Safety Joe - John Prine

Well, he never got too lonely

And he never got too sad

But he never got too happy

And that’s what’s just too bad

He never reached much further

Than his lonely arms would go

He wore a seatbelt around his heart

And they called him Safety Joe

Safety Joe

Safety Joe

What do you say?

What do you know?

If you don’t loosen up the buckle

On your heart heart and start to chuckle

You’re gonna die of boredom

Safety Joe

Now Joe he lived in Baltimore

'Cause New York was too darn fast

He sometimes went down to Washington

Just to view our nation’s past

He never ate his vegetables

'Cause they were just too darn chewy

And he never climbed much higher

Than the arch in old St. Louis

Joe gradually grew meaner

By not changin' his demeanor

But he never did nothin'

Too much for too long

Therefore his life never got much richer

Than the day they took that picture

In his birthday suit on the day that he was born.

Well, you’re gonna die of boredom

Safety Joe

That’s golden