One never knew when Andy was 'on' or 'off'. Andy's act was about presentation/story/image/appearance, games if you will. It is directly about Andy, even mentions his name, interestingly. General CommentI believe this very fine song is about appearance (and it's guises so to speak) and how in a sense all we have is appearance. If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a little agit for the never-believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahĮgypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Moses went walking with the staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve If you believed they put a man on the moon I'll see you in heaven if you make the list yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahĪndy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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