The Genius letra

As I walked out upon Stockton street
One fine September day,
I saw a girl in a coffee shop,
And here's what I heard her say:

Alas, my love is a genius,
And why was I saddled with such.
He's up in his tower
About ev'ry hour,
But doesn't come down with much.

Chorus:
Oh heavenly breath of glory
That breathes in the soul of man,
Why can't you do something with Charley
And make him get off his can.

Alas my love is a genius,
He wants adulation for free,
He has a deep feeling
That folks should be kneeling,
But the only one kneeling is me.

(Chorus)

Alas my love is a genius,
He deals in meter and rhyme,
He seeks inspiration
Through yogi prostration,
And work is a waste of his time.

(Chorus)

I understand his reluctance
To enter the marts of trade,
He wouldn't do well
At the old hard sell,
But couldn't he handle a spade?

(Chorus)

He couldn't do T.V. commercials--
You know how a poet feels--
He's off and away
From this world of clay,
But he always comes back for meals.

(Chorus)

I guess that I'm stuck with Charley,
I love him for better or worse,
But I'm second-guessing
That art is no blessing,
And love is a terrible curse.

Last Chorus:
Oh Heavenly breath of glory
That breathes in the soul that's free,
If you can't do something with Charley,
Won't you please do something with me.

Malvina Reynolds - Letras

• A Short History of Warfare
• A Soft Answer
• A Trundle, A Bundle
• A White and Orange Aeroplane
• Alcatraz (Pelican Island)
• All Over Everything
• Alone
• Andorra
• Antique Collector
• Are You Walking There for Me?
• Artichokes
• Babies
• Back Alley Surgery
• Back to the Dream
• Backyard Blues
• Ballad of Ella Mae
• Beetle Bottle Bush
• Billy Boy
• Billy Bump Bump
• Birthday Hallelu
• Bitter Rain
• Black Hawk Blues
• Black Horse
• Blood on the Grapes
• Blues Street
• Boraxo
• Born in the Town
• Boys Will Be Boys
• Bring Flowers
• Bury Me in My Overalls
• Busting at the Seams
• Buying the Package
• Call on Me
• Can't Wait to Go
• Caroline Cotton Mill Song
• Change It
• Check-Up
• Christ Died
• Clean Water
• Come Clean Blues
• Come Out
• Computers
• Count Ten
• D. D. T. on My Brain
• Daddy's in the Jail
• Dancing Girl
• Dead Hand at the Tiller
• Dialectic
• Did You Know?
• Do As the Doukhobors Do
• Do Something Wrong
• Don't Believe the Night Time
• Don't Bother Me
• Don't Drop the Box
• Don't Go Away
• Don't I Let You Live Here?
• Don't Let Him In
• Don't Push Me
• Don't Sell Texas Short
• Don't Shoot the Captain
• Don't Smoke, Darling
• Don't Talk to Me of Love
• Down to Hanson's
• Drive on the Cart
• Early in the Morning
• Earth Child
• Eight Candles
• El Cortito
• Everybody Says
• Everybody Smiles at Me
• Everybody Talks About Mine Mill
• Everything Soup
• Fantastic Man
• Field Workers Song
• Fortunatus' Wallet
• Free Enterprise
• From Way Up Here
• Funny Bug Basin
• Galaxy
• God Bless the Grass
• Goodbye to the Band
• Green Shadows
• Griddle Cakes
• Ground Swell
• Guerrillas in Guatemala
• Gupery Joe and Mike
• Heavy on Me
• Hello Ladybug
• Henry Ford's Engine
• Here's To a World That's All Right
• Hip Hop Candytop
• Housewife's Grief
• Huelga Huelga (Do Not Cross the Line)
• I Believe
• I Don't Care About You
• I Don't Have Anything
• I Don't Mind Failing
• I Don't Think So
• I Don't Understand
• I Know When I've Done Wrong
• I Live in a City
• I Lived Through This Day
• I See You
• I Went A-Gathering
• I Wish You Were Here
• I'm Apathetic
• I'm Doing Fine
• I'm Sorry It's Done
• I'm Too Dumb
• I've Got a Song
• If Peace Time Came
• If Two Have Four
• If You Love Me
• If You Want a Friend
• If You Were Little
• In Bethlehem
• Instant Sentence, or, Talking Law and Order Blues
• It Isn't Nice
• It Turned Out to Be a Song
• It's Enough to Be Young
• It's My Turn
• It's Raining!
• It's Up to You
• Jail House Buddy
• Jailhouse Door
• January Sale
• Jeannie
• Jennie Fell Down
• Jenny Appleseed
• Jesus Was a Saviour, Too
• Johnny Built a House
• Just a Little Every Day
• Kennebunkport
• Kiss Her Good-bye
• Leave My Van Allen Belt Alone
• Let It Be
• Let Them Eat Cake
• Let Us Come In (Party Crasher's Carol)
• Let's Have a Picnic
• Like the Miller Grinds the Wheat
• Little Birds
• Little Bitty Mommy
• Little Boat
• Little Boxes
• Little Kids
• Lock the Windows
• Log of the Echo III
• Look on the Sunny Side
• Lost Children Street
• Lost in the Crowd
