[Bonzo Dog]

How Sweet To Be An Idiot (N. Innes)

A.k.a. A Song for the Sensitive, The Idiot Song.

Based on How Sweet to Be an Idiot transcribed from the album Monty Python Live at Drury Lane by Tak Ariga (<oldeng@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, Aug-87), with corrections by Bob Kruse and Björn Wingman.

All (or almost all) of Neil's lyrics are on the Neil Innes - Words of Innespiration Web site.
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How sweet to be an idiot,
As harmless as a cloud,
Too small to hide the sun
Almost poking fun,
At the warm but insecure untidy crowd.
How sweet to be an idiot,
And dip my brain in joy,
Children laughing at my back,
With no fear of attack,
As much retaliation as a toy.

How sweet to be an idiot, how sweet.

I tiptoed down the street,
Smiled at everyone I meet,
But suddently a scream,
Smashes through my dream,
Fee fie foe fum,
I smell the blood of an asylum,
(Blood of an asylum,
But mother I play so beautifully,
ha ha, listen, ha ha.)
Fee fie foe fum,
I smell the blood of the asylum,
Hey you, you're such a pedant,
You got as much brain as a dead ant,
As much imagination as a caravan site.

But I still love you, still love you,
Oooh how sweet to be an idiot,
How sweet. how sweet. How sweet.

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