There was a time when people taked said with their mouth <br />How they talk and it doesn't mean a thing it's called the modern talk <br />Now picture the scene the day is sunny <br />A man meets a friend and asks him for some money <br />He says I need five to keep me alive <br />And the friend gives him this kinda jive <br />He says zaa za voo za za voo I can't make it <br />Va za va za voo za va see ya later so long see you later <br />Vome zoo za vome a viddle o till then <br />And he's right back out on the street again <br /> <br />And then a girl gets on the phone and talks to her lover <br />She says we got troubles that we can't keep covered <br />I just got the news I'm knittin' baby shoes <br />Now call up the preacher and pay your dues <br />He says zaa za voo za za voo see you later so long huhuh <br />I can't stand baby vome zoo za vome till then <br />And she's right back out on the street again <br /> <br />And then a guy gets grabbed by an army recruiter <br />He says we're gonna put you in the khaki suiter <br />So do not cry and don't you lie but take this test to qualify <br />The guys says blblblblblbl huhuh till then <br />And he's right back out on the street again <br /> <br />And then a lady goes down to see her psychiatrist <br />And lies on a couch to give her little head a twist <br />Now is it a psychosis or is it a neurosis the doctor gives her this diagnosis <br />Sayin' huhuh listen huhuh twenty dollars <br />Huhh next Wednesday baby then we'll huhuh then <br />She's right back out on the street again <br /> <br />And then the preachers in the church they're blessin' and damnin' <br />Presidents standin' there just Vietnamin' <br />While the animals sing and politicians swing <br />And everybody's sayin' the same damned thing <br />They're sauin' zaa za voo za za voo you know that's modern talk<br /><br />Sheldon Allan Silverstein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/modern-talk/
