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30 Aug 04 - 05:54 AM (#1259701) Subject: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Ron Davies Desperate Plea: Door #3 by Steve Goodman--a wonderful seldom-sung song about US daytime TV (circa late '60's?): I think I have all the lyrics, except the second line of the whole song: Song starts: Oh I took a wrong turn but it was a right turn Second line? My ? .............................all |
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30 Aug 04 - 07:08 AM (#1259737) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: BuckMulligan Oh I took a wrong turn but it was a right turn, My turn to have me a ball, All the boys in the shop told me just where to stop if I wanted to play for it all. |
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30 Aug 04 - 07:10 AM (#1259738) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Mark Cohen "My turn to have me a ball." http://www.getlyrics.com/lyrics.php/Jimmy+Buffett/A-1-A/Door+Number+Three has complete lyrics, but I'm not sure I'd trust this site, since it says the song was written by Jimmy Buffet and Steve Goodman. Well, they were half right, anyway. I heard Steve do the song in concert once. And "Let's Make a Deal," with Monty Hall, was one of my favorite TV shows when I was a kid. Aloha, Mark |
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30 Aug 04 - 12:48 PM (#1259923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Mark Cohen I don't have the tune firmly in my head. Is the verse in 3/4 and the chorus in 4/4? The bridge was spoken, as I remember. Anybody got a link to the tune somewhere? Thanks for reminding me of this song, Ron--it's a gem. Of course, that's just another way of saying it's a Steve Goodman song. Aloha, Mark |
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30 Aug 04 - 01:01 PM (#1259947) Subject: Lyr Add: DOOR NUMBER THREE (J Buffett, S Goodman) From: Joe Offer I think I'll post those lyrics Mark linked to, since the site has popups. then I'll see if I can come up with a better transcription. -Joe Offer- DOOR NUMBER THREE (Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman, 1974) Oh I took a wrong turn, it was the right turn My turn to have me a ball Boys at the shop told me just where to stop If I wanted to play for it all I didn't know I'd find her on daytime TV My whole world lies waiting behind door number three I chose my apparel, I wore a beer barrel And they rolled me to the very first row I held a big sign that said, "Kiss me I'm a baker And Monty I sure need the dough" Then I grabbed that sucker by the throat until he called on me 'Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three And I don't want what Jay's got on his table Or the box Carol Merrill points to on the floor No I'll hold out just as long as I am able Or until I can unlock that lucky door Well, she's no big deal to most folk But she's everything to me 'Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three Oh Monty, Monty, Monty, I am walkin' down your hall Got beat, lost my seat, but I'm not a man to crawl Though I didn't get rich, you son of a bitch I'll be back just wait and see 'Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three Yes my whole world lies waiting behind door number three |
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30 Aug 04 - 08:16 PM (#1260229) Subject: Lyr Add: DOOR NUMBER THREE (J Buffett, S Goodman) From: Joe Offer Hmmm. the recording is quite different - and it's different from the words in the CD booklet. -Joe Offer- Door Number Three (Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman, 1974) Oh, I took a wrong turn, but it was a right turn, My turn to have me a ball. All the boys at the shop told me just where to stop If I wanted to play for it all. But I never thought I'd find her on daytime TV, And my whole world lies waiting behind door number three. I planned my apparel, I wore a big barrel, And they rolled me to the very first row. And I held up a sign and it says, "Kiss me I'm a baker And Monty I sure need the dough." And then I grabbed him by the throat until he called on me, 'Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three. [bridge] Now, I don't want what Jay's got on the table, Or the box Carol Merrill points to on the floor. I'll hold out as long as I am able And some day I'll go unlock that lucky door. She's no big deal to most folks, But she's everything to me, And my whole world lies waiting behind door number three. Ain't it hard to realize He's not selling any alibis When he stares into the vacuum of your eyes, And he says, "Do you wanta make a deal?" They found us in the lost and found. Love is blind, but now I see That my whole world lies waiting behind door number three. Yes, my whole world lies waiting behind door number three. Transcribed by ear from the Steve Goodman CD, The Best of the Asylum Years, Volume Two. It was originally on the album, Jessie's Jig and Other Favorites. Was it on a Jimmy Buffett album, too? There's a mean dobro solo in this recording. |
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30 Aug 04 - 08:21 PM (#1260235) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Bill Hahn//\\ Funny and clever piece that really skewered this inane show. Now--one must hear his Auctioneer---amazing how that is done. An artist so sorely missed and who left us much to early as so many have---including Phil Ochs and Harry Chapin. Bill Hahn |
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30 Aug 04 - 08:26 PM (#1260238) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: GUEST,Augie Ya know, (to paraphrase Yogi Berra) the longer most people are gone, the less you find you miss them. Goodman sure proves the exception to that. Has anybody heard how Clay Eals' biography of Steve is coming ? |
