Written: Gallagher Street, Las Cruces NM, 1984
Knees always liked jokes and stories that had a mathematical basis and decided to write a song about statistics. But once he got the title it sort of took off in another direction.
Ah’m yo mean standard deviate
Ah’m half as good as the best but lest yo fo’get
Ah’m half as bad as the wors’ an Ah goes firs’, So watchit.
Ah’m yo mean standard deviate
Ah wrap you up inna ball an divide by all
Ah’ll be trackin real close, dat ain’t no boas’,
You bes’ watchit.
Ah’m yo mean standard deviate
Almos’ made it through school, jus’ a li’l bit cruel
An befo’ ah’m through Ah’ll be jus’ like you.
So watchit.