Thumbsucker Lyrics - Shel Silverstein

Yeah yeah now this song is a warning yes folks a warnin' against the danger 

A very very economy a social fibre mortal turpitude haha national security 

And friends the danger is not it is not the long hairs 

And it is not the warmongers all the squares all the truckusers all the fuss 

Friends the danger the real danger is thumbsuckers 

Yes you heard me my friends I think thumbsucker 

And every time every time you make a peace sign with your fingers 

And every time you push a door bell 

And every time you're on highway stick your thumb 

There's always there in the shadows some dirty sneaky thumbsucker 

Who will leap out upon you grab your wrist 

And start to suck your thumb drainin' all your natural thumbjuices 

And leavin' you hopeless heartless a shakin' quiverin' crawlin' slaverin' 

Thumbsuckin' addict for the rest of your unusual life 

That's why I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb 

It'll drive you crazy and leave you deaf and dumb 

It'll make you crawl and climb the wall and leave you without no thumb at all 

I ain't gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb 

Met her on a corner in Deluth and that's truth 

She was tryin' to fix her shoe in a telephone booth her name was Ruth 

She said she was just waiting for a bus 

But I hid my thumb cause I knew just what she was 

Uhh I ain't gonna let no... 

[ piano - guitar ] 

I'll tell you what them thumbsuckers like to do 

They suck your thumb till it's wrinkled like a prune 

They'll say you've got the sweetest thumb of all they say 

But then they suck the thumb of the guy livin' down the hall 

That's why I ain't gonna let no... 

Suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb suck my thumb