(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
Handsome guys get girls that are pretty,
Other guys make it 'cause they're clever and witty,
But the only love I ever got, I got out of pity,
'Cause I'm the ugliest guy in town.
Y...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein
Well, I been spending my life lookin' for a shoulder
To rest my head when the nights get colder.
But the days are getting longer and I'm getting older.
Been a long time working it ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shel Silverstein