The World Is Showing It's Hand (Album Ver.)
Jonathan Richman
Album : Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love
Well
well when I first smelled
the bus fumes
from the diesel motor
well my two year old mind
could only applaud
such odor
the world is showing me
its tricks
the world was showing
its hand
then an alley somewhere
smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that the world
would want to
smell like this
the world is showing me
its tricks
the world was showing
its hand
well the pond and the odor
the swamp and the sweat
each smell is telling me
a secret
so give me an alley
give me a valley
give me a neopolitan night
let me smell
more of the world
and gain more insight
the world is showing me
its tricks
the world is showing
its hand
Yeah
so give me a mowed lawn
give me an ozone
give me summer rain
let me smell more
of the world
that I might learn something
the world was showing me
its tricks
the world is showing
its hand