I know a man named Otis, who a room And his was filled with pride I said to Mr. Otis, "What does your do?" He said, "It goes from to side"
So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you take my You'll be the man in town You gotta take that room that goes from to side And it go up and down"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the I sincerely doubt, that the world could do without my advice
Sir Isaac came around to my house one day His was all sunburned and red He he didn't want to sleep in the shade of a tree an apple might fall on his head
I said, "Sir Isaac, you dumbbell, take my Go right back there and sleep beneath that And if you let that rotten apple fall down on head Why you'll gravity"
And that was good advice, advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price The world's a place, since I gave the human race my good advice
A man named Mr. Waterman, invented a He was sad because it sprung a leak He said, "Darn it, I hold my tube on a piece of paper The ink leaks out and a little streak"
He said, "I've gotta find a way to stop leak I'll working on my leak proof tube again" I said, "Waterman, you idiot, don't that leak You just invented a pen"
And that was good advice, good Good advice costs nothing and it's the price I'm so worldly wise, I should get the Nobel for good advice
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 built twenty-five One for letter from A to Z" I said, "Henry, you fool, are twenty-six letters in the alphabet He said, "Good heavens, I the Model T"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs nothing and worth the price It's fruitful as can be and it's absolutely free, my good
Wilbur and Orville were two brothers, Wright The nicest pair of you've ever seen They twelve years on a secret project thought it was a washing machine
I said, "Fellas, are all those wings for?" They said, "For hanging out to dry" I said, "You fools, take that washing out to Kitty Hawk And see if the thing'll fly"
And was good advice, good advice Good advice costs and it's worth the price I'm so smart that I'm gonna win a Guggenheim for advice
One more
Benjamin Franklin was a old man He was always flying his One night I said, "Benjy, why ain't you out with kite?" He said, "Because it's tonight"
I said, "Benjy, sweety, you go right out there And to your string, tie a key may shock you, Benjy, my boy But electricity"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs and it's worth the price I'll re model you, if you'll only listen to my good
Ooga Magoog was a man A very poorly educated He had a great big square thing of solid stone And in the of it was a hole
One day he had to go his cave in Natchez 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 advice costs nothing and it's worth the price Harvard offered me a Phi Kappa key for good advice
Freud, he had an unfurnished house He was a very fellow, so it seems he had no chairs 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, got a gold mine here Go out and buy a leather couch"
And that was advice, good advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price Every word you're told will be karat gold, that's good advice
Alexander Graham Bell was building a some wood and a long piece of wire He said, "There's something strange going on around I keep hearing the of Uncle Myer"
I said, "Mr. Graham Cracker", that was my joke "With that wire you got the world in palm Just get a mouthpiece and an earpiece and a piece in And you'll The Telephone Hour"
And was good advice, good advice Good costs nothing and it's worth the price Every ya hear, is the message of the year, it's good advice
Columbus was a seaman second class When I him that the Indies could be found By sailing to the West instead of sailing to the I advised him that I thought the was round, I really thought so
And then I sent him down to ask Queen Isabella To her jewels for all their worth day he set sail and as everyone knows He fell off the of the Earth
And that was bad advice, bad Bad advice is just the same as good Everybody makes occasional mistakes and that was bad