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Composer: Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein - Modern Talk lyrics



(There was a time when people talked said with their mouth

How they talk and it doesn't mean a thing it's called the modern talk)<BR>

Now picture the scene the day is sunny

A man meets a friend and asks him for some money

He says I need five to keep me alive

And the friend gives him this kinda jive

He says zaa za voo za za voo I can't make it

Va za va za voo za va see ya later so long see you later

Vome zoo za vome a viddle o till then

And he's right back out on the street again

And then a girl gets on the phone and talks to her lover

She says we got troubles that we can't keep covered

I just got the news I'm knittin' baby shoes

Now call up the preacher and pay your dues

He says zaa za voo za za voo see you later so long huhuh

I can't stand baby vome zoo za vome till then

And she's right back out on the street again

And then a guy gets grabbed by an army recruiter

He says we're gonna put you in the khaki suiter

So do not cry and don't you lie but take this test to qualify

The guy says blblblblblbl huhuh till then

And he's right back out on the street again

And then a lady goes down to see her psychiatrist

And lies on a couch to give her little head a twist

Now is it a psychosis or is it a neurosis the doctor gives her this diagnosis

Sayin' huhuh listen huhuh twenty dollars

Huhh next Wednesday baby then we'll huhuh then

She's right back out on the street again

And then the preachers in the church they're blessin' and damnin'

Presidents standin' there just Vietnamin'

While the animals sing and politicians swing

And everybody's sayin' the same damned thing

They're sayin' zaa za voo za za voo you know that's modern talk
Songs list of album: Crouching on the Outside (1971)
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01   Modern Talk lyrics   -
02    I Once Knew a Woman lyrics Add lyrics   -
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04    Lookin' for Myself lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    Ugliest Man in Town lyrics Add lyrics   -
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22    I Can't Touch the Sun lyrics Add lyrics   -
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