Pepe Hush

Pepe Hush - Leo Kottke

The sun comes up on a fleabag

Our hero checks in at four

He's snoring away on a dune rag

But it's dawn and he'll snore no more

There's a cough a sneeze

A dreadful bark some woman yells hush up

The woman is louder than Pepe is

But Pepe will not shut up

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

He bounds on the wall with his left foot

And jumps on the bed with his right

The woman is screaming at Pepe

And Pepe seems very uptight

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

He falls on the lamp with his face first

And fries his nose on the bulb

He scratches his eye on the lamp shade

And falls on the floor with a thud

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

That drove Pepe crazy

Now Pepe knew something was up or down

The guy is completely unconscious

And Pepe's got his ear to the ground

He barked for his mom to protect him

He barked for the clown at the desk

He barked for no good reason

Pepe was doing his best

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

So in a dream he advanced

He'd break that woman's arm

Her ulna did not stand a chance

But the dog was the first thing he'd harm

He hung it outside on a power line

And laughed as it emitted sparks

But when he regained his consciousness

The first thing he heard was a bark

He said

Pepe hush don't make so much noise

Pepe hush don't make so much noise