Your Mind Is on Vacation

Your Mind Is on Vacation - Mose Allison

You sittin here and yakkin right in my face

You coming on exactly like you own the place

You know if silence was golden

You couldn't raise a dime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

You quoting figures and dropping names

You telling stories and playing games

You're overlaughing when things ain't funny

You trying to sound like the big money

You know if talk was criminal

You'd lead a life of crime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

You know that life is short

Talk is cheap

Don't be making promises that you can't keep

You don't like this little song I'm singing

Just grin and bear it

All I can say is if the shoe fits wear it

If you must keep talking

Please try to make it rhyme

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

Your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime