You dear attractive
Dewy eyed idealist
Today you have
To learn to be
A realist
You may be bent
On doing deeds
Of derring-do
But up against
A shark
What can
A herring do
Be wise
Compromise
Compromise
And be wise
Let them think
You're on
Their side
Be noncommittal
I will not bow
My head to
The men I despise
You won't have to
Bow your head
Just stoop a little
Why not learn to
Put your faith
And your reliance
On an obvious
And simple fact
Of science
A crazy planet
Full of
Crazy people
Is somersaulting
All around
The sky
And ev'ry time
It turns another
Somersault
Another day
Goes by
And there's no way
To stop it
No there's no way
To stop it
No you can't
Stop it
Even it you try
So I'm not going
To worry
No I'm not going
To worry
Ev'ry time I see
Another day go by
While somersaulting
At a cock-eyed angle
We make a
Cock-eyed circle
' Round the sun
And when we
Circle back
To where we
Started from
Another year
Has run
And there's no way
To stop it
No there's no way
To stop it
If the earth
Wants to roll
Around the sun
You're a fool
If you worry
You're a fool
If you worry
Over anything but
Little number One
That's you
That's I
And I
And me
That all absorbing
Character
That fascinating
Creature
That super special
Feature
Me
So ev'ry star
And ev'ry
Whirling planet
And ev'ry
Constellation
In the sky
Revolve around
The center
Of the universe
A lovely thing
Called I
And there's no way
To stop it
No there's no way
To stop it
And I know
Though I cannot
Tell you why
That's charming
That as long as
I'm living
Just as long as
I'm living
There'll be
Nothing else
As wonderful as I
I I I
Nothing else
As wonderful
As I