Making A Name For Myself

Roger Miller Making A Name For Myself Lyrics
1.The Hat

Hey kid where'd you get the lid
Where'd you get a lid like that
If i told you why would you tell me where
I could find a hat like that

Hey old chap where'd you get the cap
Where'd you get a cap like that
If i told you why would you tell me where
I could find a hat like that

Oh a hat is a hat
A topper is a topper and you can't top that
So if you got the bread i say
Why not spend it on something for your head

Hey herby where'd you get the derby
Where'd you get a hat like that
If i told you why would you tell me where
I could find a hat like that

Oh a hat is a hat
A topper is a topper and you can't top that
So if you got the bread i say
Why not spend it on something for your head

Hey miss let me ask you this
Where'd you get a hat like that
If i told you why would you tell me where
I could find a hat like that


2.If I Ever Fall In Love

You do little things to me
That nobody else can do
If i ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you

You take and turn my head around
You take my don'ts and make them do
If i ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you

Woman woman woman woman
Man oh man oh man oh man
Swore i'd never fall in love again
And i'm doing the best i can
You do little things to me
My ups and downs are up to you
If i ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you

Woman woman woman woman
Man oh man oh man oh man
Swore i'd never fall in love again
And i'm doing the best i can
You do little things to me
My ups and downs are up to you
If i ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you
If i ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you


3.Ringing Up Rosie

Me and old rosie we go back a whole lot of years
We've had some laughter and we've had each other in tears
Rosie and me are somewhere between lovers and friends
I need me some cozy and i'm ringing up rosie again

Well i just got in town and it's twenty five minutes till three
But i bet a pretty that pretty girl's waiting for me
Cause she know's it's monday and monday's i always book in
I need me some cozy and i'm ringing up rosie again

Rosetta whoa oh my rosetta whoa oh oh oh
You're the one girl who's in my dreams
Me and old rosie we go back a whole lot of years
We've had some laughter and we've had each other in tears

Rosie and me are somewhere between lovers and friends
I need me some cozy and l'm ringing up rosie again
I need me some cozy and l'm ringing up rosie again
Rosetta whoa oh my rosetta whoa oh oh oh
You're the one girl who's in my dreams


4.Freedom

What if someone said you couldn't say i love you
What if someone said you couldn't say your say
And wouldn't it be foolish if somewhere there was a rule
That said you couldn't wish a friend a happy day

What if someone said you couldn't say l'm sorry
Do you want to hear a thought to drive you wild
What if someone said you couldn't tell your baby
You're so proud to be the father of so beautiful a child

Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel

What if someone said you couldn't pledge allegiance
What if someone said you couldn't say your prayers
What if someone said you couldn't say your feelings
Unless your feelings coincide with theirs

Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel


5.The Opera Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings

To the opera i don't go
'cos i know that faust is slow
I can't hum riggoletto
But since you took off i think you ought to know

That i'll keep crawlin' long as birds have wings
And i'll keep callin' long as your phone rings
I'll keep stallin' till the pendulum swings
'cos the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings

Mister william i can't tell
If your overture was swell
???????? wasn't well
But since we broke up i haven't gone to hell

So i'll keep pluckin' at your old heart strings
I'll keep truckin' long as basie swings
I'm not duckin' what tomorrow brings
'cos the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings

Carmen left her spanish town
Pagliacchi hid his frown
Yes i guess i'm like that clown
Tho you stood me up you'll never get me down

So while your cheatin' havin' all your flings
I ain't grievin', none of these things
Ain't retreatin' i'm a guy with wings
'cos the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings

The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings


6.It's A Miracle That You're Mine

It's a fig it's a pickle it's a fad
It's a four-door hoopee that my daddy once had
It's a chocolate clock with a chime
It's a miracle that you're mine

It's a groan it's a chuckle it's a grin
It's a little bitty box like a ring comes in
It's a mountain it's a valen-it's-a-tine
It's a miracle that you're mine

Fa la la la de dum fly away
La de da la de dum come and stay all day
It's a fe fi fiddlio fine
It's a miracle that you're mine

It's a gift from the heavens above
The miracle of having you to love
It's a fe fi fiddlio fine
It's a miracle that you're mine

It's a fig it's a pickle it's a fad
It's a four-door hoopee like my daddy once had
It's a chocolate clock with a chime
It's a miracle that you're mine


7.Pleasing The Crowd

Maybe you didn't do the song right child
Maybe the band played too loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
And now you're crying on my shoulder
But child for crying out loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
You can never make 'em all happy

You just try to keep tryin'
Your shackles and freedoms are all in your mind
So maybe you didn't do the song right child
Maybe the band played too loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd


8.Disco Man

Disco man dressed in white
Ladies on the left and ladies on the right
Drives a t-bar top car all around the town
Disco man sure gets around

Disco man you'll go far
Take all the pretty girls and ride 'em in your car
Take 'em uptown downtown all around the square
Disco man goes everywhere

Disco man he's so bad
What he ain't got he has had
With a t-bar top car never far away
Disco man goes all the way

Disco man dressed to the nines
Talking to the pretty girls a line at a time
Stepping up to the rhythm of the music of the band
Ishco moogalo disco man

Disco man he's so free
He's my hero yesiree
Drives a t-bar top car all around the town
Disco man sure gets around

Disco man he's so bad
What he ain't got he has had
With a t-bar top car never far away
Disco man goes all the way

Disco man he's so free
He's my hero yesiree
Drives a t-bar top car all around the town
Disco man sure gets around

Disco man he's so bad
What he ain't got he has had
With a t-bar top car never far away
Disco man goes all the way


9.Hey Would You Hold It Down

Well my brother-in-law and my sister sue
Live in a house and i live there too
I lock my doors and get down at night
They get drunk and fight
I sing hey would you hold it down
Some of us are trying to be happy
Some of us are trying to be happy
So hey would you hold it down

Neighbour couple two doors down the street
He's all right and she's real sweet
I lock my doors and get down at night
They get drunk and fight
I sing hey would you hold it down
Some of us are trying to be happy
Some of us are trying to be happy
So hey would you hold it down

Presidents and ambassadors
Have the power to start and stop the wars
I lock my doos and get down at night
They get drunk and we all have to fight
I sing hey would you hold it down
Some of us are trying to be happy
Some of us are trying to be happy
So hey would you hold it down

Hey won't you hold it down
Hey won't you hold it down
Hey won't you hold it down


10.Old Friends

Old friends, pitching pennies in the park
Playing croquet 'til it's dark, old friends
Mmm old friends, swapping lies of lives and loves
Pitching popcorn to the doves, old friends

Old friends, looking up to watch a bird
Holding arms to climb a kerb, old friends
Old friends, lord when all my work is done
Bless my life and grant me one, old friend
At least one, old friend

Old friends, looking up to watch a bird
Holding arms to climb a kerb, old friends
Old friends, lord when all my work is done
Bless my life and grant me one, old friend
At least one, old friend