"Weird Al" Yankovic - The biggest ball of twine in minnesota

^DWell, I had two weeks of vacation time coming After ^Gworking all year down at 'Big Roy's He^Gating And^D Plumbing' So o^Amne night when my family and I were gathered 'round the dinner table I said, "^DKids, if you could go a^Amnywhere in this ^Dgreat big world now Wh^Gere'd you like to ^Ggo ta?" They said, "^DDad, we wanna see the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in Minne^Dsota" They picked the ^Cbiggest ball of t^Gwine in Minn^Desota

^DSo the very next day we loaded up the car With ^Gpotato skins and pickled wieners ^DCrossword puzzles, Spider-Man comics And ^A7mama's home made rhubarb pie ^DPulled out of the driveway and the ^Gneighbors They all wa^Gved good-bye ^Dand so began our three day ^Ajourney

^DWe picked up a guy holding a ^Gsign that said, "Twine ^Gball or bust" ^DHe smelled real bad and he s^Aaid his name was ^DBernie ^CI put in a Slim Whitman tape, my ^Dwife put on a brand new hair net ^CKids were in the back seat jumping ^Dup and down yelling, "Are we there yet?" ^GAnd all of us were ^Emjoined together ^Din one common ^Bmthought As we ^Arolled down the long and winding interstate in our '53 ^DDeSoto We're gonna see the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in Minnes^Dota We're headin' for the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in Minn^Desota

^DOh, we couldn't wait to get there So we ^Gdrove straight through for three whole days and ^Dnights Of course, we stopped for more pickled ^Awieners now and then

^DThe scenery was just so pretty, ^Gboy I wish the kids could've seen it But you^D can't see out of the side of the car ^ABecause the windows are completely covered With the ^Ddecals from all the places where ^Awe've already ^Dbeen Like ^GElvis-O-Rama, the ^DTupperware Museum The ^ABoll Weevil Monument and ^DCranberry World The Shuffleb^Goard Hall Of Fame, ^DPoodle Dog Rock And The ^EMecca of ^AAlbino Squirrels We've been to ^Gghost towns, theme parks, ^Dwax museums And the ^Aplace where you can drive through ^Dthe middle of a tree We've seen ^Galligator farms and tara^Dntula ranches But there's s^Etill one thing we ^Agotta see

^DWell, we crossed the state line about 6:39 And we ^Gsaw the sign that said, "Twine Ball exit, fifty m^Diles" ^DOh, the kids were so happy they started singing "99 Bot^Gtles Of Beer On The Wall" for the twenty-sevent^Dh time that day ^DSo, we pulled off the road at the last chance gas station Got a^G few more pickled wieners and a diet chocolate^D soda On our way to see the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in Minn^Desota We're gonna see the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in Minne^Dsota

^DFinally, at 7:37 early ^GWednesday evening As the sun was setting in the Mi^Dnnesota sky ^{C G D}Out in the distance, on the horizon It ap^Gpeared to me like a vision before my unbel^Dieving eyes ^DI parked the car and walked with awe-filled ^Creverence Toward that ^Gglorious, huge, ^Dmajestic sphere ^DI was just so overwhelmed by its sheer int^Censity ^G.......I had to ^Dpop myself a beer Yes, o^Gn these hallowed grounds, open t^Cen to eight on^G weekdays In a l^Dittle shrine under a makeshift pagoda There sits the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in ^DMinnesota I tell you, it's the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in Mi^Dnnesota

^DOh, what on^C earth would make ^Ga man decide to d^Do that kind of thing? ^{C G D}Oh, windin' up t^Cwenty-one tho^Gusand, one hundred^D forty pounds of string ^{C G D}What was he trying to prove? W^Cho was h^Ge trying to impre^Dss? ^{C G D}Why did he build it? How did he do it? It's a^Cnybody's ^Gguess ^DWhere did he get the ^Ctwine? What was^G goin' through his mind? Did it ^Cjust seem like a ^Ggood idea at the ^Atime?

^DWell, we walked up beside it and I warned the kids "Now, you ^Gbetter not touch it, those ropes are there for a ^Dreason" ^DI said, "Maybe if you're good, I'll tie it to the back of our car And we can^G take it home", but I was only ^Dteasin' ^DThen we went to the gift shop and stood in line Bought a ^Csouvenir miniature ^Gball of twine Some w^Dindow decals and anything else they'd ^Gsell us ^DAnd I bought a couple postcards "Greetings from the twine ball, ^Awish you were here" Won't the folks back home be j^Dealous? I gave our ^Gcamera to Bernie and we ^Dstood by the ball And we all ^Agathered 'round and said,^D "Cheese" Then B^Gernie ran away with my ^Dbrand new Instamatic But at ^Eleast we got our^A memories

^DSo we all just stared at the ball for a while And my ^Geyes got moist but I said with a smile "^DKids, this here's what America's al^Al about" ^DThen I started feelin' kinda gooey inside And I fe^Gll on my knees and I cried and cried And that^D's when those ^Asecurity guards threw us^D out You know, I ^Gbet if we unraveled that sucker It'd ^Croll all the way down to ^GFargo, North Dak^Dota 'Cause it's the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in Minne^Dsota I'm talkin' 'bout the ^Cbiggest ball of^G twine in M^Dinnesota

^DWell, we stayed that night at the Twine Ball Inn In the ^Gmorning we were on our way home again But we really didn't^D want to leave, that was perfectly ^Aclear I said, "^DFolks, I can tell you're all sad to go" Then I wi^Gnked my eye and I said "You know, I got a ^Dfunny kind of feelin' We'll be ^Acomin' back again next ^Dyear" 'Cause I've ^Gbeen all around this great big world And I ^Ccan't think of anywhere^G else I'd rather g^Do ta Than the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine in ^DMinnesota I said the ^Cbiggest ball of ^Gtwine i^Dn Minnesota ^A#Minnesota, ^GMinnesota, ^DMinnesota!