Turning Pages

Some folks just love to watch TV
All those commercials sure do annoy me
I love a good book, an’ if I choose
I’ll read it all in one go –
If I couldn’t read, I wouldn’t know half o’ what I know
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I’ll read standin’ up, sittin’ down, in the tub, on the plane
I’ve been turnin’ pages since I first met **** an’ Jane
Some guys just love a game o’ poker
Me, I don’t know the difference
Between a jack an’ a joker –
But when ya read a book by Mosley
Man, you can’t lose –
Yes, I’m talkin’ ‘bout Walte, wrote RL’s Blues
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I read it standin’ up, sittin’ down, in the tub on the train
I been turnin’ pages since I first met **** an’ Jane
Some folks crazy ‘bout some Shakespeare
Some folks wild about their Langston Hughes
Some folks just love to read the Bible
An’ shout out the news –
As a child I loved my Hard Boys
An’my Nancy Drews
Chorus 3:
I’d read standin’ up, sittin’ down
Kids used to call me “Da Brain”
I been turnin’ pages since I first met **** an’ Jane
Chorus 1:
I’ll read standin’ up...