Modern Talk

(There was a time when people talked said with their mouthHow they talk and it doesn't mean a thing it's called the modern talk)Now picture the scene the day is sunnyA man meets a friend and asks him for some moneyHe says I need five to keep me aliveAnd the friend gives him this kinda jiveHe says zaa za voo za za voo I can't make itVome zoo za vome a viddle o till thenAnd he's right back out on the street againAnd then a girl gets on the phone and talks to her loverShe says we got troubles that we can't keep coveredI just got the news I'm knittin' baby shoesNow call up the preacher and pay your duesHe says zaa za voo za za voo see you later so long huhuhI can't stand baby vome zoo za vome till thenAnd she's right back out on the street againAnd then a guy gets grabbed by an army recruiterHe says we're gonna put you in the khaki suiterSo do not cry and don't you lie but take this test to qualifyThe guy says blblblblblbl huhuh till thenAnd he's right back out on the street againAnd then a lady goes down to see her psychiatristAnd lies on a couch to give her little head a twistNow is it a psychosis or is it a neurosis the doctor gives her this diagnosisSayin' huhuh listen huhuh twenty dollarsHuhh next Wednesday baby then we'll huhuh thenShe's right back out on the street againAnd then the preachers in the church they're blessin' and damninPresidents standin' there just VietnaminWhile the animals sing and politicians swingAnd everybody's sayin' the same damned thingThey're sayin' zaa za voo za za voo you know that's modern talk