Big Old Goofy World
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John Prine
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Up in the morning
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Work like a dog
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Is better than sitting
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Like a bump on a log
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Mind all your manners
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Be quiet as a mouse
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Some day you'll own a home
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That's as big as a house
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I know a fella
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He eats like a horse
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Knocks his old balls
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Round the old golf course
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You oughta see his wife
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She's a cute little dish
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She smokes like a chimney
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And drinks like a fish
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There's a big old goofy man
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Dancing with a big old goofy girl
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Ooh baby
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It's a big old goofy world
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Now Elvis had a woman
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With a head like a rock
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I wished I had a woman
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That made my knees knock
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She'd sing like an angel
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And eat like a bird
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And if I wrote a song
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She'd know ever single word
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Kiss a little baby
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Give the world a smile
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If you take an inch
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Give 'em back a mile
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Cause if you lie like a rug
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And you don't give a damn
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You're never gonna be
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As happy as a clam
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So I'm sitting in a hotel
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Trying to write a song
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My head is just as empty
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As the day is long
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Why it's clear as a bell
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I should have gone to school
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I'd be wise as an owl
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Stead of stubborn as a mule.
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Big Old Goofy Man
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| John Prine |
