Doodlin'

(album: Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty - 1965)

Using the phone booth/making a few calls
Doodling weird things/using the booth walls (yeah!)
Got me a big date/waiting for my chap
A-putting his fine on/so he can look dap
I enjoy procrastinating 'cause I'm busy while I'm waiting
Doodling away/yeah!

Sitting and dining dinner beginning
Started refining using the linen
Talking to my man/doodling my bit
Waiter got salty/told me to please quit
Told the waiter, don't be dizzy/can't you see I'm very busy
Doodling away, oh yeah!

Those weird designs
They only show what's going on in weirdly minds
'Cause when you doodle then your noodle's flying high
Everything rushes by might just be a thought
That you caught while copping a wink
Doodling takes you beyond what you think
And then you draw what you think, yeah!

Later the waiter/had me arrested
Took me to Belleview/where I was tested
Had me a doctor/bought him a noodle
Boy he was handsome/taught him to doodle
Showed him hidden thoughts that linger/find an outlet through your finger
Doodle away!/oh yeah yeah!

Doctor was real nice/told me to be cool
Looked at the waiter/called him a real fool (yes he did)
Looked at my baby/told him to feel free
Got him to doodling so he could bug me
When he put his arms around me/quite to his surprise he found me
Doodling away/yeah

Oh let's doodle baby yeah
A-doodle to the left now
Doodle a little to the right yeah
Alright, doodle to the right, left, right, left
Doodle away! Doodling takes you beyond what you think...