Lyrics It’s a Big Old Goofy World.lrc John Prine
[id: pshlttcd]
[ar: John Prine]
[al: The Missing Years – 1991]
[ti: It’s a Big Old Goofy World]
[length: 05:11]
[00:00.06]About a year ago I was sitting around
[00:00.82]Helping my ma finish a crossword puzzle
[00:01.59]And there was this little thing on the back
[00:02.33]Of the crossword puzzle book
[00:02.75]It had a bunch of similes, like sly as a fox
[00:03.64]Busy as a bee, and you were supposed to fill in the blanks
[00:04.88]So me and her started fillin’ ’em in and we got to
[00:05.83]Laughing about some of them, and she started telling me
[00:06.92]Of something that once she heard when she was a kid in Kentucky
[00:08.14]And they’re unmentionable
[00:08.70]But I didn’t forget about it, and I took that page out of the book
[00:09.98]And kept it in my back pocket for a while
[00:10.77]And I started collecting these similes
[00:11.62]’Cause it seemed odd to me that somebody could sing like an angel
[00:12.93]But eat like a horse
[00:13.32]So I let this kind of simmer for about a year
[00:14.11]And I sat down last Sunday and wrote this song
[00:15.09]Originally this song was gonna be called
[00:15.91]”When the world was flat as a pancake, Mona Lisa was happy as a clam”
[00:17.44]But I opted for a different one here
[00:18.28]It’s just called, “It’s a Big Old Goofy World”
[00:19.15]Up in the morning
[00:19.42]Work like a dog
[00:22.62]Is better than sitting
[00:25.98]Like a bump on a log
[00:30.79]Mind all your manners
[00:34.10]Be quiet as a mouse
[00:37.53]Someday you’ll own a home
[00:41.06]That’s as big as a house
[00:45.96]I know a fella
[00:49.19]He eats like a horse
[00:52.72]Knocks his old balls
[00:56.08]’Round the old golf course
[01:00.88]You oughta see his wife
[01:03.96]She’s a cute little dish
[01:07.74]She smokes like a chimney
[01:11.43]And drinks like a fish
[01:15.64]There’s a big old goofy man
[01:18.67]Dancing with a big old goofy girl
[01:23.05]Ooh baby, it’s a big old goofy world
[01:28.49]Now Elvis had a woman
[01:35.18]With a head like a rock
[01:38.83]I wished I had a woman
[01:42.16]That made my knees knock
[01:46.80]She’d sing like an angel
[01:50.37]And eat like a bird
[01:53.98]And if I wrote a song
[01:57.01]She’d know every single word
[02:01.87]There’s a big old goofy man
[02:04.70]Dancing with a big old goofy girl
[02:07.55]Ooh baby, it’s a big old goofy world
[02:16.54]
[02:48.24]Kiss a little baby
[02:51.55]Give the world a smile
[02:55.37]If you take an inch
[02:58.67]Give ’em back a mile
[03:02.74]’Cause if you lie like a rug
[03:06.47]And you don’t give a damn
[03:10.27]You’re never gonna be
[03:13.78]As happy as a clam
[03:15.03]So I’m sitting in a hotel
[03:21.63]Trying to write a song
[03:25.28]My head is just as empty
[03:28.66]As the day is long
[03:33.02]Why it’s clear as a bell
[03:36.77]I should have gone to school
[03:39.92]I’d be wise as an owl
[03:43.56]Instead of stubborn as a mule
[03:48.10]There’s a big old goofy man
[03:51.07]Dancing with a big old goofy girl
[03:53.93]Ooh baby, it’s a big old goofy world
[04:02.56]Ooh baby, it’s a big old goofy world
[04:17.19]
[04:31.46]Thank you very much
[05:10.81]Year of Release: 1991