Would You Songtext
von Lee Dorsey

Hey Lee
What′s happening?
Uh, nothing to me, what's going on with you?
Uh, nothing but the rent, lights, gas bill
Car note, you know what I′m talking about
Yeah man, that's a drag, but that's life, you know?
Yeah, you can′t live with them and you can′t live
Without them, now ain't that right? Just like a woman
Hey Lee, look what′s coming up the street

Where? Mmm, I see what you're talking about, mmm, mmm, mmm
Hey man, would you?
Would I? Does a monkey have a tail?
What the
Is fire hot?
Well, yeah
Why I most certainly would


Well what I meant was when I said would you, was
Would you go tell her I want her phone number because
Now wait a cotton-picking minute
Well you said you would, didn′t you?
Yeah, but that's not exactly what I had in mind
Oh man, forget it

Looka here, what do you think about the race problem?

About the race?
Yeah, you know, the race problem in this country
Now you talking about a problem. Let me tell you, it was
Just day before yesterday I was out at the track, and I
Had five dollars on a horse called "Catch Me If You Can
" And do you know that dirty no-good horse would never
Oh man, that′s not the kind of problem I was talking about

Well you said race problem
Oh, mhm
Well that's my race problem
Mhm, mhm, mhm

Hey Lee
Yeah

Have you ever been in the Army?
Have I ever been in the Army?
Yeah
Matter of fact I was in the Navy


Mmm, the Navy
Oh man, I was overseas and everything. Let me tell you what happened
One time my company got lost, and there I was, all alone, no company
Now wait a minute, you said the company was lost or you was lost?
The company got lost, I didn't know where
They were. You see I knew where I was
Oh, okay, what happened then?
Well, there I was, all alone, and came
Face to face with one of the enemy
Yeah? And what happened then?

Well all I got to say is that rascal could run
Oh, could he run?
Could he run? Looked like he was doing about fifty miles an hour
Yeah, and that must′ve been something
Wasn′t? He ran over tree stumps, under barbed wire, across
Fields, everywhere, and then he finally started slowing down
Yeah, yeah

Then he stopped, you know, to catch his breath
And what happened then? What did you do then?
What'd I do then? Why I kept on running
I wasn′t gonna let him catch me
Oh man, well I thought you
I don't care what you thought, I was surviving

Does anybody have any questions? Right now I′m
Open for questions. Anybody got a question?
What do you think about the president?

What do I think about what?
The president
Oh, president, yeah. Now that's something we all must
Have, president. Now, of course there are several
Kinds. There′s Washington, Grant, Hamilton, I'm not
Prejudiced, I like 'em all, yeah, I′ll take all of them

Hey Lee, look what′s coming now
Huh?
Oh, nevermind man, nevermind
What you mean nevermind? That's my kind of woman

Well, uh, would you?
Oh no, you′re not gonna trap me with that "would you" thing again
I'll tell you what I would like to do though
I′d like to walk up to her, grab her, and kiss
Her, and tell her I want her to be mine, all mine

Well I surely wish you would, man, because
That's my wife, and I can′t stand her
What the