He Forgot That It Was Sunday Lyrics - Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings - John Prine

The motel lights were blinkin' 

On my chartreuse four door Lincoln 

On the dock the fish were stinkin' 

I simply didn't have a care 

And the old men sit 'round the cracker barrels 

The children hum their Christmas carols 

The train tracks all run parallel 

But they'll all meet up one day 

On a dusty pew in a vestibule 

Sits the Devil playing pocket pool 

He's waiting for the next poor fool 

Who forgot that it was Sunday 

We used to tell each other lies 

With our orange plastic button eyes 

In a former life on a motel chair 

I was Charlie Parker's teddy bear 

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Yeah, me and Bird we'd stay up late 

I used to watch him contemplate 

While his horn would sit by the window and 

Wait till it was time for him to blow it 

On a dusty pew in a vestibule 

Sits the Devil playing pocket pool 

He's waiting for the next poor fool 

Who forgot that it was Sunday 

The only song I ever knew 

Was "Moonlight Bay on the Avenue" 

These are the tales from the Devil's chin 

Charlie I could've been a contender 

And the old men sit round the cracker barrels 

The children hum their Christmas carols 

The train tracks all run parallel 

But they'll all meet up one day 

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On a dusty pew in a vestibule 

Sits the Devil playing pocket pool 

He's waiting for the next poor fool 

Who forgot that it was Sunday 

Who forgot that it was Sunday.