Common Sense — текст песни (John Prine)

You cant live together

You cant live alone

Considering the weather

Oh my, how youve grown

From the men in the factories

To the wild kangaroo

Like those birds of a feather

Theyre gathering together

And feeling

Exactly like you



They got mesmerized

By lullabies

And limbo danced

In pairs

Please lock that door

It dont make much sense

That common sense

Dont make no sense

No more



Just between you and me

Its like pulling

When you ought to be shovin,

Like a nun

With her head in the oven

Please dont tell me

That this really wasnt nothing



One of these days

One of these nights

Youll take off your hat

And theyll read you

Your rights

Youll wanna get high

Every time you feel low

Hey, queen isabella

Stay away from that fella

Hell just get you

Into trouble, you know?



But they came here by boat

And they came here by plane

They blistered their hands

And they burned out their brain

All dreaming a dream

Thatll never come true

Hey, dont give me no trouble

Or Ill call up my double

Well play piggy-in-the-middle

With you



Youll get mesmerized

By alibis

And limbo dance in pairs

Please lock that door

It dont make much sense

That common sense

Dont make no sense

No more