Your Mind Is On Vacation (Live At Montreux Jazz Festival July 1982) - Mose Allison

You sittin' there yakkin' right in my face

I guess I'm gonna have to

put you in your place

You know if silence was golden

You couldn't raise a dime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is workin' overtime

You're quotin' figures

and droppin' names

You're tellin' stories about the days

You're over laughin'

when things ain't funny

You're tryin' to sound

like you've big money

You know if talk was criminal

You'd lead a life of crime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is workin' overtime

You know that life is short

and talk is cheap

Don't be makin' promises

that you can't keep

You don't like this little song

I'm singin' just grin and bear it

All I can say is if the shoe fits wear it

And you must keep talkin'

Please try to make it rhyme

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is workin' overtime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is workin' overtime