Yankee Doodle Went Home by Karen Jonas Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Yankee Doodle went home
About four or five years ago
He couldn't keep it up anymore
How long'd you expect him to go?

[Verse 2]
I heard his pony got tired
After seventeen years the pony laid down and died
And Yankee Doodle bought a Ford
Drove it up to New York

[Chorus 1]
But the girls don't like his hands
No, he never was a handy man
When the jukebox stopped
Yankee Doodle couldn't make it work again
It didn't matter even if he could
He couldn't dance

[Verse 3]
There's hard luck goin' 'round
Yankee Doodle had to get out of town
But with his pony gone, his Ford got a flat
And there's Yankee Doodle with a feather in his hat
[Verse 4]
On the side of the road
Thumbin' down truckers like old Tom Joad
But the trucks don't stop, he don't wanna walk
So Yankee Doodle sits down and waits for better luck
But it never comes, no it never comes

[Chorus 2]
He looks down at his hands
No, he never was a handy man
Never tried too hard when things get broke
He's not tryin' to fight with how things go
But there he's sittin' on the side of the road
And that's no way, no
You gotta get up and go
Get up and go

[Verse 5]
So Yankee Doodle went home
About four or five years ago
He couldn't keep it up anymore
How long'd you expect him to go?
Well he couldn't keep it up anymore
So Yankee Doodle went home