DOODLIN' (VOCAL) - HORACE SILVER, JON HENDRICKS

Usin’ the phone booth,

Makin’ a few calls.

Doodlin’ weird things,

Usin’ the booth walls.

Got me a big date,

Waitin' for my cat.

Puttin’ his vine on,

So he can look dap.

I enjoy procrastinatin’

‘Cause I’m busy while I’m waitin’

Doodlin’ Away...

Sittin’ and dinin’,

Dinner beginnin’.

Started designing,

Using the linen.

Talkin’ to my man,

Doodlin’ my bit.

Waiter got salty,

Told me to please quit.

Told the waiter don’t be dizzy

Can’t you see I’m very busy

Doodlin’ away...

Do you doodle all day?

Said the waiter in his way.

Do you doodle all night?

Told the waiter he was right .

In your doodlin’ way,

That’s the way I’m gonna stay.

Are you paintin’ things right,

Doodlin’ sheds a lot of light.

I don’t know what to do,

Ain’t nothin’ you can do

(Though) doodlin’ you.

Doodlin’s all I want to do

That’s for true.

Why does every single thing I see,

Look exactly like a doodle to me?

If I ever had a doubt

What life is all about,

I get my pencil out

And then commence to doodlin’.

And I find it so relaxing,

Especially when I feel that life is really taxing.

Those weird designs

They only show what’s going on

In weirder minds

‘Cause when you doodle

Then your noodle’s flyin’ blind.

Every little thing that you write

Just conceivably might

Be a thought that you captured while copyin’ away.

Doodlin’ takes you beyond what you think

Then you draw what you think.

I feel so lost without my doodlin’

It really helps me ease my mind.

I’d (be tempting stars) without my doodlin’

When I’m doodlin’ there’s one thing I find.

Truly, I really, really, really, truly,

Wanna’ figure out what my doodlin’s all about

Later the waiter,

Had me arrested.

Took me to Belle View,

Where I was tested.

Had me a doctor,

Probin’ my noodle.

'Fore he was half done,

Taught him to doodle.

Showed him hidden thoughts that linger

Find an outlet through your fingers

Doodlin’ away...

Doctor was real nice,

Told me to be cool.

Looked at the waiter,

Called him the real fool.

Looked at my baby,

Told him to feel free.

Got him to doodlin’,

So he could bug me.

When he put his arms around me

Quite to his surprise he found me

Doodlin’ away...

You just doodle all day...