From the recording Your Mind is on Vacation
‘Your Mind is on Vacation’ (4:15)
Artist: Fred Hostetler
Genre: Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Americana
Producer: Fred Hostetler & Eric Troyer
Mixed by Eric Troyer at Ad Hoc Recording Studio
Musicians: Fred Hostetler-vocals, guitars, bass.
EricTroyer-keyboards, Tim Heist-harmonica
Lyrics
‘Your Mind is on Vacation’
(Mose Allison)
You're sitting there yakkin' right in my face
I guess I'm gonna have to put you in your place
Y'know if silence was golden
You couldn't raise a dime
Because your mind is on vacation and your mouth is
Working overtime in
You're quoting figures, you're dropping names
You're telling stories about the dames
You're always laughin' when things ain't funny
You try to sound like you're big big money
If talk was criminal, you'd lead a life of crime
“Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.”
You know that life is short, and talk is cheap
Don't be making promises that you can't keep
If you don't like this little song I'm singing, just grin and Bear it
Cause, All I can say is…….if the shoe fits wear it
If you must keep talking, please try to make it rhyme
'Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working
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