Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Etiquette, artist - Daniel Johnston. Album song Continued Story, in the genre Прогрессивный рок
Date of issue: 30.11.1985
Record label: Eternal Yip Eye, Thirty Tigers
Song language: English
Etiquette |
Never noticed her |
Why I noticed her so much |
I made myself ridiculous |
Never noticed her |
But I made the blunder of trying to attract her attention instead of giving it When I said hello |
I had talked right past her |
When she looked at me |
I had glanced shyly to one side |
I had been so self-conscience, |
I acted self-conscience |
Notice others and let them notice by directness |
Whoo! |
Play it Bill! |
Whoo! |
Don’t be scared; |
don’t be shy. |
You’ll never know until you try, buddy |
Fred is one of the richest people I have ever met |
True, he does not have a hoard of money to give away |
He cannot pay handsome salaries |
He does not entertain lavishly |
Or bestow costly gifts |
But he overflows with the gold of sincere friendliness |
And gets in return a self-satisfaction |
An influence, and a power with people |
That all the money in the mint could not buy |
He does not wait to see if people will like him |
Fred assumes they do like him |
That is one of his secrets |
He does not wait for them to say hello or smile first |
He takes a friendly lead himself and everyone follows |
That is another one of the secrets |
He does not question whether or not |
He will like a person |
Or wait before deciding to be friendly |
He takes it for granted |
He will like everyone, every person |
This is the third secret of friendliness |
He magnifies other’s good points |
No matter how inconsequential |
He overlooks a few annoying qualities |
Or major bad points |
This is the fourth element in friendliness |
Friendliness is very contagious |
The trouble is that many of us wait |
To catch it from someone else instead of Giving the other fella a chance |