I know a man Otis, who invented a room And his heart was filled pride I to Mr. Otis, "What does your room do?" He said, "It goes side to side"
So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you my advice You'll be the richest man in You gotta take that room that from side to side And it go up and down"
And was good advice, good advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price I sincerely doubt, the world could do without my good advice
Sir Isaac came around to my house one day His face was all and red He said he didn't want to sleep in the of a tree Because an apple might fall on his
I said, "Sir Isaac, you dumbbell, take my Go right there and sleep beneath that tree And if you let that rotten apple fall down on your Why you'll gravity"
And that was good advice, good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price The world's a better place, since I gave the human my good advice
A man named Mr. Waterman, invented a He was sad because it sprung a leak He said, "Darn it, when I hold my tube on a piece of The ink leaks out and a little streak"
He said, "I've find a way to stop that leak I'll start working on my proof tube again" I said, "Waterman, you idiot, don't stop that You invented a fountain pen"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and worth the price I'm so worldly wise, I should get the Nobel Prize for good
Good old Ford, he was a hardworking man He worked all and all day I said, "Henry, doin'?" And Henry, he said, "I'm the Chevrolet"
He said, "I've already twenty-five models One for each letter A to Z" I said, "Henry, you fool, there are twenty-six in the alphabet He said, "Good heavens, I forgot the T"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the It's fruitful as can be and absolutely free, my good advice
Wilbur and Orville two brothers, named Wright The pair of kids you've ever seen They worked years on a secret project thought it was a washing machine
I said, "Fellas, what are all those for?" said, "For hanging clothes out to dry" I said, "You fools, take washing machine out to Kitty Hawk And see if the darn fly"
And that was good advice, good Good costs nothing and it's worth the price I'm so smart that I'm gonna win a for good advice
One time
Benjamin was a charming old man He was always flying his One I said, "Benjy, why ain't you out with your kite?" He said, "Because raining tonight"
I said, "Benjy, sweety, you go right back out And to kite string, tie a key This may you, Benjy, my boy But electricity"
And that was good advice, good Good advice costs nothing and worth the price I'll re you, if you'll only listen to my good advice
Ooga Magoog was a man A very poorly soul He had a big square thing made of solid stone And in the middle of it was a
One day he had to go from his cave in To his uncle's in Mobile I said, "Round off those And buy a set of And Ooky baby, a wheel"
And that was good advice, advice Good costs nothing and it's worth the price Harvard offered me a Phi Kappa key for good advice
Sigmund Freud, he had an unfurnished He was a very nosy fellow, so it seems he had no So he all his friends stand around all day And tell him, all their and their dreams
Well, while they stood there talking they got fallen arches yelled, "My feet are killing me, ouch" I said, "Sigmund, don't you realize, you've got a gold here Go out and buy yourself a couch"
And was good advice, good advice Good advice nothing and it's worth the price Every word you're told will be eighteen karat gold, that's good
Alexander Graham Bell was a fence With some and a long piece of wire He said, "There's something strange on around here I keep hearing the of Uncle Myer"
I said, "Mr. Graham Cracker", that was my joke "With that wire you got the world in your Just get a mouthpiece and an earpiece and a in between And sponsor The Telephone Hour"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs nothing and worth the price Every ya hear, is the message of the year, it's good advice
Columbus was a seaman second class When I told him that the Indies be found By sailing to the West instead of to the East I advised him that I thought the world was round, I really so
And then I sent him down to ask good Queen To pawn her jewels for all their Next day he set sail and as knows He off the edge of the Earth
And was bad advice, bad advice Bad advice is just the same as good Everybody makes occasional mistakes and was bad advice