Harry Chapin
W-O-L-D
From - Short Stories
Peaked at #36 - 3/74
Hello, honey, it's me
What did you think when you heard me back on the radio?
What did the kids say when they knew it was their long lost daddy-o?
Remember how we listened to the radio
And I said `That's the place for me'
And how I got the job as an FM Jock the day you married me?
We were two kids and I was was into AM rock
But I just had to run around
It's been eight years since I left you, babe
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down

Chorus:
I am the morning DJ on WOLD
Playing all the hits for you wherever you may be
The bright good morning voice who's heard but never seen
Feeling all of forty-five going on fifteen
The drinking I did on my last big gig made my voice go low
They said that they liked the younger sound when they let me go
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma to do me a late night talk show 
Now I worked my way back home again, via Boise, Idaho
That's how this business goes

CHORUS 

I've been making extra money playing high school sock hops
I'm a big time guest emcee
You should hear me talking to the little children
And listen what they say to me
Got a spot on the top of my head, begging for a new toupee
And a tire on my gut from sitting on my
But they're never gonna go away
Sometimes I get this crazy dream
That I just drive off in my car
But you can travel on ten thousand miles and still say where you are

I've been thinking that I should quit disc jockeying
And start that record store
Maybe I could settle down if you'd take me back once more
Okay, honey, I see
I guess he's better than me
Sure, old girl, I understand
You don't have to worry, I'm such a happy man
WOLD, WOLD, WOL, WOL, WOLD D D

I am the morning DJ on KHJ
Playing all the hits for you
Playing them night and day
The bright good morning voice who's heard but never seen
Feeling all of forty-five, going on fifteen
I am the morning DJ on WOLD
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