Simple Joys-Ben Vereen

[ti:Simple Joys] [ar:Ben Vereen] [al:Pippin (1972 Original Broadway] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Simple Joys - Ben Vereen [00:06.46]Sweet summer evenings, [00:07.78] [00:08.84]hot wine and bread [00:10.46] [00:11.53]Sharing your supper, [00:13.46]sharing your bed [00:15.96] [00:16.90]Simple joys [00:17.90]have a simple voice: [00:19.46]It says why not go ahead? [00:21.02] [00:21.59]Wouldn't you rather [00:22.84]be a left-handed flea [00:24.90]A crab on a slab [00:26.02]at the bottom of the sea [00:27.46]Than a man who [00:28.65]never learns how to be free [00:30.15]Not 'til he's cold and dead [00:31.84] [00:36.59]Well I'll sing you [00:37.28]the story of a sorrowful lad [00:38.90]Had everything he wanted, [00:40.34]didn't want what he had [00:41.65]He had wealth and pelf [00:42.78]and fame and name and all of [00:44.34]That noise [00:44.78]But he didn't have [00:45.59]none of those simple joys [00:46.96] [00:47.90]His life seemed [00:48.65]purposeless and flat [00:51.47] [00:52.96]Aren't you glad [00:53.97]you don't feel like that? [00:56.03] [00:57.72]So he ran from all [00:58.72]the deeds he'd done, he ran [01:00.03]Things he'd just begun [01:00.84]He ran from himself, [01:01.84]now that's mighty far to run [01:03.22]Out into the country [01:04.34]where he played as a boy [01:05.71]He knew he had to [01:06.97]find him some simple joys [01:08.78]He wanted someplace [01:10.79]warm and green [01:12.10] [01:14.48]We all could use [01:15.79]a change of scene [01:18.91] [01:22.54]Sweet summer evenings [01:24.17]so full of sound [01:26.48] [01:27.48]Gaining a lover, [01:29.35]you're gaining a pound [01:32.17] [01:32.98]Simple joys have a simple voice [01:35.42]that say take a look around [01:37.10]And wouldn't you [01:38.32]rather be a left-handed flea [01:40.64]A crab on a slab [01:42.01]at the bottom of the sea [01:43.45]A newt on the [01:44.45]root of a banded tree [01:46.07]Than a man that [01:47.01]never learns how to be free [01:48.95]Not 'til he's underground [01:50.45] [01:55.76]Sweet summer evenings, [01:57.14]sapphire skies [01:59.51] [02:00.89]Feasting her belly [02:02.51] [02:03.39]You're Feasting your eyes [02:05.08] [02:05.95]Simple joys have a simple voice: [02:08.58]It says time's a living prize [02:10.89]And wouldn't you [02:11.70]Rather be a left-handed flea [02:14.07]A crab on a slab [02:15.33]at the bottom of the sea [02:16.76]A newt on the root [02:17.95]of a banyan tree [02:19.38]Or a fig on [02:20.39]a twig in Galilee [02:21.89]Than a man who never [02:23.26]learns how to be free [02:24.88]Not till the day [02:25.76]Not till the day [02:26.83]Not till the day [02:27.70]Not till the day dies! [02:34.51] [02:35.20]na na na na na [02:36.64]na na na na na [02:38.95]na na na na na [02:40.51]na na na na na