Forty Giants

1. ONCE I WAS ASLEEP IN BED

FORTY GIANTS WANTED ME DEAD.

LAND ALIVE! COULD I SURVIVE?

I TURNED AND ASKED A FRIEND.

JOHNNNY, JUST WRITE A SIMPLE SONG,

ONE THAT THE FOLKS CAN SING ALONG.

DON'T COMPLICATE 'ER,

SAVE THAT FOR LATER

THE SONG IS GONNA SET US FREE.

2. THERE I WAS, IN THE POT,

FORTY GIANTS AND I'M BUBBLING HOT.

WHAT COULD I DO? ME STEW!

I'D WRITE A CLEVER SONG!

JOHNNY, JUST WRITE THAT SIMPLE SONG.

HOWEVER CLEVER, RIDDLES ARE WRONG.

REAL INTELLECTUAL IS REAL INEFFECTUAL.

A CATCHY TUNE'LL SET US FREE,

3. WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE

FORTY GIANTS DOWN ON ME

I RECALL THEY, TOO, CAN FALL

FOR A MELODY

JUST GIVE 'EM THAT SIMPLE SONG

ONE THAT'LL LAST THE WHOLE DAY LONG.

ONE THEY CAN DANCE TO,

ONE THEY'LL ROMANCE TO.

TO KNOW IT IS TO SET IT FREE.

FRIEND SAID, "JOHN, WRITE A SONG,

ONE FORTY GIANTS CAN HUM ALONG.

YOU'LL SEE: WE'LL GO FREE.

YOU BETTER LISTEN TO ME

JOHNNY, JUST WRITE THAT MELODY

ONE JUST AS SIMPLE AS SIMPLE CAN BE.

WARBLE THOSE GIANTS

INTO COMPLIANCE.

GIVE 'EM THAT SIMPLE SONG."

I SAID, "MI". I SAID, "LA".

GIANTS SAID, "YOU'RE OUT TOO FAH,

'S TOO HARD TO LEARN. YOU BURN!"

AND THEN I HEARD THE CALL:

JOHNNY, JUST WRITE THAT MELODY

THEN LET THE WORDS FLOW EFFORTLESSLY.

MAKE 'EM FAMILIA'

THEY DON'T HAVE TO KILL YA.

GIVE 'EM THAT SIMPLE SONG.

AND STAMP THEIR FEET AND BEAT THEIR CLUBS

AND BID THE DRUMMER DRUB HIS TUBS.

AFTER AWHILE, THEY SMILE

BETWEEN THEIR MISERIES.

JUST SING THAT SIMPLE TUNE,

ONE THAT THE OLDER FOLKS CAN CROON.

ONE FOR THE KIDS TO

SHUFFLE THEIR SKIDS TO.

TO DANCE IT IS TO SET IT FREE.