Look out your window I can see his light

If we can sparkle he may land tonight

Don’t tell your poppa or he’ll get us locked up in fright

There’s a starman waiting in the sky

There’s a starman waiting in the sky

He’d like to come and meet us

But he thinks he’d blow our minds

There’s a starman waiting in the sky

He’s told us not to blow it

‘Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile

He told me

Let the children lose it

Let the children use it

Let all the children boogie

Starman waiting in the sky

He’d like to come and meet us

But he thinks he’d blow our minds

There’s a starman waiting in the sky

He’s told us not to blow it

‘Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile

He told me

Let the children lose it

Let the children use it

Let all the children boogie

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

That’s Star LORD, mutt.

Little does anyone on Ballard Streat know, but Fred, in his younger days, was a body double for Buster Crabbe during the filming of the Flash Gordon serials.

From time to time he likes to revisit those glory days!

Scooter is just miffed because he knows that he’s going to have to sit through all those Rin Tin Tin stories again.

…and agin, and agin and…

Still here, just got rid of the detours.