Sometimes a man and a woman spend 30 or 40 years together And they don't belong together Then one day one of them tries to leave And does but in a most peculiar way
He: Woman, one of these days I'm leaving Leaving you far behind And on that day you'll be greeving Greeve on woman, I don't mind Look out in the backyard, mama! Cause I'm leaving you real soon Gonna fly me up to heaven In my big red balloon
She: You're noting but an old fool And that's all you'll ever be You're nothing but an old fool You know you'll never leave me So stop your silly playing It's time you settle down And hear me when I'm saying: "You'll never get that damn thing off the ground"
He: Oh, woman, are you looking Cause I'm almost 10 feet high, high, high Woman stop your cooking Cause I'll never eat that pie I'm on my way to heaven Might even touch the moon We've needed by my leaving In my big red balloon
She: You're noting but an old fool And that's all you'll ever be You're nothing but an old fool You know you'll never leave me So stop your silly playing It's time you settled down You better hear me when I'm saying: "You'll never get that damn thing off the ground"
He: You never gave me loving You never were the kind You never gave me children You never had the time Remember me to no-one I was born this afternoon I've got it all together In my big red balloon
She: You're noting but an old fool And that's all you'll ever be Now you're nothing but an old fool You know you'll never leave me So come on and stop your silly playing It's time you settle down And hear me when I'm saying: "You'll never get that damn thing off the ground"
You will never get that damn thing off the ground I say, you won't get that on the ground What are your doing up there? Bring that damn thing back down here! Listen now you hear me Get back down here boy