Chewing gum is a type of gum made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene. For economical and quality reasons, many modern chewing gums use rubber instead of chicle. Chicle is nonetheless still the base of choice for some regional markets, such as Japan.
Chewing gum in various forms has existed since at least 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period. 5,000-year-old chewing gum with tooth imprints, made of birch bark tar, has been found in Kierikki, Yli-Ii, Finland. The bark tar of which the gums were made is believed to have antiseptic properties and other medicinal advantages. The ancient Aztecs used chicle as a base for making a gum-like substance. Women in particular used this gum as a mouth freshener.
Forms of chewing gums were also used in Ancient Greece. The Greeks chewed mastic gum, made from the resin of the mastic tree. Many other cultures have chewed gum-like substances made from plants, grasses, and resins.
The American Indians chewed resin made from the sap of spruce trees. The New England settlers picked up this practice, and in 1848, John B. Curtis developed and sold the first commercial chewing gum called The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum. Around 1850 a gum made from paraffin wax was developed and soon exceeded the spruce gum in popularity. William Semple filed an early patent on chewing gum, patent number 98,304, on December 28, 1869.
There's a little piece of you tangled in my hair
Get it out, I don't want it there
There's a little piece of you clawing at my ribcage
Let it out, it needs to be saved
Hell No
Mother you're wrong that fucker's not gone
He's here in my bed, dying
Rotting away, just smell that decay
While you're all asleep I'm crying
There's a little piece of you still catching on my ribbon
Get it off, 'cause I simply don't love you
Not again, I'm not broken
Hell No
Mother you're wrong that fucker's not gone
He's here in my bed, dying
Rotting away, just smell that decay
While you're all asleep I'm crying
He has locked me up
Punched air holes in this box
Left me in this cage
Left me here for days
And I can't find signs for an exit
Collectively we find
A person can't survive
Without an ounce of love
Without an ounce of woe
Mother you're wrong that fucker's not gone
He's here in my bed, dying
Rotting away, just smell that decay
(verse)
Hey Annie, well look at you
Is that a new boy stuck on your shoe?
Come on Annie, how is it so?
You've always got a new bubble to blow
I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna get done
I'm just a girl that's only chewing for fun
You spit it out when all the flavor has gone
Wrap him round your finger like you're playing with gum
(chorus)
Oh no, oh no, you've got it all wrong
You think you're chocolate when you're chewing gum
Oh no, oh no, a slip of the tongue
You think you're chocolate but you're chewing gum
Oh no
(speaking)
Was there anything else?
(verse)
Hey Annie, you used to be
The only girl to take it seriously
Come on Annie, tell us your trick
On how you keep on getting boys to stick
Okay I'll tell you why I never look back
It's my selection, it's my pick of the pack
Well hot dog, I'm a chewing machine
It makes me smile and it keeps my teeth clean
(chorus)
Oh no, oh no, you've got it all wrong
You think you're chocolate when you're chewing gum
Oh no, oh no, a slip of the tongue
You think you're chocolate but you're chewing gum (I just wanna chew gum)
Oh no, oh no, you've got it all wrong
You think you're chocolate when you're chewing gum
Oh no, oh no, no you're not the one
You think you're chocolate but you're chewing gum
Oh no
(speaking)
I don't want to settle down
I just wanna have fun
I don't want to settle down
I just wanna chew gum
I don't want to settle down
I just wanna have fun
I don't want to settle down
I just wanna chew gum
Mama sent me to the spring, she told me not to stay
I fell in love with a pretty little girl, and could not
get away
Chawing chewing gum, chewing chawing gum
Chawing chewing gum, chewing chawing gum
First she give me peaches, next she give me pears
Next she give me fifty cents, kissed me on the stairs
Mommy don't 'low me to whistle, poppy don't 'low me to
sing
They don't 'low me to marry, I'll marry just the same
I wouldn't have a lawyer, I'll tell you the reason why
Every time he opens his mouth he tells a great big lie
I wouldn't have a doctor, I'll tell you the reason why
He rides all over the country and makes the people die
I wouldn't have a farmer, I'll tell you the reason why
Because he has so plenty to eat, 'specially pumpkin pie
I took my girl to church last night How do you reckon she
done?
She walked right up in the preacher's face and chewed her
Lately funny things arise
And maybe we'll see stars tonight
So crazy to be in chewing gum
So hazy to be in stars
Angel, worms arrive to sup here
Angel, we'll see stars tonight
So crazy to be in chewing gum
So hazy to be in stars
Don't go teary eyes golden
I deserve it
This time I drown in the sea
Don't go carry my burdens
Dreams I've once dreamt
They'll see I'm all strung out
Lately funny things arise
And maybe we'll see stars tonight
So crazy to be in chewing gum
So hazy to be in stars
Don't go teary eyes golden
I deserve it
This time I drown in the sea
Don't go carry my burdens
Dreams I've once dreamt
Lest you might remember me
Can't tell when the lights on
It's dark near the stars
They'll see I'm all strung out
Lately funny things arise
And maybe we'll see stars tonight
So crazy to be in chewing gum
CHEWING GUM
Holiday is just the day for me,
Then just the days for all,
To get some resting,
Dreamy on the bed,
Memories, the day I’m chew with you,
Those days we still in love,
It's kept me blurry,
Pending in my brain,
Then times...have brought us here today!
Then time...left sad memories
Now...
You have the happy life dear,
Don't want to meet me again!
All my life I feel so sad
No...
Don't asking 'bout feeling!
You know its very hurts
With their cardboard hands by their sides,
here's a naked man and lady
And they're yours to cut out and keep
So you can dress them up maybe
They don't know just who they are, or who they're
supposed to be
You can make them happy or sad
Or assume their identity
So here they are in the departure lounge
It's the "Gateway to the East"
She is just another mail-order bride
She doesn't know he's a kinky beast
So he gives her a picture of Maradona and child
She wants to "roll and rock"
As he spills his beer over her, bumps and he
grinds, as he repeats "Bang-Cock"
[Chorus:]
There must be something that is better than this
It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss
Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears
Oh my little one, take that chewing gum out of
your ears
She might as well be in the jungle
She might as well be on the moon
He's away on a business trip, in Dusseldorf [sic], but
she's becoming immune
To the lack of glamour and danger in a West-
German city today
The nearest she comes to the "Dynasty" he
promised her
Is a Chinese takeaway
[Chorus]
Though he only taught her three little words, it
doesn't matter if they're dirty or clean
He can only control what they look like
He can never possess what they mean
Now he wants to whisper in her ear
All the shrinking nothingness
But something always comes between them,
I wonder if you can guess
chewing gum
wondering where i've been and what i've done
wondering where i'll go and where i'll run
hide myself away from everyone
chewing gum
doesn't ['does it'] bother you that you're not the one
keeps you up at night in a fear of dream
to count the silver bullet of your misty
it's yours to keep
chewing gum
innocence lost in electric smiles
perfectly cast in desperate clouds ['colds']
loving with under
city lights
with all their {miles}
and all i need
is you
by my side
by my side
by my side
chewing gum
wondering where i've been and what i've done
wondering where i'll go and where i'll run
hide myself away from everyone
chewing gum
got myself a piece of
chewing gum
got myself a piece of
chewing gum
got myself a piece of
chewing gum
got myself a piece of
chewing gum