"Scooby Doo" genre: AAA/Adult Alternative
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	A dark humorous ballad from the point of view of a generic Saturday moning bad guy. A perennial favorite among Nickeltown fans.
	CD: Presto Change-O   Label: Chimney Frog Music Credits: Browning Porter, Jeff Romano and Forrest Swope
	Story Behind the Song Forrest Swope, orginal guitarist for the long-defunct hippy rock band the Jolly Llamas came up with the orginal concept for this song. He wrote the refrain, "Damn those meddling kids," and then Browning Porter fleshed the song out with all the verse lyrics. The song has been a favorite of our fans ever since. We always thought that a Scooby Doo villain was the perfect person to sing a dark ballad of his demise. You can also hear the song as a subtle parody of Glenn Frey's old pop-schlock hit, "Smuggler's Blues." The song was produced by ourselves and Bobby Read, saxophonist for the Bruce Hornsby Band. That's Robert Jospe on the log drums and Gary Green on harmonica. We came THIS CLOSE (.) to having Dave Matthews collaborator Tim Reynolds play the guitar solo on the song, but, when he heard Jeff's take on it, he told us we should just go with that. Lyrics Scooby Doo I used to be a smuggling man. I smuggled near and far, Had all the fancy women and I drove a pretty car. I could have been the richest man of this whole century, But now it's life without parole in a penitentiary. Oh, Scooby Doo! Damn those meddling kids. Cocaine from Columbia, heroine from France, Hashish from the Orient and illicit romance. Pornography, Cuban cigars and every kind of gun. I made a million dollars every time I made a run. Oh, Scooby Doo! Damn those meddling kids. Interpol was baffled as was the DEA. Whenever they'd get close to me I'd slyly slip away. Kickbacks and briberies to keep my record clean But my secret weapon was rubber mask like you were on Halloween. Oh, Scooby Doo! Damn those meddling kids. I ran my operation from a swamp in Lousianne, And legend had it haunted with a voodoo goofa man, So when the local yokels would come snooping all around, I'd break out my snakeman suit and scare 'em back to town. Oh, Scooby Doo! Damn those meddling kids. I was gonna give it up and retire in luxury, But if there's such a thing as justice, it caught up with me. And who do you suppose it was that broke my master plan? Well, it was four teenagers and a talking dog in a psychedelic van. Oh, Scooby Doo! Damn those meddling kids.

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