It's a Big Old Goofy World John Prine �컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴퀼 Up in the morning, work like a dog It's 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 fellow; he eats like a horse Knocks his old balls round the old golf course You ought to 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 every single word There's a big old goofy man Dancing with a big old goofy girl Ooh baby, it's a big old goofy world Kiss a little baby; give the world a smile And if you take an inch, give them back a mile 'Cause if you lie like a rug and you don't give a damn You're never going to be as happy as a clam 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. There's a big old goofy man Dancing with a big old goofy girl Ooh baby, it's a big old goofy world It's a Big Old Goofy World �컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� This song is full of clich굎 such as "he's as thick as a brick" [meaning he's stupid]. In fact, John Prine wrote the song just to see how many clich괺 expressions he could fit into one song. Match the words on the LEFT with words on the RIGHT which complete the expression: e.g bear-->hungry = "hungry as a bear" 1. angel ____ a. working hard 2. bell ____ b. sitting [lazy] 3. bird ____ c. quiet 4. bump on a log ____ d. big 5. chimney ____ e. eating [a lot] 6. clam ____ f. cute 7. day ____ g. smoking 8. dish ____ h. drinking 9. dog ____ i. head [stupid] 10. fish ____ j. singing 11. horse ____ k. eating [a little] 12. house ____ l. lying [not honest] 13. mouse ____ m. happy 14. mule ____ n. long 15. owl ____ o. clear 16. rock ____ p. wise 17. rug ____ q. stubborn It's a Big Old Goofy World John Prine �컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴퀼 Up in the morning, work like a ____________ It's better than sitting like a ____________ on a log Mind all your manners, be ____________ as a mouse Some day you'll own a home that's as big as a ____________ I know a fellow; he ____________ like a horse Knocks his old balls round the old golf course You ought to see his wife; she's a ____________ little dish She ____________ like a chimney and drinks like a ____________ 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 ____________ like a rock I wished I had a woman that made my knees ____________ She'd ____________ like an angel and eat like a ____________ And if I wrote a song, she'd know every single word There's a big old goofy man Dancing with a big old goofy girl Ooh baby, it's a big old goofy world Kiss a little baby; give the world a smile And if you take an inch, give them back a ____________ 'Cause if you lie like a ____________ and you don't give a damn You're never going to be as happy as a ____________ I'm sitting in a hotel trying to write a song My head is just as empty as the day is ____________ Why, it's ____________ as a bell: I should have gone to school I'd be ____________ as an owl, 'stead of stubborn as a ____________ There's a big old goofy man Dancing with a big old goofy girl Ooh baby, it's a big old goofy world