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Thread #112043 Message #2366925
Posted By: GUEST,number 6
16-Jun-08 - 10:13 AM
Thread Name: Let's talk John Prine
Subject: Lyr Add: IT'S A BIG OLD GOOFY WORLD (John Prine)
Another big fan of John Prine here.
"Hello in There" has to be one of the most heart wrenching songs I have ever heard.
with that being said I'll put in a plug of one of my favourite JP songs and that is "It's A Big Old Goofy World"
Up in the morning Work like a dog Is better than sitting Like a bump on a log Mind all your manners Be quiet as a mouse Some day you'll own a home That's as big as a house
I know a fella He eats like a horse Knocks his old balls Round the old golf course You oughta see his wife She's a cute little dish She smokes like a chimney And drinks like a fish
There's a big old goofy man Dancing with a big old goofy girl Ooh baby It's a big old goofy world
Now Elvis had a woman With a head like a rock I wished I had a woman That made my knees knock She'd sing like an angel And eat like a bird And if I wrote a song She'd know ever single word
Kiss a little baby Give the world a smile If you take an inch Give 'em back a mile Cause if you lie like a rug And you don't give a damn You're never gonna be As happy as a clam
So I'm sitting in a hotel Trying to write a song My head is just as empty As the day is long Why it's clear as a bell I should have gone to school I'd be wise as an owl Stead of stubborn as a mule.
Ya gotta hand it to anyone who can write that ... yes it is a big old goofy world and I luv it.