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26 Aug 05 - 07:30 AM (#1550139) Subject: Lyr Add: IT'S A BIG OLD GOOFY WORLD (John Prine) From: Jim Dixon No reason to post this, except that I really like the song. Click here to hear an archived radio program that contains this song. The song begins 1 minute 8 seconds from the beginning of the program. IT'S A BIG OLD GOOFY WORLD John Prine 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 fellow. He eats like a horse, Knocks his old balls round the old golf course. You ought to see his wife. She's a cute little dish. She smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish. CHORUS: There's a big old goofy man dancing with a big old goofy girl. Ooh, baby, it's a big old goofy world. Elvis had a woman with a head like a rock. I wish 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 ev'ry single word. CHORUS 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. 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. CHORUS [As sung by John Prine on his album "The Missing Years," 1991. It's also on "The Best of Mountain Stage, Vol. 2" and "Great Days: The John Prine Anthology."] |
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26 Aug 05 - 09:41 AM (#1550234) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: It's a Big Old Goofy World (John Prine) From: number 6 Thanks for posting that Jim ... it's my favourite Prine song, and one of my favourites to play. I especially luv that chorus: "There's a big old goofy man dancing with a big old goofy girl. Ooh, baby, it's a big old goofy world." sIx |