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Words and Music © 1980 by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. Would anybody like to buy a flying machine?

it’s the dangdest thing that you’ve ever seen!

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Well you just turn these - called propellors - all around and around

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and the first thing you know, well you’re up off the ground,

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and it may not be too graceful, but I tell you, baby, this thing can fly.

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2. Could I interest anybody to purchase this wheel?

I’m kind of short now so I’ll make you a deal

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Well it’s partly round and it’s partly flat

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you can roll it down the hill, and stuff like that

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and it may not be too useful, but I think it’s kind of pretty, don’t you?

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Bridge: Well I’ve been burning my brain both by day and by night

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Cause I’m convinced that there’s a way to make lightning into light.

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And you just look funny at me and my kite

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And say there’s ten Orville Wrongs for every Wilbur Wright.

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3. Would anybody like to buy an interest in me?

I’ve got some songs you never heard on TV

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and I am working on a theory that the world is a ball

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and the you don’t have to sail round India to reach St. Paul,

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and I may not sing too pretty but I’m on the verge of something to say.

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