Ray Stevens - Power Tools lyrics

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Well some folks say that grown up men are still jus' little boys,

and that really the only difference is the price of our toys.

We go for macho symbols, like guns and running shoes,

pickup trucks, huntin' ducks, and *vvrrmmm* power tools.

...Power tools (power tools)

Power tools (power tools)

Yeah just put 'em in the wall and think of all you can do.

You can plant a garden, fix your car, build a house if you want to,

If you've got the proper power tools!

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Hello emergency room, Yeah I just fired up my new gas powered weed wacker there and some how another it got caught in the

hammer loop of my big smith over-alls yeah before I get 'er set down she plumb screwed me 'bout three foot into the front

lawn there. Yeah. My wife hollered out the front door 'Hey shorty! While you're down there, how about checkin' the fescue for

aphids?'

Hrmp. She's a real comedian, that one. Hardy har har.

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Well some folks say that macho men use tools to compensate,

for a decline in verility. Now I thought about that and wait!

There may be some validity in what those people say.

But in my case it's just the only way I get to go outside and play

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*UHDNNN UHDNNN VRROOOM VRROOOM* Boy I love this stuff!

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Power tools (power tools)

Power tools (power tools)

Oooh just put 'em in the wall and think of all you can do,

you can plant a garden, fix your car, build a house if you want to,

If you've got the proper power tools!

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Hello 911!? I was jus' in the garden there trying out my new direct drive roto-tiller, when the raw-hide lace from my

red-goose work shoe somehow or another got tangled in that outboard tiller tie. Yeah before I could get 'er shut down she'd

plum drug me clean across the lawn up underneath my neighbor's Toyota 4x4. Wife hollered out the door, 'Hey Shorty!' (funny

how a name'll stick wid you like dat) Said, 'Hey shorty, if you're gonna play Mr Goodwrench, looks like you'd fix our old

gilape first!'

I tell ya that woman's a regular Roseann Barr.

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Well 911 Rescued me carried me away to the local hospital for at least a two week stay. Dr said I hope you leanred your

lesson, thanks to power tools, you're nearly dead; I didn't hear a word he said I's playing with my power-bed. *Uhnnnnn*

Power tools (power tools)

Power tools (power tools)

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Hello Nurses Station!? Could you please send somebody to room 403? QUICK! Yeah my power-bed's stuck in the up position, I'm

folded up in here like a big taco!

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(Power Tools) Yeah if you've got the proper power tools.

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Hello Honey, don't be alarmed, just quietly evacuate the neighborhood an call the bomb-squad.

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