“Man From Milwaukee” is a hidden track at the end of Hanson’s 1997 album Middle of Nowhere. It is technically track 21 on the album, as track 12 (“With You in Your Dreams”) is followed by 8 consecutive tracks of silence (tracks 13-20), and then by “Man From Milwaukee”. It is only present on CD versi...
It started at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere
Sitting beside me was a man with no hair
From the look on his face to the size of his toes
He'd come from a place that nobody knows
Oh, maybe I'm hallucinating
Hyperventilating
Letting this big-toed bald man sitting here tell me about the sky
Maybe I'm hallucinating
Hyperventilating
If you asked me now then I couldn't tell you why
I've been sitting here too long
By a man from Milwaukee
He's talking too long
On his yellow walkie talkie
He's talking to Mars
But I think he's wacky
He says they'll come get him
Come get him some day
He says that where he's from is called Albertane
There they use more than ten percent of their brain
But you couldn't tell it from they way they behave
They run around in underwear and they never shave
Oh, maybe I'm hallucinating
Hyperventilating
Letting this big-toed bald man sitting here tell me about the sky
Maybe I'm hallucinating
Hyperventilating
If you asked me now then I couldn't tell you why
I've been sitting here too long
By a man from Milwaukee
He's talking too long
On his yellow walkie talkie
He's talking to Mars
But I think he's wacky
He says they'll come get him
Come get him some day
This is Mother Bird calling Baby Bird
Baby Bird come in, come in Baby Bird
For the love of Pete come in
This is Baby Bird, sorry I was watching Court TV
Do you copy? Do you copy?
Of course we copy, 24 hours a day, in color
You wouldn't believe me if I told you the rest
The man sitting by me who was just barely dressed
Flew off to Milwaukee or perhaps Albertane
And left me at the bus stop, just barely insane
And, oh, maybe I'm hallucinating
Hyperventilating
If you asked me now then I couldn't tell you why
I've been sitting here too long
Thinking 'bout Milwaukee
I've been talking too long
On my yellow walkie talkie
I'm talking to Mars
You might think that I'm wacky
I know they'll come get me
Come get me some day
I know they'll come get me
And take me away
I know they'll come get me
Come get me some day
If not tomorrow
Then maybe today
Man From Milwaukee was written by Zac Hanson & Taylor Hanson & Isaac Hanson.
Man From Milwaukee was produced by Stephen Lironi & Dust Brothers.
HANSON released Man From Milwaukee on Tue May 06 1997.