Great Big World

Salutations to all of my fairweather friends
Surely we are all just doing our very best
And here is to all of you raincoat diplomats
Signing treaties for the queen and appeasing all the rest

Oh, curse this wonderful drama, curse the state I am in
Long hallways and golden doors just out of reach
The colorful confusion of the marketplace
Honey, if my heart were a painter, you would be its masterpiece

And ain't it grand to watch the geese fly on back into town
Cold Katie, calm down, you are only starting to sweat
That is just the summertime in your hair
And it's a great big world out there

Go on and get the ball rolling
Maybe just leave well enough alone
Chopping wood and carrying water
Float like a feather, sink like a stone

And the apple don't fall too far from the tree
Just a chip off the old block
And the wolves only eat what we feed them
Alchemize whatever poison you've got

Well it's a broad highway and the sea refuses no river
And if you want to dance, you are going to have to pay the fiddler
Buyer beware
And it's a great big world out there

There is much to learn chasing a feeling
But that disco closed a long time ago
All these things I try and get away stealin'
Breaking into my own damn window

Choo Choo, that morning tea kettle whistles
And you know a watched pot never boils
Ain't that something to write home about
Look at the lilies, how they grow, they don't spin, they don't toil

Gravel beaches and coral knives waterfall my mind
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
Honey, you are so rare
And it's a great big world out there

It's your way, your way or the highway
I think I am at the end of my rope
You are a hallow bamboo
You are the blue sky, you are the fire and the smoke

Well some days are better than others
Oh shucks, what can I say?
That blue axe is chopping me down
And I wouldn't have it any other way

Walkin' through the mud and honey you are just so good lookin'
Climbing all the way up the mountain to see the medicine woman just to see what is cookin'
Well aware that she don't share
And it's a great big world out there