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Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy
tidings.
I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy
tidings.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the
steps.
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the
steps.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south
With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;
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And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south
With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;
Four things greater than all things are--
Women and Horses and Power and War.