Watchin' Joey Glow-Steve Goodman

[ti:Watchin' Joey Glow] [ar:Steve Goodman] [al:Affordable Art] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Watchin' Joey Glow - Steve Goodman [00:14.47]Down here in the shelter [00:17.25]We've got everything we need [00:20.20] [00:21.17]Mom put up her peach preserves [00:24.12]Pa's got a book to read [00:26.45] [00:27.64]Sister knits some bandages [00:30.54]And we turn the lights down low [00:33.45] [00:34.20]And play some Scrabble watching Joey glow [00:38.55] [00:40.97]At breakfast Mom hands Joe the bread [00:44.05]And he turns it into toast [00:46.47] [00:47.41]Last night he hugged a leg of lamb [00:50.50]And soon we had a roast [00:53.83]You should see him heat the coffee up [00:57.17]When he stirs it with his toe [01:00.58]We all get hungry watching Joey glow [01:05.19] [01:07.63]You have to wear dark glasses [01:10.58]If you stare at him a while [01:13.23] [01:13.89]Or he'll fry your little eyes out [01:17.09]With his incandescent smile [01:20.18] [01:20.99]At Chistmastime it felt so strange [01:24.06]But it was great to see [01:27.00] [01:27.69]The way we decorated Joe as if he was our tree [01:33.64] [01:34.25]And his star was shining brightly underneath the mistletoe [01:41.00]So we blew him kisses watching Joey glow [01:45.68] [01:48.08]I hope the world's not over for my sake and for his [01:54.85]I'd love for everyone to know how brilliant Joey is [02:00.86]We've been down here for six months now [02:04.62]And we're proud to be alive [02:08.05]We owe it to America to sit here and survive [02:14.80]So we listen for the static on the short wave radio [02:21.53]And count the shock waves watching Joey glow