Category Shel Silverstein

Ations

If we meet and I say, “Hi,”That’s a salutation.If you ask me how I feel,That’s a consideration.If we stop and talk a while,That’s a conversation.If we understand each other,That’s a communication.If we argue, scream and fight,That’s an altercation.If later we…

Aphrodisiac

Now, listen to me, folks…Hear what I say.You got to eat oysters everydayThey’ll put your love life back on trackThey’re nature’s own aphrodisiac. Ohh, ohhh… yes it’s trueWhat a little oyster can do for you.Ohh, ohhh… ain’t it funHere’s some…

All The Time In The World

Lay downLet’s explore this tenderness between usThere ain’t no one around at all to see usAnd baby would you mindIf maybe you and ITook a little time to find each other? Baby , We got all the time in the…

All About You

In the Grandville greyhound station in the lightly drizzlin’ rainSittin’ on my suitcase goin’ quietly insane all about you babe all about youAll about you and then no feelin’ double dealin’ things that you doUh every man in Grandville says…

Alimony

Alimony alimony I work till my fingers are bloody and boneyMe oh my oh goodness sake I’m paying for my mistakeShe calls it alimony alimony yeah you single men may think it’s funnyTill one of these days you’re gonna wake…

Acapulco Goldie

She was dancin’ when I seen her, in a Mexican cantinaIn a neighborhood they call “La Zona Roja”.She had a child’s smile, but she told me in a whileIt would take a lot of gold to get to know her.…

A Light In The Attic

There’s a light on in the attic.Thought the house is dark and shuttered,I can see a flickerin’ flutter,And I know what it’s about.There’s a light on in the attic.I can see it from the outside.And I know you’re on the…

A Couple More Years

I’ve got a couple more years on you, baby…that’s all.I’ve had more chances to fly and more places to fall.And it ain’t that I’m wiser…It’s only that I’ve spent more time with my back to the wall.And I’ve picked up…