It Does Not Pay To Be Hip (Remastered)

Shel Silverstein - It Does Not Pay to be Hip

Well for a long time now I've been aware

That like I'm alright but

like the world is square

So I'll tell all you people

you can take my tip

It does not pay to be hip

Now just last week I found

myself in the red

With no way to meet my overhead

So like I went to my buddy

And asked him for some bread

And here is what he said

He said you want white bread

Rye bread pumpernickel whole wheat

Cracked wheat challa or bialy

I said later

He said you mean three or four o'clock

I said later

He said you mean thursday or friday

I said forget it

Now I was feelin' uptight so

like I went to see the man

I heard he always had some stuff on hand

I said tell me baby can you spare some pot

He said you're welcome to anything I got

And I've got steel pots brass

pots cast iron aluminum

Pyrex winbex

I said cool it

He said you mean put

it in the refrigerator

I said cool it

He said you mean

turn on the air conditioning

I said forget it

Now I was feeling strung out

And hung up and brought down

There was nobody hip like

in the whole damn town

So I run upon a chick and

she was long and tall

And asked her would she care to ball

And she said football baseball

volleyball or basketball

Handball pinball bowling ball

I said you're putting me on

She says on the train on the plane

On the bus or on the sidewalk

I said I wanna make it

She said make what

I said a scene

I said I want to make a scene

She said shakespeare clifford odetts

Arthur miller or pirandello

I said forget it

She says you know what I'd like to do

I said no what

And she said i'd like to make love to you

And I said go baby go

And she left