A medicine man I met
Said "Don't get yourself in a sweat
When things look gray
Just shrug and say
'It must have been something I et.'"
"So don't get yourself in a snit," he said
"Tuck your tantrums into your kit instead"
"It's disarming to be charming,"
Quoth the medicine man
Whom all agree it's plain to see
Nobody could be wiser than
So if your temper's getting a top hand
All you have to do is just stop and
Pass that peace pipe and bury that hatchet
Like the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Chattahoochees, Chippewas do
If your feeling mad as a wet hen
Mad as you can possibly get, then
Pass that peace pipe and bury that tomahawk
Like those Chicamecs, Cherokees, Chippewa pecks do
When you're cranky
Try to use a little restraint
Fold that hankie
And wipe off all of that war paint
But if you wanna be an all-right guy
Not a long-faced-booze-in-the-night guy
Write that apology and dispatch it
When you've filed his grand Apache
Pass that peace pipe and bury that hatchet
Like the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Chattahoochees, Chippewas
And those Chicamecs, Cherokees, Chippewa pecks
And those Chakotay, Chepacheps and Chickapees
Choktohs, Changos, Chattanoogas, Cheechooos do
Chowchow, Chango, Chattanooga Chippewa
Oogie giggy honey honey
Boom badda boody badda itty bitty ha
Chowchow, Choo choo, Chicamec, Chippewa peck
Diggy diggy honky tonk
Boom badda boody badda itty bitty ha
Nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
Nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
Nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
Hi-hip-a-huggie huggie honky tonky honk honk
Honk honk, honky tonky honk honk
If you use a little control
You'll be top man on the totem pole
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