W*O*L*D
Words and Music by Harry Chapin

Hello honey it's me
What did you think when you heard me back on the radio?  
What did the kids say when they knew it was their long lost Daddy-o?  

Remember how we listened to the radio and I said that's the place to be
And how I got the job as an FM jock the day you married me
It was two kids and I was into AM rock but I just had to run around
It's been eight years since I left you babe
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down.  

I am the morning D.J. at W O L D, D, D, D, D
Playing all the hits for you wherever you may be.  
The bright good morning voice who's heard but never seen
Feelin' all of forty-five, Goin' on fifteen.  

The drinking I did on my last big gig made my voice go low
They said that they liked the younger sound when they let me go.
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma to do me a late night talk show.  
Now I've worked my way down home again here, to Boise, Idaho...
That's how this business goes!  

I am the morning D.J. at W O L D, D, D, D, D
Playing all the hits for you wherever you may be.  
The bright good morning voice who's heard but never seen
Feelin' all of forty-five, Goin' on fifteen.  

I'm making extra money doing high school sock hops
I'm the big time guest M.C. 
You should hear me talking to the little children
And listen what they say to me. 

I got a spot on the top of my head
Just begging for a new toupee.  
There's a tire around my gut 
From sitting on my --------, 
But it's never gonna go away.  

Sometimes I get this crazy dream that I just take off in my car
But you can travel on ten thousand miles and still stay where you are.  
Thinking that I should stop this jockin' and start that record store
Maybe I could settle down if you'd take me back once more

Okay honey, I see
I guess he's better than me.  
Sure old girl, I understand 
You don't have to worry I'm such a happy man
(WOLD, WOLD, WOLD, WOLD)

I am the morning D.J. at W O L D, D, D, D, D
Playing all the hits for you wherever you may be.  
The bright good morning voice who's heard but never seen
Feelin' all of forty-five, Goin' on fifteen.
I am the morning D.J. at W O L D, D, D, D, D