A Fine, Fine Day - Tony Carey

When my Uncle Sonny blew back into town

Said «I'll just go for a ride

And have a look 'round.»

And he took off his fidora

And stuck his fingers in the crown

And he pulled out twenty dollars

And he laid that money down

And he called out to a taxi cab

«Take me down to central park

And keep that meter runnin'

To the twenty dollar mark.»

And he kept his eyes turned forward

And he sat up straight and tall

And no one even noticed him

No one cared at all

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

For a reunion

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

For comin' home

You did your sittin'

You did hard time

But you ain’t gonna sit no more

They can’t keep you there no more

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

And nothin’s gonna take it

Nothin’s gonna take it away

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

First time I saw Sonny

I was just about this tall

And he always made my momma

Kinda crazy when he’d call

Him and my old man

Would stand and whisper in the hall

Then they’d disappear

And maybe not come home at all

Then one day Sonny stopped comin' round

Heard he’d gotten himself into

A little trouble out in town

Sometime after that

He finally dissappeared for good

Then he pulled out ol' Houdini

Like we always knew he would!

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

For a reunion

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

For comin' home

You did your sittin'

You did hard time

But you ain’t gonna sit no more

They can’t keep you there no more

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

And nothin’s gonna take it

Nothin’s gonna take it away

It’s a Fine, Fine Day

«I see you made it back alright, alright

I see you’re none the worse for wear

It’s been a long time comin'

Nothin’s gonna drag you away from here!»

A Fine, Fine Day!

And nothin’s gonna take

Nothin’s gonna take it away

Oh yeah

A Fine, Fine Day… A Fine Day