The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10843   Message #77770
Posted By: dwditty
12-May-99 - 05:51 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)
Subject: RE: Shel Silverstein
Fred Koller, on his "The Night Before" cd collaborated with Shel on "This Guitar is for Sale" and "Little Green Buttons" - two of my favorites. Little Green Buttons is a real crowd pleaser:

Little Green Buttons

The honeymoon ended a decade ago
Now if he still loves her he don't say so
So she's taking her blues to the House of Tattoos
And getting little green buttons on her birthday suit

Chorus: Little Green Buttons, All in a row
From her face to the place they ain't never gonna show
It might sound crazy, but they sure look cute
Little Green Buttons on her birthday suit

She had supper in the oven when he got home
Now he's snoring on the sofa to the late late show
It was ten days later before he knew
About those little green buttons on her birthday suit

Chorus

Now she's living in a house of love
She's got his attention, now he can't get enough
He spends every evening trying to undo
The little green buttons on her birthday suit

Chorus

DW