Paultalk by Peter, Paul & Mary
I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you know as a folk singer
But that you haven't met in his other role
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of view and commentary
And in this capacity, ladies and gentlemen
Please welcome with me to the stage, my good friend
My compatriot, Paul Stookey
That was the sound of a golf ball
Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong ball
Except generally you'll hear
That's the sound of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I played golf today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo
I did pretty good too, I think you would have been very proud of me
Four. Five. Six Seven
I don't like sports very much
There's a vast number of sports that I'm not invlved in.
There's water skiing
In order to water ski, really you should swim, right?
You're not gonna stay up there all the time, now
And I don't like to swim, really
You know what swimming is to me?
Staying alive when I'm in the water.
Barely
I'll do anything to stay afloat
Even swallow Co2 cartriges
But I didn't come out here to talk about sports
I really, I came out here, Peter talks about status
And I cannot think of one material object that has more status in this country
Than the automobile
And it starts at a very early age now, right?
I mean, now at 14, kids want the car, right?
They get cheaters permits so they can drive
You get a learners permit at 15, a cheaters permit at 14
And it's, I guess it's really necessary because
You lose a lot of face calling up a girl and asking her
If you can peddle right over and pick her up, right?
They don't really go for that any more
And if you look back on all the times you had the automobile
Aside from a few interesting saturday evenings
You got to admit that one of the nicest times of all
Was a sunday afternoon, if you could get the car
You come down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk
mom, dad, gonna take the car, ha haaa
Beautiful day for a drive, I think I'll go out
Ha haaa haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with that giant killer, right?
HAVE YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I done my homework?
Run out the door
You pick up 3 other great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon
The time is now 10 oclock in the evening
The same 4 guys are in the same car
Well, whata you wanna do?
I don't know, whada you wanna do?
Hey, we've been driving for 7 hours
Hey, I got an idea, he he
Yeah, what's that?
Lets go to a drive-in resturant and look at the girls, hehehe
Oh, ok
Well, here they are, but they're all from our high school
Wait a minute, there's a car load over there
There's a place right next to them, lets go get it
Don't look at 'em
Here's the conversation in the girls car you never heard
Here they come
There they are
Don't look at 'em
Remember the time when drive-ins first opened
And the girls used to come out to take your order?
Now you're lucky you know, if you get a girl in slacks who delivers it
I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in resturants
There was a time when the little girls came running out in short little skirts
Remember them?
You pull in
And the little girl would come running up
May I take your order sir?
Yes, but I don't believe it's on the menu, ha ha
They don't, they don't let you flirt any more now
They give you a little green box with a white button on it
A little speaker grill, right
What?
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger deluxe special extra
The one you have out here with the little white cup
With that whatever that's in there, we'll take it, whatever it is
And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium rare with everything on 'em
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