Tuesday, September 21, 2021

TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Highly Illogical" by Leonard Nimoy (1967)




Highly Illogical

From far beyond the galaxies 
I've journeyed to this place
To study the behavior patterns o
Of the human race

And I find them highly illogical

Girl meets boy they fall in love
She says he's everything 
She's dreamed of
But when they get married 
Before he's aware
She changes his habits 
The way he combs his hair
She changes him to someone 
He's never been
And then complains 
He's not like other men
Now really I find this most illogical

Take the case of your automobiles
Greatest invention 
Since man discovered wheels
Hydromatic overdrive 
Four-on-the-floor
Pushbutton windows 
Pushbutton doors
Double barreled carborators 
Rush you any place
But you never can find 
A parking space

Highly illogical

Take the case of modern man
He works all his life 
Gives it all he can
Saves all his money 
Works overtime
Pinches every penny 
Banks every dime
All he can think about 
Is money but you know
That he can't take it with him 
Where he's going to go

Now I find that fascinatingly illogical

Now is the time to journey home 
To tell of what I've learned
My people, I believe, 
Have every right to be concerned
For in spite of computers 
And advanced psychology
Behavior patterns 
Are still a mystery
I predict the future 
Of this earthly human race
Is that having made a mess of Earth 
They'll move to outer space

Well there goes the neighborhood

Totally, completely, absolutely, irrevocably, highly illogical

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