After a while we took in the clothes

Nobody said very much

Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants

Which nobody really wanted to touch

Mama come in and picked up a book

An' Papa asked her what it was

Someone else asked, "What do you care?"

Papa said, "Well, just because?"

Then they started to take back their clothes

Hang'em on the line

It was January the thirtieth

And everybody was feelin' fine.



The next day, everybody got up

Seein' if the clothes were dry

The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed

Mama, of cource, she said, "Hi"

"Have you heard the news?" he said with a grin

"The Vice President's gone mad"

"Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night"

"Hmm, say, that's too bad"

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it," said the neighbor

"It's just something we're gonna have to forget"

"Yes, I guess so" said Ma

Then she asked me%2