Big Old Goofy World

This is my debut on Youtube. I love this song and John Prine for writing such a cute yet profound song. This is no flawless performance I must warn you so if you cringe at the sound of off key, off time singing then go back now. Everything I do is one take, one impulsive moment to record a public expression. I do not have time for anything else at this point in my life. I call it Practical Impulse. Part of my Practical Compassion series of heart-felt ventures into the scary land of human connection. Enjoy +_+

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.

There's a big old goofy man
Dancing with a big old goofy girl
Ooh baby
It's a big old goofy world

Category:

Comedy

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• Old
• Goofy
• World
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• john
• prine
• love
• romance
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• comedy