{"id":56287,"date":"2026-10-24T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=56287"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:14:58","slug":"out-of-his-gourd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/10\/24\/out-of-his-gourd\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of His Gourd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Tambourine, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nRound and round the stories go<br \/>\nWhat he&#8217;ll do, we never know<br \/>\nPumpkin head upon the throne<br \/>\nSmashing things he doesn&#8217;t own!<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nPromises piled up to the sky<br \/>\nAsk him why and hear him lie<br \/>\nEvery deal&#8217;s a private score<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s gonna pay for this encore?<\/p>\n<p>Cut the funds and raise the price<br \/>\nSell us trouble, call it nice<br \/>\nShake the tree and take the fruit<br \/>\nThen blame the people at the root!<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIs he out of his gourd<br \/>\n(Has he lost his mind)<br \/>\nMore than we can afford<br \/>\n(Fallin&#8217; further behind!)<\/p>\n<p>Robbin&#8217; us blind<br \/>\n(To be abrupt &#8211; corrupt)<br \/>\nFar, far from kind<br \/>\n(A mean obscene scene)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nLook at all the bills we pay<br \/>\nWhile the grifters get their way<br \/>\nWorking folks are stretched too thin<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s outside and who&#8217;s cashin&#8217; in?<\/p>\n<p>Rules for you and rules for me<br \/>\nDifferent rules for royalty<br \/>\nTell us all we&#8217;re doin&#8217; fine<br \/>\nWhile they help themselves to mine!<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIs he out of his gourd<br \/>\n(Has he lost his mind)<br \/>\nMore than we can afford<br \/>\n(Fallin&#8217; further behind!)<\/p>\n<p>Robbin&#8217; us blind<br \/>\n(To be abrupt &#8211; corrupt)<br \/>\nFar, far from kind<br \/>\n(A mean obscene scene)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nGourd&#8217;s got a hole<br \/>\n(Where&#8217;d go the soul?)<br \/>\nSeeds on the floor<br \/>\n(What&#8217;s he takin&#8217; us for?)<\/p>\n<p>Big orange grin<br \/>\n(Where do we begin?)<br \/>\nRound as can be<br \/>\n(But who&#8217;s gettin&#8217; free?)<\/p>\n<p>The louder the boast<br \/>\n(The more we all roast)<br \/>\nThe bigger the show<br \/>\n(The less we really know!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nCount the cost and check the score<br \/>\nAsk who&#8217;s richer than before<br \/>\nWhen the truth comes knocking loud<br \/>\nCan he fool the whole darn crowd?<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nIs he out of his gourd<br \/>\n(Has he lost his mind)<br \/>\nMore than we can afford<br \/>\n(Fallin&#8217; further behind!)<\/p>\n<p>Robbin&#8217; us blind<br \/>\n(To be abrupt &#8211; corrupt)<br \/>\nFar, far from kind<br \/>\n(A mean obscene scene)<\/p>\n<p>Gourd! (Gourd!) Out of his gourd!<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s gonna foot the bill?<br \/>\nGourd! (Gourd!) Out of his gourd!<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s got the power still?<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nIs he out of his gourd<br \/>\n(Has he lost his mind)<br \/>\nMore than we can afford<br \/>\n(Fallin&#8217; further behind!)<\/p>\n<p>Robbin&#8217; us blind<br \/>\n(To be abrupt &#8211; corrupt)<br \/>\nFar, far from kind<br \/>\n(A mean obscene scene)<\/p>\n<p>Is he out of his gourd<br \/>\n(Or is this by design?)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s keepin&#8217; the score<br \/>\n(While we&#8217;re payin&#8217; the fine?)<\/p>\n<p>Robbin&#8217; us blind<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s a hell of a grind)<br \/>\nFar, far from kind<br \/>\n(What a mean obscene scene!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nRound and round the stories go<br \/>\nSeeds of truth are all we sow<br \/>\nWhen the bills come due at last<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s gonna answer for the past?<\/p>\n<p>Out of his gourd!<br \/>\n(Out of control!)<br \/>\nOut of his gourd!<br \/>\n(Definition of troll)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Hit]<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[End]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Social-Truth\/\">Social Truth<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Tambourine, Drums] [Intro] Round and round the stories go What he&#8217;ll do, we never know Pumpkin head upon the throne Smashing things he doesn&#8217;t own! [Verse 1] Promises piled up to the sky Ask him why and hear him lie Every deal&#8217;s a private score Who&#8217;s gonna pay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56293,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56287\/revisions\/56293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}