Love is better than a warm trombone When blown softly by a two tone brother Down on luck by chance Caress her head off at the boogaloo trance With his hands in his pocket he could not lie With his hands in his pocket he began to cry With his hands in his pocket he lowered his eyes He said "Miss, I ought to apologize I've been falling, I'm falling down" The river of your lovelorn souls is getting deeper Than the deepest dish washing bowl Now brother get the dirt off your hands It's getting darker than a sun chaser's sun tan Hands in his pocket he could not lie Hands in his pocket he began to cry Hands in his pocket he lowered his eyes He said "Miss, I ought to apologize I've been falling, I'm falling down" With his hands in his pocket he began to cry With his hands in his pocket he could not lie With his hands in his pocket he lowered his eyes He said "Miss, I ought to apologize I've been falling, I'm falling down"