bessie   what's on your mind   can it be   that things are good   that things are fine   family   where are you   what hurts me   must surely hurt you too   daytime it's coming up   something is bound for you and me   what it is   i don't know   we'll have to wait and see      thadeus   he comes and goes   he thinks i'm great   he told me so   last i saw   he was very tall   and he grew a beard oh boy   you're growing older by the second   your head is filled   with sentimental recollections   they don't    have the answers   to your questions   they don't have   whoooo!      bessie   i dream of you   of carbonation   and two bats too   a great big ocean   as wide as   the eye can see   maybe one day   hey   you'll marry me-eeeee   ohh!