Your Mind Is On Vacation Lyrics - Mose Allison

You're sitting there yakkin' right in my face 

I guess I'm gonna have to put you in your place 

Y'know if silence was golden 

You couldn't raise a dime 

Because your mind is on vacation and your mouth is 

Working overtime 

You're quoting figures, you're dropping names 

You're telling stories about the dames 

You're always laughin' when things ain't funny 

You try to sound like you're big money 

If talk was criminal, you'd lead a life of crime 

Because your mind is on vacation and your mouth is 

Working overtime 

You know that life is short and talk is cheap 

Don't be making promises that you can't keep 

If you don't like the song I'm singing, just grin and 

Bear it 

All I can say is if the shoe fits wear it 

If you must keep talking please try to make it rhyme 

'Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working 

Overtime