SEE I'M TRYIN' TO START THIS ROCK BAND AND MY DRUMMER REALLY NEEDED A KIT HE'S REALLY INTO BONHAM AND OZZY YOU KNOW HE REALLY LIKES TO HIT SO WE SPENT OUR DAYS LOOKIN' AT DRUM ADS 'CAUSE NEITHER ONE OF US HAD A JOB WE CIRCLED THIS ONE COOL OFFER "CHEAP DRUMS ASK FOR BOB" WE JUMPED INTO MY PINTO AND WE FLEW OVER TO HIS PLACE WE RAN UP THE STAIRS AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR ENTER ROBERT'S FACE NOW OL' BOB WAS A DRUMMER HE LIVED WITH HIS KIT IN GLENDALE WEDDINGS AND BAR MITZVAHS HE'D DO ANY GIG FOR HALF-SCALE WITH HIS FIVE-PIECE '69 SLINGERLAND SILVER TWO-TONE GLITTER HE PLAYED HER SKINS LIKE A GENTLEMAN HE DIDN'T LIKE TO HIT HER LIKE A MIME WITH A MEGAPHONE LIKE SNOW COMIN' DOWN IN SUMMER LIKE DR. KING WITH A SUBMACHINE LIKE ROCK N' ROLL AND BOB THE DUMMER BOB THE DRUMMER NOW HE FIXED US BOTH SOME COFFEE HE LET ME PLAY HIS SNARE HE LIED ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS AND HOW HE ENDED UP HERE WE LET HIM GO ON FOR HOURS TALKIN' 'BOUT ONE-NIGHT STANDS HE SAID YOU GOTTA PAY YOUR DUES SON I SAID I THINK I UNDERSTAND HE DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE GRATEFUL DEAD SABBATH OR PINK FLOYD BUT WHEN HE GOT DOWN BEHIND THAT SET OLD BOB COULD MAKE SOME NOISE BOB THE DRUMMER WE WONDERED WHERE THE TIME WENT AND DID I STILL WANNA BUY SOME DRUMS MY THROAT WENT DRY AND I FELT KINDA SICK WHEN I OFFERED HIM TWO HUNDRED ONES HE SID HE GUESSED HE WASN'T READY TO SELL HER YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THERE MIGHT BE A GIG HE SHOT ME HIS BEST MONA LISA AND TOOK THE LAST DRAG OFF HIS CIG WITH HIS MR. ROGERS SWEATER AND HIS VELVET ELVIS EYES HE STARED INTO OBLIVION AND SAID OH HOW TIME FLIES