Long Daddy Green
Blossom Dearie
Easy
sukirie
[00:13.20]Long daddy green is an old old friend
[00:17.01]He hangs around the rainbows end
[00:19.17]Dealing out dreams from a potful of fortune and fame
[00:24.37]Fanning the flames
[00:27.01]Hear him calling your name
[00:31.17]Long daddy green is a fly by night
[00:34.81]You turn around, he's out of sight
[00:37.29]Seems he's your fair weather friend and your foul weather foe
[00:42.19]The wind starts to blow
[00:44.96]Daddy green starts to go
[00:49.03]The lies he tells are new to you
[00:51.67]You're not naive
[00:54.95]You know he won't be true to you
[00:57.46]Still you believe, you believe
[01:00.88]Long daddy green chops you down to size
[01:04.51]With slow hellos and fast goodbyes
[01:07.09]He comes around when you feel about 10 feet tall
[01:11.96]To make you feel small
[01:14.58]Just like nothing at all
[01:31.45]Long daddy green is a heartless host
[01:35.44]Ignores you when you need him most
[01:37.16]Likes to pretend he's hard to get next to guy
[01:42.30]He'll give you the eye
[01:44.99]While waving goodbye
[01:50.08]Long daddy green likes to hypnotize
[01:53.56]And melt you with his magic eyes
[01:55.28]Knows he can make you believe you are the only one
[02:00.27]He'll show you the sun
[02:03.02]Then grab it and run
[02:07.04]You try to tuck his sleeve one day
[02:09.61]Your hopes are high
[02:12.83]You turn around and walk away
[02:15.65]But still you try, still you try
[02:18.99]Long daddy green likes to disappear
[02:23.07]Pretend that he is nowhere near
[02:25.14]Then he'll come tap at your window and scratch at your screen
[02:30.03]He sure can be mean
[02:32.74]Long daddy green
[02:36.08]He sure can be mean
[02:39.30]Long daddy green