Dodo Blues

“Hey Bob, Hey Bob! Said what’s that ol’ bird you got up there
in that cage?”
“Www..why this here, is a ole’ Dodo bird”
“A Dodo bird?”
“Sure, ain’t you never heard of a Dodo bird before?”
“Nope. I ain’t never even seen one before”
“Well that’s maybe cos’ this the last one in existence”
“Said the last one in where?”
“Well it’s the last one in the world, see?”
“So what you doin’ with it then?”
“Www..well I’m just tryin’ to make some money, now cos you see this
here is an ole’ ..well it’s a a a ol’…singin’ Dodo bird.”
“Oh that’s a singin’ Dodo bird ay?”
“That’s right.”
“Said what you doin down there ole’ Dodo bird?”
“Well I’m just sittin’ down here,.. (cough) I’m just sittin’ down
this cage gonna sing you a tune.”
“Well let’s hear it then.”
*CHORUS
Nuthin’, nuthin’ can be right,
When everything is wrong,
Nuthin’ can be wrong when I’m walkin’ with my baby,
I wish that I was, I said,
Nuthin’, nuthin’ can be right,
When everything is wrong,
Nuthin’ can be wrong when I’m walkin’ with my baby,
I wish that I was
*VERSE #1
My baby quit me for a long tall handsome man
with somethin’ I ain’t got
Nuthin’ can be wrong when I’m walkin’ with my baby,
When I’m not,… I feel so lonesome…
*VERSE #2
Any time that I telephone,
she don’t return my call,
If I can’t smile when I feel blue,
Man I’d never smile at all,….bee-bop-a-dee-boo