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