I know a man named Otis, who a room 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 be the richest man in town You gotta take that room goes from side to side And it go up and down"
And that was good advice, good Good advice nothing 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 was all sunburned and red He said he didn't want to in the shade of a tree Because an apple fall on his head
I said, "Sir Isaac, you dumbbell, my advice Go back there and sleep beneath that tree And if you let that rotten fall down on your head Why you'll gravity"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the The world's a better place, since I gave the human race my good
A man named Mr. Waterman, invented a He was sad because it a little leak He said, "Darn it, I hold my tube on a piece of paper The ink leaks out and makes a streak"
He said, "I've gotta a way to stop that leak 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 costs nothing and it's worth the price I'm so worldly wise, I should get the Prize for good advice
Good old Henry Ford, he was a man He all night 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 letter from A to Z" I said, "Henry, you fool, are twenty-six letters in the alphabet He said, "Good heavens, I forgot the T"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and it's the price It's fruitful as can be and it's absolutely free, my advice
Wilbur and Orville were two brothers, Wright The nicest pair of kids ever seen They worked years on a secret project thought it was a washing machine
I said, "Fellas, what are all wings for?" They said, "For 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 advice costs and it's worth the price I'm so that I'm gonna win a Guggenheim for good advice
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Franklin 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 it's 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 was good advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and it's the price I'll re model you, if only listen to my good advice
Ooga Magoog was a man A poorly educated 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 in Natchez To his uncle's in Mobile I said, "Round off corners And buy a set of And baby, that's a wheel"
And was good advice, good advice Good advice nothing and it's worth the price Harvard me a Phi Beta Kappa key for good advice
Sigmund Freud, he had an house 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 secrets and their dreams
Well, while they stood there talking they got fallen arches They yelled, "My feet are me, ouch" I said, "Sigmund, don't you realize, you've got a gold here Go out and buy yourself a couch"
And that was advice, good advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price Every you're told will be eighteen karat gold, that's good advice
Alexander Bell was building a fence With wood and a long piece of wire He said, "There's something strange on around here I keep the voice of Uncle Myer"
I said, "Mr. Cracker", that was my little joke "With that wire you got the in your palm Just get a mouthpiece and an earpiece and a in between And you'll The Telephone Hour"
And was good advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and it's the price word ya hear, is the message of the year, it's good advice
Christopher was a seaman second class When I told him the Indies could be found By sailing to the West instead of sailing to the I him that I thought the world was round, I really thought so
And I sent him down to ask good Queen Isabella To pawn her jewels for all 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 as good advice makes occasional mistakes and that was bad advice