I said, "Hold it, Doc, a World
War passed through my brain."
He said, "Nurse, get your
pad, this boy's insane,"
He grabbed my arm, I said
"Ouch!"
As I landed on the psychiatric
couch,
He said, "Tell me about it."
Well, the whole thing started
at 3 o'clock fast,
It was all over by quarter
past.
I was down in the sewer with
some little lover
When I peeked out from a manhole
cover
Wondering who turned the lights
on.
Well, I got up and walked around
And up and down the lonesome
town.
I stood a-wondering which
way to go,
I lit a cigarette on a parking
meter
And walked on down the road.
It was a normal day.
Well, I rung the fallout shelter
bell
And I leaned my head and I
gave a yell,
"Give me a string bean, I'm
a hungry man."
A shotgun fired and away I
ran.
I don't blame them too much
though,
I know I look funny.
Down at the corner by a hot-dog
stand
I seen a man, I said, "Howdy
friend,
I guess there's just us two."
He screamed a bit and away
he flew.
Thought I was a Communist.
Well, I spied a girl and before
she could leave,
"Let's go and play Adam and
Eve."
I took her by the hand and
my heart it was thumpin'
When she said, "Hey man, you
crazy or sumpin',
You see what happened last
time they started."
Well, I seen a Cadillac window
uptown
And there was nobody aroun',
I got into the driver's seat
And I drove 42nd Street
In my Cadillac.
Good car to drive after a
war.
Well, I remember seein' some
ad,
So I turned on my Conelrad.
But I didn't pay my Con Ed
bill,
So the radio didn't work so
well.
Turned on my player-
It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny
singin',
"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa,
Our Loves Are Gonna Grow Ooh-wah,
Ooh-wah."
I was feelin' kinda lonesome
and blue,
I needed somebody to talk
to.
So I called up the operator
of time
Just to hear a voice of some
kind.
"When you hear the beep
It will be three o'clock,"
She said that for over an
hour
And I hung it up.
Well, the doctor interrupted
me just about then,
Sayin, "Hey I've been havin'
the same old dreams,
But mine was a little different
you see.
I dreamt that the only person
left after the war was me.
I didn't see you around."
Well, now time passed and now
it seems
Everybody's having them dreams.
Everybody sees themselves
walkin' around with no one else.
Half of the people can be
part right all of the time,
Some of the people can be
all right part of the time.
I think Abraham Lincoln said
that.
"I'll let you be in my dreams
if I can be in yours,"
I said that.
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