I know a man named Otis, who invented a And his heart was filled pride I to Mr. Otis, "What does your room do?" He said, "It goes from to side"
So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you my advice You'll be the richest man in You gotta take that room that goes side to side And it go up and down"
And was good 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 didn't want to sleep in the of a tree Because an apple might on his head
I said, "Sir Isaac, you dumbbell, my advice Go right back there and sleep beneath tree And if you let that rotten fall down on your head Why you'll gravity"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs nothing and it's the price The world's a better place, since I gave the race my good advice
A man named Mr. Waterman, a tube He was sad because it sprung a leak He said, "Darn it, when I hold my tube on a piece of The ink out and makes a little 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, don't stop leak You just invented a pen"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the I'm so worldly wise, I should get the Nobel Prize for good
old Henry 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 built twenty-five models One for letter from A to Z" I said, "Henry, you fool, there are twenty-six in the alphabet He said, "Good heavens, I the Model T"
And was good advice, good advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price It's as can be and it's absolutely free, my good advice
and Orville were two brothers, named Wright The nicest pair of kids you've ever They worked twelve years on a secret thought it was a washing machine
I said, "Fellas, are all those wings for?" They said, "For clothes out to dry" I said, "You fools, that washing machine out to Kitty Hawk And see if the darn fly"
And that was advice, good advice Good costs nothing and it's worth the price I'm so smart that I'm gonna win a for good advice
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Franklin was a charming old man He was always his kite One I said, "Benjy, why ain't you out with your kite?" He said, "Because it's tonight"
I said, "Benjy, sweety, you go back out there And to your string, tie a key This may you, Benjy, my boy But electricity"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice nothing and it's worth the price re model you, if you'll only listen to my good advice
Ooga Magoog was a man A very educated soul He had a great big square thing made of solid And in the of it was a hole
One day he had to go from his in Natchez To his uncle's cave in 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 Beta Kappa key for good
Freud, he had an unfurnished house He was a very nosy fellow, so it he had no chairs So he made all his friends stand all day And tell him, all secrets and their dreams
Well, while they stood talking 'till 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 a leather couch"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs nothing and it's the price Every word you're told be eighteen karat gold, that's good advice
Alexander Graham Bell was a fence With some and a long piece of wire He said, "There's something strange going on here I hearing the voice of Uncle Myer"
I said, "Mr. Cracker", that was my little joke "With that you got the world in your palm Just get a mouthpiece and an and a piece in between And you'll sponsor The Hour"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs and it's worth the price Every word ya hear, is the message of the year, it's good
Christopher Columbus was a second class When I told him the Indies could be found By sailing to the instead of sailing to the East I advised him that I thought the world was round, I thought so
And then I sent him to ask good 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 and that was bad advice