I can't touch the clouds for you, I never reached the sun for you.
I've never done the things that you need done for you.
I've stretched as high as I can reach. I guess I'm not the...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Now I'm warnin' all you women,
Don't stand too close to me 'cause you might catch fire
Now you're talkin' to a man in a whole other kind of bag.
Well, I'm three parts tiger and one...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Well now, I once knew a woman
Listen while I tell you all about her
And the first time I seen her
I knew I couldn't live without her
Well now she swore shed love me all of her lif...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
You may be lookin' for me
But I ain't lookin' for you.
I'm still lookin' for myself
And I ain't got time to look for nobody else.
When I found who I am and where I am
And if you ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
(Spoken Intro: When I was twelve years old I used to see the pictures of mermaids in all the books and magazines. Not mermaids but mermaids (pronounced MAREmaids), that's what we c...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Modern talk,
Everybody's talkin' modern talk.
Ain't sayin' nothin' with modern talk,
Just zazoo vome voo zazee aza doom va vo
Now picture the scene --
The day is sunny,
A man meets...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
I walk into a restaurant with chicken on my mind.
Look at the menu, I want roast beef and wine.
Waitress comes, I order baked beans and bread.
When she brings it, I want ham and eg...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Now a little bitty termite, he come knockin',
Knockin' at my front door,
He walked right in, sat right down
Started nibblin' on the kitchen floor
He chewed on the walls and the cei...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Rings of grass and crowns of flowers -
They're gone, gone, gone, gone.
Furs that are woven of whispering hours -
Gone, gone, gone, gone.
She's gone away where the rings are real
A...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Oh, they're testing the bomb as I'm singing this song.
They say not to worry 'cause nothing can go wrong.
They're testing the bomb as I'm singing this song.
They say not to worry '...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein