Daniel Johnston | Ron English | Jack Medicine Ron English - oil painting for CD cover
were locked in a room for four days with a four-track recorder, various musical instruments, and food. They recorded forty songs in the four days, fifteen of their best efforts were handed out to other musicians and producers with the simple instructions "finish this".
"HAPPY HAPPY SPRINGFIELD"
Lyrics by Ron English were sung acapella by Daniel Johnston and the tape was handed over to Brandon Jameson who, along with the Sutcliffes, created the music and the hooks.
SPRINGFIELD U.S.A.
Cartoon colored rainbows
Happy happy grass grows
Underneath the children's toes
In every house a TV glows
Every Nilisson shows
There is no place like Springfield
Springfield U.S.A.
Homer, Lisa, O.J. Simpson
Michael Jackson's glove is missing
Betty Page, Marilyn Monroe
Marge is the one for Moe
Dennis The Mennis, Charlie Brown
Who's the boy who wears the crown?
Who's the boy who rules the town
Of Springfield? Springfield
Happy happy Springfield
Springfield U.S.A.
Urchin with a golden heart
Cartoon culture pop fart
Captain America at the K-Mart
Mario Andreate in a go-cart
Grade school Groucho, sidewalk smart
Forever young, forever Bart
