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 would be 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