Mama said I’d lose my head
If it wasn’t fastened on.
Today I guess it wasn’t
'Cause while playing with my cousi
It fell off and rolled away

Sylvia’s mother says “Sylvia’s bu
too busy to come to the phone”.
Sylvia’s mother says “Sylvia’s tr
to start a new life of her own”.
Sylvia’s mother says “Sylvia’s ha

You gotta wake up every mornin’, t
kitchen cook me great T-bone steak
Serve it to me in bed go down the
bring me back all the money you ma
You gotta rub my body with sweet s

Oh the changing of the seasons it’
And though I find this balmy weat
There’s the wind come from tomorro
And I’m bound for the changing of
Oh it’s blowin’ in Chicago and it

I’ve got a couple more years on yo
I’ve had more chances to fly and m
And it ain’t that I’m wiser...
It’s only that I’ve spent more ti
And I’ve picked up a couple more

No– I did not take a nap –
The nap– took– me
off the bed and out the window
far beyond the sea,
to a land where sleepy heads

I broke into the bank on Sunday,
You should see the money I got.
I couldn’t drag it home ‘til Mond
’Cause it sure weighed an awful lo
Then I sat down to count it,

She put in her clothes,
Then thought she’d get
A free bath here
At the launderette.
So round she goes now,

The waitress with the orange hair
I gulp my coffee– burn my mouth– g
I smear a streak of mustard down m
And the guy behind the register ta
And looks at me as if I’ve blown

Oh they won’t let us show it at th
They think we’re gonna grab it if
And they won’t let us show it at t
But you can show it in your parlor
You can show it at a party with yo