[Intro]
     

[Verse 1]
             
What is it tha

             
t makes me jus

             
t a little bit

        
 queasy
             
There's a bree

             
ze that makes 

             
my breathing n

           
ot so easy
             
And I am feeli

              
ng a little pe

       
culiar
          
I've had my lu

              
ngs checked ou

       
t with X-rays
            
I've smelled t

           
he hospital ha

           
llways

[Chorus]
            
Someday I'll h

             
ave a disappea

     
ring hairline
            
Someday I'll w

             
ear pajamas in

               
 the daytime

[Verse 2]
             
Times when the

             
 day seems lik

            
e a play by Sa

      
rtre
             
When it seems 

             
a book burning

            
s in perfect o

       
rder
             
And I scream a

              
t the top of m

              
y lungs, “What

               
’s going on?"
          
I gave the doc

            
tor my descrip

tion
            
I've tried to 

            
stick to my pr

               
escription

[Chorus 1]
            
Someday I'll h

             
ave a disappea

     
ring hairline
            
Someday I'll w

             
ear pajamas in

     
 the daytime
       
Oh, oh, oh, oh
            
Afternoons wil

             
l be measured 

            
out, measured 

        
out and measur

ed with
            
Coffeespoons a

               
nd T.S. Elliot

[Break]
     

[Verse 3]
            
Maybe if I cou

             
ld do a play-b

           
y-playback
             
I could change

             
 the test resu

             
lts that I wou

             
ld get back
             
And I try, oh 

            
my God do I tr

y
              
I try all the 

             
time, in this 

            
institution
            
I've watched a

            
 Summer evenin

  
g pass by
            
I've heard the

            
 rattle in my 

         
bronchi

[Chorus 2]
           
And I say Heye

      
yeyey Heyeyey
             
I said Hey, Wh

           
at's going on?
           
Oh, oh, oh, oh
            
Afternoons wil

     
l be measured 

out
            
Measured out a

   
nd measured wi

th
            
Coffeespoons a

         
nd T.S. Elliot

[Outro]
            
Afternoons wil

     
l be measured 

out
            
Measured out a

   
nd measured wi

th
            
Coffeespoons a

         
nd T.S. Elliot

[End]