The Return Of Roger Miller

You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

All you gotta do, is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it

Well you can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
You can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
You can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

You can't change film with a kid on your back (chain-swim)
You can't change film with a kid on your back
You can't change film with a kid on your back
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

You can't drive around with a tiger in your car
You can't drive around with a tiger in your car
You can't drive around with a tiger in your car
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

All you gotta do, is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it

Well you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd...

If l was a bird and you was a fish
What would we do, l guess we'd wish
For re-incarnation, re-incarnation
Wouldn't it be a sensation
To come back too, like reincarnation

If l was a tree and you was a flower
What would we do, l guess we'd wait for the power
Of re-incarnation, re-incarnation,
Wouldn't it be a sensation
To come back too, like reincarnation

L love you, and don't you know l always will
You're a girl, l'm a boy,
But suppose you were a rose
And l was a whip-poor-will

If l was a bird and you was a fish
What would we do, l guess we'd wish
For re-incarnation, re-incarnation
Wouldn't it be a sensation
To come back too, like reincarnation

If l was a tree and you was a flower
What would we do, l guess we'd wait for the power
Of re-incarnation, re-incarnation,
Wouldn't it be a sensation
To come back too, like reincarnation

L love you, and don't you know l always will
You're a girl, l'm a boy,
But suppose you were a rose
And l was a whip-poor-will

Well he gave me fair warning, he said let him alone,
But l'd had one too many, and refused to go home,
Then l said something awful, and then so did he,
And he hit me and it hurt, mm, and my eyes couldn't see

Hard, hard headed me, l spoke out of turn once too often,
L'd be better off in my coffin, hard headed me

Well she gave me fair warning, many times my wife said,
She said if you aim to keep me, cut your foolhardy ways
L said now listen woman, you'd better leave me alone
How long is forever, that's how long she'll be gone

Hard, hard headed me, l spoke out of turn once too often,
L'd be better off in my coffin, hard headed me

The they gave me fair warning, all the folks in my town,
They said if you ain't gonna straighten up
We're gonna expel one clown
L said now just a minute here, you can't do me this way
How far is it to the next town, l'm walking that way

Hard, hard headed me, l spoke out of turn once too often,
L'd be better off in my coffin, hard headed me

I like the women, i like to hold them tight
Kiss

Leave a door open and the fly comes in
Leave a door open and the fly comes in
Leave a door open and the fly comes in
That's the way it is and how it's always been
That's the way it's always been

Fall yourself in love and get your teeth kicked in
Fall yourself in love and get your teeth kicked in
Fall yourself in love and get your teeth kicked in
That's the way it is and how it's always been
That's the way it's always been

A little lesson or two in the art of livin'
May i be forgivin' if i'm guiding you wrong
Sing for your supper
Remember on the other end of the spoon
The guys working for a song

You'll get your heart broken throwing caution to the wind
You'll get your heart broken throwing caution to the wind
You'll get your heart broken throwing caution to the wind
That's the way it is and how it's always been
That's the way it's always been

Just a lesson or two in the art of livin'
May i be forgivin' if i'm guiding you wrong
Sing for your supper
Remember on the other end of the spoon
The guys working for a song

(you don't want my love)

In the summertime, when all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, i'll be blue
'cause you don't want my love ...
Some other time, that's what you say, when i want you
Then you laugh at me and make me cry
'cause you don't want my love.

You don't seem to care a thing about me
You'd rather live without me, than to have my arms around you
When the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime, when all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, i'll be blue
'cause you don't want my love.

Once upon a time, you used to smile and wave to me
And walk with me, but now you don't
'cause you don't want my love ...
Some other guy is takin' up all your time
Now you don't have time for me
'cause you don't want my love.

You don't seem to care a thing about me
You'd rather live without me, than to have my arms around you
When the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime, when all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, i'll be blue
'cause you don't want my love.

As long as there's a hill there's a valley
As long as there's a valley then the river can flow free
As long as there's a sun there's a shadow
As long as there's a shadow there's a place for you and me

A secret place to run and hide
A secret love can't be denied
A secret place that no-one knows
But you and me and the lonely breeze that blows

As long as there's a hill there's a valley
As long as there's a valley then the river can flow free
As long as there's a sun there's a shadow
As long as there's a shadow there's a place for you and me

(spoken) ah, talk to me guitar, tell me something l don't know

A secret place to run and hide
A secret love can't be denied
A secret place that no-one knows
But you and me and the lonely breeze that blows

As long as there's a hill there's a valley
As long as there's a valley then the river can flow free
As long as there's a sun there's a shadow
As long as there's a shadow there's a place for you and me