You better be careful how you treat a fool,
someday he may wake up.
You better be careful how you treat a fool,
someday he may wake up.
And then it will cause a hard feeling,
you'll have to drink out of the bit ter cup.
Be careful how you treat the blind,
someday they may see.
Be careful how you treat the blind,
someday they may see.
Give it for your love, your love,
to need the sym pathy.
You used to tell me
that twice five was nine
You used to tell me that
twice five was nine
But that don't work no more, no more,
that was once upon a time.
The world is growing weak and wise, there's
only a few left in the blind.
The world's grown weak and wise,
there's just a few left in the blind.
You can tell that same story
That you told once upon a time
You know you tricked
Uncle
Buzz, yes
Uncle
Buzz, and you jived him a line.
You know you tricked
Uncle
Buzz,
Uncle
Buzz, and you jived that gal him a line.
Well, all right, but you can't do that same thing over
an d over that you did once upon a time.