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All those commercials sure do annoy me
I love a good book, an’ if I choose
I’ll read it all in one go –
If I couldn’t read, I wouldn’t know half o’ what I know

Chorus 1:
I’ll read standin’ up, sittin’ down, in the tub, on the plane
I’ve been turnin’ pages since I first met Dick an’ Jane

Some guys just love a game o’ poker
Me, I don’t know the difference
Between a jack an’ a joker –
But when ya read a book by Mosley
Man, you can’t lose –
Yes, I’m talkin’ ‘bout Walte, wrote RL’s Blues

Chorus 2:
I read it standin’ up, sittin’ down, in the tub on the train
I been turnin’ pages since I first met Dick an’ Jane

Some folks crazy ‘bout some Shakespeare
Some folks wild about their Langston Hughes
Some folks just love to read the Bible
An’ shout out the news –
As a child I loved my Hard Boys
An’my Nancy Drews

Chorus 3:
I’d read standin’ up, sittin’ down
Kids used to call me “Da Brain”
I been turnin’ pages since I first met Dick an’ Jane

Chorus 1:
I’ll read standin’ up...

All those commercials sure do annoy me
I love a good book, an’ if I choose