I know a man named Otis, who invented a And his heart was with pride I to Mr. Otis, "What does your room do?" He said, "It from side to side"
So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you take my You'll be the richest man in You take that room that goes from side to side And it go up and down"
And that was good advice, advice Good advice costs nothing and it's the price I sincerely doubt, the world could do without my good advice
Sir Isaac Newton came around to my one day His was all sunburned and red He said he didn't want to sleep in the of a tree Because an apple might fall on his
I said, "Sir Isaac, you dumbbell, take my Go right back there and sleep beneath that And if you let that rotten apple down on your head Why discover gravity"
And that was good advice, good Good advice costs nothing and it's the price The world's a better place, since I gave the human race my good
A man named Mr. Waterman, a tube He was sad it sprung a little leak He said, "Darn it, when I hold my tube on a of paper The ink leaks out and a little streak"
He said, "I've gotta find a way to stop that I'll start on my leak proof tube again" I said, "Waterman, you idiot, don't that leak You invented a fountain pen"
And that was good advice, advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price I'm so worldly wise, I get the Nobel Prize for good advice
Good old Ford, he was a hardworking man He worked all and all day I said, "Henry, doin'?" And Henry, he said, "I'm the Chevrolet"
He said, "I've already built twenty-five 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 that was good advice, advice Good advice costs nothing and worth the price It's fruitful as can be and it's absolutely free, my good
and Orville were two brothers, named Wright The nicest pair of you've ever seen They twelve years on a secret project They it was a washing machine
I said, "Fellas, are all those wings for?" They said, "For clothes out to dry" I said, "You fools, take washing machine out to Kitty Hawk And see if the darn fly"
And that was good advice, advice advice costs nothing and it's worth the price I'm so smart that I'm gonna win a Guggenheim for good
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Franklin was a charming old man He was always his kite One night I said, "Benjy, why ain't you out your kite?" He said, "Because raining tonight"
I said, "Benjy, sweety, you go right back out And to your string, tie a key may shock you, Benjy, my boy But electricity"
And was good advice, good advice Good advice nothing and it's worth the price I'll re model you, if you'll only to my good advice
Ooga was a Neanderthal man A very educated soul He had a great big square made of solid stone 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 baby, that's a wheel"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs nothing and it's the price offered me a Phi Beta Kappa key for good advice
Sigmund Freud, he had an unfurnished He was a very fellow, so it seems he had no chairs So he made all his friends around all day And tell him, all their secrets and their
Well, they stood there talking 'till they got fallen arches They yelled, "My are killing me, ouch" I said, "Sigmund, don't you realize, got a gold mine here Go out and buy a leather couch"
And that was advice, good advice Good costs nothing and it's worth the price Every word you're told will be eighteen karat gold, that's advice
Alexander Bell was building a fence With wood and a long piece of wire He said, "There's something strange on around here I hearing the voice of Uncle Myer"
I said, "Mr. Graham Cracker", that was my joke "With that wire you got the world in your Just get a mouthpiece and an earpiece and a in between And sponsor The Telephone Hour"
And that was advice, good advice Good advice costs and it's worth the price Every word ya hear, is the message of the year, good advice
Christopher Columbus was a second class I told him that the Indies could be found By to the West instead of sailing to the East I advised him that I thought the world was round, I thought so
And then I sent him down to ask good Isabella To her jewels for all their worth Next day he set sail and as everyone He fell off the edge of the
And that was bad advice, bad Bad advice is just the as good advice Everybody makes occasional mistakes and was bad advice