YouLyric
Sign in
Sign up for free
Safety Joe
Share
John Prine
What's this song about?
Generate meaning
1
Well, he never got too lonely
2
And he never got too sad
3
But he never got too happy
4
And that's what's just too bad
5
He never reached much further
6
Than his lonely arms would go
7
He wore a seatbelt around his heart
8
And they called him Safety Joe
9
Safety Joe, Safety Joe
10
(Safety Joe, Safety Joe)
11
What do you say? What do you know?
12
If you don't loosen up the buckle
13
On your heart and start to chuckle
14
You're gonna die of boredom, Safety Joe
15
Now, Joe he lived in Baltimore
16
'Cause New York was too darn fast
17
He sometimes went down to Washington
18
Just to view our nation's past
19
He never ate his vegetables
20
'Cause they were just too darn chewy
21
And he never climbed much higher
22
Than the arch in old St. Louis
23
Safety Joe, Safety Joe
24
(Safety Joe, Safety Joe)
25
What do you say? What do you know?
26
If you don't loosen up the buckle
27
On your heart and start to chuckle
28
Well, you're gonna die of boredom, Safety Joe
29
Where's that mandolin?
30
It's the chorus
31
Joe gradually grew meaner
32
By not changin' his demeanor
33
But he never did nothin'
34
Too much for too long
35
Therefore his life never got much richer
36
Than the day they took that picture
37
In his birthday suit
38
On the day that he was born
39
Safety Joe, Safety Joe
40
(Safety Joe, Safety Joe)
41
What do you say? What do you know?
42
If you don't loosen up the buckle
43
On your heart and start to chuckle
44
Well, you're gonna die of boredom, Safety Joe
45
Well, you're gonna die of boredom, Safety Joe
46
That's golden
John Prine and Iris DeMent - In Spite of...
94 views
0 meanings
Go Pro
Unlimited meanings ยท Priority generation
Upgrade
