An Acceptable Level Of Ecstasy Lyrics - Singles - Lyle Lovett

The two-step it drug like a ball and chain 

While the band was playing something like moon river or somewhere over the rainbow 

And I was chasing the black man with the champagne 

And I was chasing the black girl with the oysters rockefeller 

And it was a highbrow occassion 

For no special reason 

And nobody knew 

Nobody knew 

That the flowers were furnished by the funeral parlor 

And the whole thing was paid for by the funeral director 

Who poisoned the saxophone section 

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And if you ain't the big daddy 

You ain't nobody 

If you ain't the big daddy 

You ain't nobody 

Red and yellow, black and tan 

But white that's the color of the big boss man 

It was a twenty-piece orchestra at the warwick hotel 

With some fat man from the opera who tried to sing misty 

And it was black men and black boys in white ties and tails 

And mascara and rouge and fake fingernails 

If you ain't the big daddy 

You ain't nobody 

If you ain't the big daddy 

You ain't nobody 

Red and yellow, black and tan 

But white that's the color of the big boss man 

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They had them everywhere man 

They had one on every foot and every hand 

And they was all saying yes sir 

And right away ma'am 

And they was picking up plates 

And they was pouring wine 

And they was checking umbrellas 

And making shoes shine 

And they was handing out towels in the washroom 

For a quarter 

And it was an acceptable level of ecstasy 

As far as everyone could see 

But nobody knew 

That the flowers were furnished by the funeral parlor 

And the whole thing was paid for by the funeral director 

Who poisoned the saxophone section 

And if you ain't the big daddy 

You ain't nobody 

If you ain't the big daddy 

You ain't nobody 

Red and yellow, black and tan 

But white that's the color of the big boss man