Got A’s in all my subjects, I always do the best I can

Got A’s in all my subjects, I always do the best I can

But that high school guidance counsel said

I should be working with my hands.

 

I went and got my master’s, you know I got my Ph.D.

I went and got my master’s, you know I got my Ph.D.

So if it’s a specialist you’d be needing

Honey you can come to me.

 

I work with my hands, these hands are worth a lot

With pen or brush or scalpel, but the treasure that I’ve got

Is right between the ears

Lord, I’ve got a mighty brain

But if I’d listened to you, counselor, I’d have

Thrown it right down the drain.

 

These hands are good for writing, I tell a story with my pen

These hands are good for writing, I tell a story with my pen

And if this book I’m writing does well

Maybe they’ll give me that Pullitzer again.

 

These hands are good for painting, I paint a canvas beautifully

These hands are good for painting, I paint a canvas beautifully

But if you can’t afford to buy one

You can see it at the gallery.

 

Now I’ve become a surgeon, my hands are suited to this art

Now I’ve become a surgeon, my hands are suited to this art

Baby, I could do a transplant

But I could never heal your heart.