Whistlers and Jugglers

(Shel Silverstein)



You take the lady, I'll take the lesson

I can't say that anyone is doing me wrong

'Cause I always knew that the girl had a weakness

For whistlers and jugglers and singers of songs.



She was a child back when I first found her

The dreamer inside her was just bein' born

I knew she'd come with me 'cause she had a fever

For whistlers and jugglers and singers of songs.



Whistler will whistle her a song she can dance to

Jugglers will cheer her when she starts to cry

Singers will sing her a bed of red roses

Where she might let you lie by her side.



She'll laugh in the face of the wealthy and famous

You'll never lose her to the handsome or strong

All of your life boy watch over your shoulder

Whistlers and jusgglers and singers of songs...