Lyrics

Skiddly Widdly Doo

(Verse 1)
I bought a sheet of music and I tried to read the text
But I couldn’t tell which sentence was supposed to happen next
There were nouns and verbs and adjectives, a massive verbal flood
By the time I hit the chorus, my brain was turned to mud
Who has the time for verses? Who keeps them in their head?
I threw away the lyric sheet and sang this out instead:
(Chorus)
Doo dah, doo dah, skiddly-widdly doo
I don’t know what the singer said and neither do you
Just open up your mouth and let the nonsense come on through
Doo dah, dabba dabba, scoobee-doobee doo!
(Verse 2)
The opera singers practice for a dozen years or more
To memorize the poetry inside a giant score
But Shakespeare’s got too many words, and pop songs are a chore
Why bother with a storyline? It’s such a total bore!
You’ll never trip on syllables or forget a single line
If you throw away the alphabet, the music sounds divine.
(Chorus)
Doo dah, doo dah, skiddly-widdly doo
I don’t know what the singer said and neither do you
Just open up your mouth and let the nonsense come on through
Doo dah, dabba dabba, scoobee-doobee doo!
(Bridge)
They want a song about a broken heart?
Doo dah.
They want a song about a brand new start?
Dah doo.
No grammar, no spelling, no vocabulary tests
Just a couple of syllables filling up the rests!
Beep boop, bop bam, flippity flop!
Once I get going, I’m never gonna stop!
(Guitar/Scat Solo)
Doo-dah-doo-dah-doo-dah-dah!
Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-pa!
Skee-bop! M-bop!
Doo!
(Chorus)
Doo dah, doo dah, skiddly-widdly doo
I don’t know what the singer said and neither do you
Just open up your mouth and let the nonsense come on through
Doo dah, dabba dabba, scoobee-doobee doo!
(Outro)
No more words.
Just doo.
And dah.
Doo dah.
Yeah, that’ll do.
Bop!

David Rose