Big Old Goofy Man lyrics

Big old goofy man
John Prine

Up in the morning
Work like a dog
Is better than sitting
Like a bump on a log
Mind all your manners
Be quiet as a mouse
Some day you`ll own a home
That`s as big as a house

I know a fella
He eats like a horse
Knocks his old balls
Round the old golf course
You oughta see his wife
She`s a cute little dish
She smokes like a chimney
And drinks like a fish

There`s a big old goofy man
Dancing with a big old goofy girl
Ooh baby
It`s a big old goofy world

Now Elvis had a woman
With a head like a rock
I wished I had a woman
That made my knees knock
She`d sing like an angel
And eat like a bird
And if I wrote a song
She`d know ever single word

Kiss a little baby
Give the world a smile
If you take an inch
Give `em back a mile
Cause if you lie like a rug
And you don`t give a damn
You`re never gonna be
As happy as a clam

So I`m sitting in a hotel
Trying to write a song
My head is just as empty
As the day is long
Why it`s clear as a bell
I should have gone to school
I`d be wise as an owl
Stead of stubborn as a mule.