Mr. Shuck 'N' Jive

(Jimmy Webb)

Tell us once again this morning, old friend

how did you win the war?

Everybody loves a hero,

it won't matter if we've heard your

tale before

Tell us of the time when almost

everybody knew you were a star

And how intelligent you are

Prove that you're alive

Mr. Shuck 'n Jive

Tell us of the man who stole your for-

tune and nearly ruined your life.

Or better still-the one about the t.v. and

the couch and your best friends' wife

Tell us of grand projects never finished

with somebody else to blame

And all the reasons that your fame

never did arrive

Mr. Shuck 'n Jive

If you can get yourself together

kindly write a criticism of this song

How it's exquisitely constructed, yet

mechanical, and somehow slightly

wrong

Put it in your book about the enemy

you never even met

You know, you just might make it yet-

But I don't think you'll survive

Mr. Shuck 'n Jive

You know, you just might make it yet-

Mr. Shuck 'n Jive