[ti:Goofus] [ar:Carpenters] [al:A Kind of Hush] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Goofus - Carpenters [00:09.53]Written by:William Harold & Gus Kahn & Wayne King & Harold William [00:19.07]I was bored on a farm down in iowa [00:22.02]A flaming youth I was bound [00:24.09]I would fly away [00:25.13]I grabbed my hat and [00:26.50]I grabbed my saxophone [00:31.38]Can't read notes but [00:32.65]I play anything by ear [00:34.26]I made up tunes on the sounds that [00:36.31]I used to hear [00:37.41]I'd start to play folks used to say [00:40.32]Sounds a little goofus to me [00:43.37]Cornfed chords appeal to me [00:46.69]I like rustic harmony [00:49.85]Hold a note and change the key [00:54.31]That's called goofus [00:56.45]Not according to the rules [00:59.56]That you learn in music schools [01:02.64]But the folks just dance like fools [01:06.29]They should goof of goofus [01:09.34]Got a job but I just [01:10.94]Couldn't keep it long [01:12.15]The leader said that I played [01:14.24]All the music wrong [01:15.29]So I stepped out with an [01:16.88]Outfit of my own [01:21.98]Got together a new kind of orchestra [01:24.92]And we all played just the [01:26.55]Same goofus harmony [01:27.82]And I must admit we made a hit [01:31.15]Goofus has been lucky for me [02:23.73]Got together a new kind of orchestra [02:26.58]And we all played just the [02:28.40]Same goofus harmony [02:29.61]And I must admit we made a hit [02:32.81]Goofus has been lucky for me [02:35.73]Goofus has been lucky for me [02:38.43]Goofus has been lucky for me