Ballad of Andy Rooney

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9) Ballad of Andy Rooney (4:06)
(R. Wilson/ Brux Music/ BMI)

BALLAD OF ANDY ROONEY

HE SERVED IN THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR TWO
BUT HE DIDN’T CARRY A GUN
HIS ONLY WEAPON WAS PEN AND PAPER
AND HE WROTE ABOUT THE HEROS UNSUNG
HE TOLD US OF THE RAVAGES OF WAR
AND THE TRAGEDY HE SAW
IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR ANDY WRITING IT DOWN
IT MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN EVERMORE

HE COULD WRITE ABOUT ANYTHING
HE COULD WRITE ABOUT THE HEAD OF A PIN
HE COULD SAY SOME THINGS TO MAKE YOU LAUGH
OR GET RIGHT UNDER YOUR SKIN
HE’D TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT BOTHERED HIM
AND OTHER THINGS THAT DON’T
HE’D MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS HE DOES
AND OTHER THINGS THAT DON’T

(Chorus)
THANK YOU ANDY FOR GETTING ME THROUGH
BY TELLING ME IN YOUR OWN WORDS
REVEALING YOUR THOUGHTS FROM ALL THAT’S RIGHT
TO THAT WHICH IS SO ABSURD
WE HAD A FEW MINUTES WITH YOU EACH WEEK
I WISH WE HAD A FEW MINUTES MORE
THANK YOU ANDY ROONEY FOR SETTING US STRAIGHT
THROUGH THE TRUTH IN YOUR OWN WORDS

ANDY ROONEY WS AN AMERICAN TREASURE
NOT TO MENTION A HOUSEHOLD NAME
HE WOULD JUST RAISE HIS LARGE EYEBROWS
IF I COMPARED HIM TO MARK TWAIN
SOME AMAZING THINGS CAME OUT OF HIS MIND
HE WOULD SAY I WAS OUT OF MY MINE
NO MATTER WHAT HE WAS BOUND TO SAY
YOU COULD SET YOUR WATCH BY HIM ON SUNDAY NIGHT