I know a man named Otis, who invented a And his was filled with pride I said to Mr. Otis, "What does room do?" He said, "It goes from to side"
So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you my advice You'll be the man in town You gotta take that room goes from side to side And it go up and down"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs and it's worth the price I doubt, that the world could do without my good advice
Sir Newton came around to my house one day His face was all and red He said he want to sleep in the shade of a tree Because an apple might fall on his
I said, "Sir Isaac, you dumbbell, take my Go right back there and sleep beneath tree And if you let that rotten apple fall down on your Why you'll gravity"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice 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 because it sprung a leak He said, "Darn it, when I hold my tube on a of paper The ink leaks out and makes a streak"
He said, "I've gotta find a way to that leak I'll start on my leak proof tube again" I said, "Waterman, you idiot, stop that leak 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 for good advice
Good old Henry Ford, he was a 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 the Model T"
And that was advice, good advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price It's fruitful as can be and it's absolutely free, my good
Wilbur and Orville two brothers, named Wright The nicest of kids you've ever seen They worked years on a secret project They it was a washing machine
I said, "Fellas, what are all wings 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 that was good advice, advice Good costs nothing and it's worth the price I'm so smart I'm gonna win a Guggenheim for good advice
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Benjamin was a charming old man He was flying his kite One I said, "Benjy, why ain't you out with your kite?" He said, "Because raining tonight"
I said, "Benjy, sweety, you go back 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 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 very poorly soul He had a great big square thing made of solid And in the middle of it was a
One day he had to go his cave in Natchez To his cave in Mobile I said, "Round off those And buy a set of And Ooky baby, a wheel"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice 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 he had no chairs So he all his friends stand around all day And tell him, all their secrets and their
Well, while they stood there talking 'till 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 costs nothing and it's the price Every you're told will be eighteen karat gold, that's good advice
Alexander Graham Bell was building a With some and a long piece of wire He said, "There's strange going on around here I keep the voice of Uncle Myer"
I said, "Mr. Graham Cracker", that was my little "With wire you got the world in your palm Just get a mouthpiece and an earpiece and a piece in And you'll sponsor The Hour"
And that was good advice, good Good costs nothing and it's worth the price Every word ya hear, is the of the year, it's good advice
Christopher 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 the world was round, I really thought so
And then I him down to ask good Queen Isabella To her jewels for all their worth Next day he set sail and as everyone 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 that was bad