Lyrics Graham Parker

Graham Parker

It Takes A Village Idiot

I got my dunce's cap and cardboard sword

And I'm droolin' as you talk to me

You say I should be in a mental ward

But That might seem like home to me

Cos I don't get it I don't understand

And I think love's overrated

Why can't a woman be more like a man

Instead of complicated

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It takes a village idiot

It takes the class clown

And his whole crew

Well there's one idiot

In this village girl

And I guess it isn't you

You Wanna be listened to

And held and told

The things that really matter

But it's so subtle I just can't grasp hold

And all I know is idle chatter

You say it's simple but i'm simple too

And I don't tell you this with pride

But when I put together two and two

I keep comin' up with five

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Do better than your best

This is not a test

That's what you keep tellin' me

Stop and think a bit

Only an idiot would

Look at a forest and

Just see a tree

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