Reagan and Nixon were crafting a plan
Like a puppeteer Nancy yanked on her man
She pulled on his strings 'til he said, "It's a sham!"
Howard Hawks has done it again!

Marilyn said she liked how Lauren smiled
Ms. Bacall was in labor; all of the while
In desperate glances I don't understand, said,
"Howard Hawks has done it again!"

Some sort of code that I don't understand
Mother of God, I've done it again!

Tell me: what did you think?
Would I really just leave you alone for to sink?
Though I'm so far away in a foreign land
We commune in the shadows; here, take my hand

I'm nearer than ever, I promised you I'd always come around,
And I always come around;
Yeah, I always come around
I always come around

Twentieth Century: all aboard!
The end is so nigh, if you yank on my pull-cord
My voicebox will utter satanic commands
Mother of God, I've done it again!

Obscure connotations of salad-bowl fame
And J.E.E.P. was the cat, yeah, J.E.E.P. was his name
We know without saying, we love and commend
Howard Hawks has done it again!

I'm nearer than ever, I promised you I'd always come around,
And I always come around;
Yeah, I always come around

But still there is hope
In the machine
A mic in my hands
A lens up your sleeve
Cigars in the dark
A gun for a queen
A knife in my lap
"Oh, I didn't KNOW that!"

Send help, this is a code and I'm asking and begging, I'll call on a Wednesday with no prior warning because all my handlers insist it's urgent; I'll ask you to repeat a series of digits, the digits are: "17-2-47-A" That's "17-2-47-A"
(17-2-47-A)
So memorize well if ye not be afeared, I command ye by every hair in my beard!
Pardon the speech of an insolent weirdo (You get like that by reading too much Shakespeare)
I'll make like John Wayne and I'll worship your wife and I'll finally ask to be seen as a man--
And then we'll get brunch at that place in Japan.