Its a Big Old Goofy World — текст песни (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 youll own a home

Thats 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

Shes a cute little dish

She smokes like a chimney

And drinks like a fish



Theres a big old goofy man

Dancing with a big old goofy girl

Ooh baby

Its 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

Shed sing like an angel

And eat like a bird

And if I wrote a song

Shed 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 dont give a damn

Youre never gonna be

As happy as a clam



So Im sitting in a hotel

Trying to write a song

My head is just as empty

As the day is long

Why its clear as a bell

I should have gone to school

Id be wise as an owl

Stead of stubborn as a mule.