Sherman Allan - Good Advice Lyrics

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I know a man named otis who invented a room

And his heart was filled with pride.

I said to mr. otis "what does your room do?"

He said "it goes from side to side."

So i said "mr. otis if you take my advice

You'll be the richest man in town.

You gotta take that room that goes from side to side

And make it go up and down."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

i sincerely doubt

that the world could do without

my good advice.

Sir isaac newton came around to my house one day.

His face was all sunburned and red.

He said he didn't want to sleep in the shade of a tree

Because an apple might fall on his head.

I said "sir isaac you dumbbell take my advice.

Go right back there and sleep beneath that tree.

And if you let that rotten apple fall down on your head

Why you'll discover gravity."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

the world's a better place

since i gave the human race

my good advice.

A man named mr. waterman invented a tube.

He was sad because it sprung a little leak.

He said "darn it when i hold my tube on a piece of paper

The ink leaks out and makes a little streak."

He said "i've gotta find a way to stop that leak.

I'll start working on my leakproof tube again."

I said "waterman you idiot don't stop that leak.

You just invented a fountain pen."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

i'm so worldly wise

i should get the nobel prize

for good advice.

Good old henry ford he was a hardworking man.

He worked all night and all day.

I said "henry watcha doin'?"

And henry he said "i'm inventing the chevrolet."

He said "i've already built twenty-five models

One for each letter from a to z."

I said "henry you fool there are twenty-six letters in the alphabet.

He said "good heavens i forgot the model t."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

it's fruitful as can be

and it's absolutely free.

my good advice.

Wilbur and orville were two brothers named wright.

The nicest pair of kids you've ever seen.

They worked twelve years on a secret project.

They thought it was a washing machine.

I said "fellas what are all those wings for?"

They said "for hanging clothes out to dry."

I said "you fools take that washing machine out to kitty hawk

And see if the darn thing'll fly."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

i'm so smart that i'm

gonna win a guggenheim

for good advice.

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Benjamin franklin was a charming old man

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He was always flying his kite.

One night i said "benjy why ain't you out with your kite?"

He said "because it's raining tonight."

I said "benjy sweety you go right back out there

And to your kite string tie a key.

This may shock you benjy my boy

But that's electricity."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

i'll be fond of you

if you'll only listen to

my good advice.

Ooga magoog was a neanderthal man

A very poorly educated soul.

He had a great big square thing made of solid stone

And in the middle of it was a hole.

One day he had to go from his cave in natchez

To his uncle's cave in mobile.

I said "round off those corners

And buy a set of tires

And ooky baby that's a wheel."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

harvard offered me

a phi beta kappa key

for good advice.

Sigmund freud he had an unfurnished house.

He was a very nosy fellow so it seems.

He had no chairs

So he made all his friends stand around all day

And tell him all their secrets and their dreams.

Well while they stood there talking 'till they got fallen arches

They yelled "my feet are killing me. ouch!"

I said "sigmund don't you realize you've got a gold mine here.

Go out and buy yourself a leather couch."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

every word you're told

will be 18 karat gold

that's good advice.

Alexander graham bell was building a fence

With some wood and a long piece of wire.

He said "there's something strange going on around here.

I keep hearing the voice of uncle myer."

I said "mr. graham cracker" (that was my little joke)

"with that wire you got the world in your palm.

Just get a mouthpiece and an earpiece and a piece in between

And you'll sponsor the telephone hour."

and that was good advice good advice.

good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price.

every word ya hear

is the message of the year

it's good advice.

Christopher columbus was a seaman second class

When i told him that the indies could be found

By sailing to the west instead of sailing to the east.

I advised him that i thought the world was round.

(i really thought so.)

And then i sent him down to ask good queen isabella

To pawn her jewels for all their worth.

Next day he set sail and as everyone knows

He fell off the edge of the earth.

and that was bad advice bad advice.

bad advice is just the same as good advice.

everybody makes

occasional mistakes

and that was bad advice.

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