You can play a guitar or lie in the sun
Sit by the fire with everyone
You can catch a falling star but hurry make a wish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
Now listen real close there's a lesson to be learned
Put your toes in the fire and they're gonna get burned
Any fool knows that it's common sense
But a penny for your thoughts is up to twenty five cents
And you can play a guitar or lie in the sun
Sit by the fire with everyone
You can catch a falling star but hurry make a wish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
Now everyone knows who's man's best friend
But that's a cliche I'd have to contend
There's nothin' quite as warm as a ladies touch
And guys, they don't scratch themselves nearly as much
And you can play a guitar or lie in the sun
Sit by the fire with everyone
You can catch a falling star but hurry make a wish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
The tough get goin' when the goin's tough
But I'm not much for that macho stuff
Take my advice and turn the other cheek
But if you run out of those I guess you're up Schmidt's creek (without a paddle)
And you can play a guitar or lie in the sun
Sit by the fire with everyone
You can catch a falling star but hurry make a wish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
The moral of the story 'case you couldn't tell
Is never plan your life from a wishin' well
All the best things in life are free
But what I don't get is why she charges me
And you can play a guitar or lie in the sun
Sit by the fire with everyone
You can catch a falling star but hurry make a wish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
And as my song comes to it's close
Here's a word for you bucks and does
When the grass looks greener on the other side
You've still got to mow it 'case you haven't tried
And you can play a guitar or lie in the sun
Sit by the fire with everyone
You can catch a falling star but hurry make a wish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish
© 1988