• Love Somebody
• Madwoman
• Magic Penny
• Magical Food
• Magical Song
• Mail Call
• Mailman Blues
• Malvina's Blues, or, It Ain't a Folk Song
• Mama's Gone
• Many Colors
• Mario's Duck
• Masquerade (Gray Power Song)
• May Flies Dance
• Meet Me at the Watergate
• Mommy's Girl
• Money Blues
• Moogical Love
• Morningtown Ride
• Move Over
• Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter
• My Little Guitar
• My Street
• Nancy Newman of Liberty Hall
• Napalm
• Nestlé No!
• Never Argue with a Bee
• Never Touch a Singing Bird
• No Closing Chord
• No Hole in My Head
• No House
• No Place to Run
• No Room
• Nobody
• Not the Shadow of a Man
• Nothing to Say
• Nowhere Blues
• Oh, Doctor
• On My Own Feet
• On the Coat Tails of the Lord
• On the Rim of the World
• One More Ride
• One of the Family
• One Shoe
• Only a War
• Only Room for Two
• Osaka Train
• Outrageous
• Over and Over
• Overtime
• Patchwork of Dreams
• Pea Soup Song of Billings, Montana
• Peace Isn't Treason
• People
• People Are Tired
• Picket Line
• Place to Be
• Playing War
• Poor Worms
• Power Plant Reggae
• Pretty Thing
• Puget Boat Song
• Put On Your Hat
• Quiet
• Rabbits Dance
• Rachel's Lullaby
• Rail Birds
• Rand Hymn
• Red Bird
• Rejoice
• Ring Like a Bell
• Road Song
• Rosie Jane
• Run, Run, the Tree Is Falling
• Sally Don't You Grieve
• Sausalito Fire
• Say Something Nice
• Says the Bee
• Seabeck
• Senate Bill One
• Seventy Miles
• Shaggy Baggy Man
• She Got Lost
• Shelter from the Rain
• Sick People in Chicago
• Sick World
• Signature Blues
• Sing Along
• Singin Jesus
• Skagit Valley Forever
• Sleep, Come On By
• So Soon
• Something's After You
• Somewhere Between
• Song of the Nobodies
• Spooky World
• Star Flower
• Stone Stone
• Stranded on This Planet
• Street Corner Blues
• Sweet Stuff
• Swivel Chair Reserves
• Take It Away
• Take Me to Sandy Hook
• Take Two
• Temptation
• Ten Ton Blues
• That's Me
• The Alameda Mountains
• The Albatross
• The Bairnies Are Crying
• The Ballad of Robban's First Ride
• The Battle of Maxton Field
• The Birch Society
• The Bloody Neat
• The Boy Salutes
• The Cement Octopus
• The Corners of Your Mind
• The Day the Freeway Froze
• The Delinquent
• The Desert
• The Devil Is Talking
• The Devil's Baptizin
• The Dresses
• The Emperor's Nightingale
• The Falling of the Tree
• The Faucets Are Dripping
• The Fragile Sea
• The Gang Dancers
• The Genius
• The Girls from the Oyster House
• The Good Ship O'Connor
• The H. U. A. C.
• The Highway
• The Hills of Hey
• The Judge Said
• The Lambeth Children O
• The Last Time
• The Lazy Dog
• The Little Generals
• The Little Mermaid
• The Little Mouse
• The Little Red Hen
• The Man in the Mask
• The Man Says Jump
• The Moment
• The Money Crop
• The Montreal Vandals
• The New Restaurant
• The New York Song
• The Only Way
• The Pets
• The Pied Piper
• The Pitch
• The Plutonium Song
• The Pro-Life Boy
• The Rigatoni Song
• The Saigon Children
• The Shoppers' Game
• The Sick Business
• The Soul of an Onion
• The Stars are Hiding
• The Story of Old Monroe
• The Tour of the Irish Fusiliers
• The Walker Outside
• The Whale
• The Wise Men
• The World Slowed Down
• There'll Come a Time
• There's a Bottom Below
• There's Music in the Air
• They've Got Everything
• Thirty-Three Dollars
• This Dream I Have
• This House Is Your House
• This World
• To a Songwriter
• To-Ro March
• Tokyo Farewell
• Tony's Soup
• Too Many Pollywogs
• Too Much
• Too Much Blues
• Too Much Trouble
• Torch Song
• Tungsten
• Turn Around
• Turn On the Sun
• Turn to Your Sister
• Two Ways
• Uneasy
• Uneasy Dreams
• We Can Stop Here
• We Don't Need the Men
• We Hate to See Them Go
• What Happened to the Diners
• What Have They Done to the Rain?
• What Time Is It?
• What's Goin On Down There
• What's Small
• What's There to Sing About?
• What's Your Name
• Wheels
• When I Fly
• When It Goes, Goodbye
• When Papa Plays Accordion
• Where Did My Money Go?
• Where Is the Little Street?
• Where the Tempest Blows
• Where Were You?
• Who You Cryin To?
• Who's Going to Build the Ark?
• Women at Your Doors
• World Gone Beautiful
• World in Their Pocket
• Wrong Blues
• Ya Ha Ho
• You Ain't Sayin Nothin
• You Can Believe It
• You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out
• You Can't Make It That Way
• You'll Be a Man
• You're Crazy
• You're On!
• Young Moon