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30 Aug 04 - 08:53 PM (#1260247) Subject: Lyr Add: THE AUCTIONEER (Leroy Van Dyke) From: Joe Offer Yeah, Bill, Goodman does a great job on "Auctioneer." I see we don't have the lyrics posted for that classic. These are almost the lyrics Goodman sings. There's a live recording on the Steve Goodman No Big Surprise anthology. -Joe Offer- THE AUCTIONEER, ©1956 by Leroy Van Dyke (Auction call and other spoken parts as transcribed by a fan) Hey well all right sir, open the gate And let'em out and walk'em boys Here we come and let in number twenty-nine What are you gonna give for the little fella? I want a 5 dollar, want a bid Would ya bid it on a 5 on a 5 on a 5 would ya bid it on a 25? Got a 25 dollar would ya bid it on 5 on the 5 Would ya bid it on a 30 dollar 5 on 5 would ya bid it on a 5 Would ya bid it on a 35? Well there was this boy from Arkansas who wouldn't listen to his ma When she told him that he should go to school Well he'd sneak away in the afternoon and take a little walk and pretty soon You'd find him at the local auction barn Well he'd stand and listen carefully until at last he began to see How the auctioneer could talk so rapidly Well he said "Oh my, it's do or die, I've got to learn that auction cry Gonna make my mark and be an auctioneer" 25 dollar bid ya now 30 dollar 30 will ya make it 30, bid it on a 30 dollar 30 dollar Will ya give me 30, will ya give me 30 dollar bill? I got a 30 dollar bid ya now 5 will ya bid it on a 35, bid it on a 35, 35 Who's gonna bid it on a 35 dollar bill? Well the time went by and he did his best and all could see he did not jest He practiced calling bids both night and day Well his pappy found him behind the barn just a-working up an awful storm As he tried to imitate the auctioneer Then his pop said "Son we just can't stand to have a mediocre man Selling things at auction using our good name Well I'm gonna send you off to auction school and then you'll be nobody's fool And you can take your place among the best" 35 dollar bid ya now 40 dollar 40 will ya make it 40, bid it on a 40 dollar 40 dollar Will ya give me 40, will ya give me a 40 dollar bill? I got a 40 dollar bid ya now 5 will ya beat it on a 45, bid it on a 45, 45 Who's gonna bid it at a 45 dollar bill? Well from that boy that went to school there grew a man who played it cool Well he come back home a full fledged auctioneer And the people would come from miles around Just to hear him make that rhythmic sound That filled their hearts with such a happy cheer Then his fame spread out from shore to shore He'd all that he could do and more He had to buy a plane to get around Well now he's the best in all the land, let's pause and give that man a hand 'Cause he's the best of all the auctioneers 45 dollar bid ya now 50 dollar 50 will ya make it 50, bid it on a 50 dollar 50 dollar Will ya give me 50, will ya give me a 50 dollar bill? I got a 50 dollar bid ya now 5 will ya beat it on a 55, bid it on a 55, 55 Who's gonna bid it at a 55 dollar bill? Well I sold that hog for a 50 dollar bill lyrics copied from http://www.mageenet.net/Lyrics/TheAuctioneer.txt |
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30 Aug 04 - 11:20 PM (#1260339) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Lin in Kansas Joe-- haven't heard the Steve Goodman version, but if memory serves, Leroy Van Dyke recorded this quite a while ago, and did an outstanding job on it. Ron, thanks for bringing in Door #3--good one, that to my amazement I could still remember most of. I wonder...do I still have that old Goodman vinyl in the basement?? Lin |
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31 Aug 04 - 02:52 AM (#1260436) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Mark Cohen Joe, would that be "bid" rather than "bill" at the ends of the choruses? A fine collection of reminiscences about Steve is in this thread, which was started in 1998, the year I discovered Mudcat. Aloha, Mark |
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31 Aug 04 - 03:19 AM (#1260448) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Joe Offer Hmmmm. I dunno, Mark. Seems to me I remember "bill," but 35, 45, and 55 dollar bills sure sound strange. -Joe Offer- |
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31 Aug 04 - 04:46 AM (#1260494) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: Ron Davies Thanks so much for that missing line on Door #3, Buck and Mark. Gee, you guys are all too fast for me--I was going to post the whole song,( with the missing line added with my gratitude) last night. But I had a lot of pressure here at home to do other things. Your instincts not to trust that other website were excellent, Mark. It is intriguing how Jimmy Buffet changed the song (and coarsened it needlessly), as well as changing the attitude of the narrator, who after all had no cause to be annoyed at Monty (since he might even get his love requited!). I far prefer the original, by Steve. I might well be reading too much into this, but it seems to illustrate the contrast between the two. Jimmy Buffet seems to be a one-- (very profitable)-trick pony. Margaritaville --a great fun song---has become a brand and his other songs continue this persona, though in my opinion, not up to the standard of Margaritaville. ( I'm sure he's crying all the way to the bank at my criticism.) Steve, on the other hand, had it all--great melodies, "relevance" that didn't use the sledgehammer approach, unique perspectives (e.g. Banana Republics), and delightful wit--a true genius. What a loss that he's gone. |
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31 Aug 04 - 09:56 AM (#1260687) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: robomatic Joe Offer's version of Door #3 is the one I'm familiar with. On the back of the album was an acknowledgement for the 4-line bridge lyric lifted from Dylan. |
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31 Aug 04 - 10:16 AM (#1260707) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Door #3--Steve Goodman From: GUEST,leeneia Right on, Ron! |