Common Sense - John Prine

You can't live together

You can't live alone

Considering the weather

Oh my how you've grown

From the men in the factories

To the wild kangaroo

Like those birds of a feather

They're gathering together

And feeling exactly like you

They got mesmerized by lullabies

And limbo

Danced in Pairs

Please lock that door

It don't make much sense

That common sense

Don't make no sense no more

Just between

You

And me

It's like pulling

When you ought

To be shoving

Like a nun

With her head

In the oven

Please don't tell me that

This really wasn't nothing

One of these days

One of these nights

You'll take off your hat and they'll read you

Your rights

You'll wanna get high

Every time

You feel low

Hey queen Isabella stay away from that fella

He'll just get you into trouble

You know

But they came here by boat

And they came here

By plane

They blistered their hands

And they burned out their brain

All dreaming a dream

That'll never come true

Hey don't give me no trouble

Or I'll call up my double

We'll play piggy in the middle with you

You'll get mesmerized by alibis

And limbo dance in Pairs

Please lock that door

It don't make much sense

That common sense

Don't make no sense no more

It don't make much sense

That common sense

Don't make no sense no more