Great Big World

Salutations to all of my fairweather friends Surely we are all just doing our very best And here is to all of you raincoat diplomats Signing treaties for the queen and appeasing all the rest Oh, curse this wonderful drama, curse the state I am in Long hallways and golden doors just out of reach The colorful confusion of the marketplace Honey, if my heart were a painter, you would be its masterpiece And ain't it grand to watch the geese fly on back into town Cold Katie, calm down, you are only starting to sweat That is just the summertime in your hair And it's a great big world out there Go on and get the ball rolling Maybe just leave well enough alone Chopping wood and carrying water Float like a feather, sink like a stone And the apple don't fall too far from the tree Just a chip off the old block And the wolves only eat what we feed them Alchemize whatever poison you've got Well it's a broad highway and the sea refuses no river And if you want to dance, you are going to have to pay the fiddler Buyer beware And it's a great big world out there There is much to learn chasing a feeling But that disco closed a long time ago All these things I try and get away stealin' Breaking into my own damn window Choo Choo, that morning tea kettle whistles And you know a watched pot never boils Ain't that something to write home about Look at the lilies, how they grow, they don't spin, they don't toil Gravel beaches and coral knives waterfall my mind You are my sunshine, my only sunshine Honey, you are so rare And it's a great big world out there It's your way, your way or the highway I think I am at the end of my rope You are a hallow bamboo You are the blue sky, you are the fire and the smoke Well some days are better than others Oh shucks, what can I say? That blue axe is chopping me down And I wouldn't have it any other way Walkin' through the mud and honey you are just so good lookin' Climbing all the way up the mountain to see the medicine woman just to see what is cookin' Well aware that she don't share And it's a great big world out there