Doodlin' - Manhattan Transfer

Usin' the phonebooth makin' a few calls

Doodlin' weird things usin' the booth walls

I go tme a big date I’m waitin' for my cat

He’s puttin' his light on so he can look dap

I enjoy procrastinatin'

'Cause I’m busy while I’m waitin'

Doodlin' away

Sittin' an' dinin', dinner beginnin'

Started desiginin', usin' the linen

Jus' talkin' to my man an' doodlin' my bit

The waiter got salty, told me ta please quit

Told the waiter don’t be dizzy

Can’tcha see I’m very busy

Doodlin' away

Do ya doodle all day

Asked the waiter in his way

Do ya doodle all night

Tell the waiter he was right

In your doodlin' way

That’s the way I wanna stay

Are you painting things right

Doodlin' sheds a lotta light

I don’t know… what ta do

Ain’t nothin' you can do

When I’m doodlin' you

Doodlin’s all I wanna do

That’s for true

Why does every little thing I see

Look exactly like a doodle ta 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 my life is really taxing.

'Cause weird designs weird designs

They only show what’s goin' on in

Weirder minds weirder minds

'Cause when you doodle

Then your noodle’s flying blind

Every little thing that you write

Just conceivably might

Be a thought, that you captured

While capping a wink

Doodlin' takes you beyond whatcha think

Then ya draw whatcha think

I’d be so lost without my doodlin'

It really helps to ease my mind

I’d be tempest tossed without my doodlin'

'Cause when I’m doodlin' there’s one thing I find

I really, I really, really truly wanna figure out

What my doo dlin’s all about

Later the waiter had me arrested

Took me ta Bellevue where I was tested

I got me a doctor probin' my noodle

Before he was half done, I taught him ta doodle

Showed him hidden thoughts that linger

Findin' out right through your finger…

Doodlin' away…

The doctor was real nice told me ta be cool

Looked at the waiter, called 'im the real fool.

He looked at my baby an' told 'im to feel free

Taught him ta doodle so he could bug me

When he put his arms around me

Much to his surprise he found me

Doodlin' away

Doo-doo-doodle all day

Gotta doodle baby