"Slow down, you move too fast"
We could all do with a bit of that advice eh?

is this for kindergarten class?

These are the lyrics:



Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't you got no rhymes for me?
Doo-ait-n-doo-doo, feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
I got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all its petals on me
Life, I love you, all is groovy

 Jelani wrote:

 also 5 - and my parents STILL remind me that I used to stand on the couch singing Feeling GrooBy at the top of my lungs 

 xcranky_yankee wrote:


Me too.  Although, it IS a GREAT TUNE!  Thanx RP!    

ugh, sucko barfo

OMG, I'm five years old again and wearing striped bellbottoms!

GREAT TUNE!!

never liked the word groovy...

"Yeah, baby!" 🤓

 timmus wrote:

Ha! Grow down to the innocence of '66.
Your draft number is: ?
Good medicine for a bad pill at the time

Maybe I'm a real sappy child of the 60s, but this song makes me smile everytime I hear it.

I was 11 years old when this album came out, and I loved it!  55 years later, I still do!  
While this song was not my favorite song on the album, I have to admit that every time it played, I would instantly go to a happy place, and I still do.  
I gotta admit that feelin' groovy is never a bad place to go to, even if only for a couple of minutes.

A minute and fifty-one seconds of happiness...we could all use a little more of that these days...

 MayBaby wrote:

I remember reading somewhere that Paul Simon successfully sued the producers of that show for their song too closely resembling this one.  I believe he is now given co-writing credits for the H. R. Pufnstuf theme.

Thanks funky flunkies 🌼

 milleymeister wrote:
 
feel a bit light headed and you?

Hello lamppost how you doin?

This is one of the first songs whose lyrics I could pick and understand as a young teenager. Made me love English even more. What a nice language, and what a nice tune

Lyrics:


Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy

Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain't you got no rhymes for me?
Doo-ait-n-doo-doo, feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy

I got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all its petals on me
Life, I love you, all is groovy

I was exposed to S&G at an early age.  I can recall listening to them in probably first grade.   This track was a favorite.

I also remember an awkward conversation with my mother when I asked her about the lyrics to Cecilia.

More comment likes than comments on this one.

 dkliger wrote: 
Of the 4 East River bridges, the Williamsburg may be the most challenging for a bicyclist, followed by the Queensborough 59th (monster steep and long), then the Manhattan. The Bklyn is a piece of cake -- shorter and not steep -- but pesky and inattentive tourists always wander and intrude in the bike lane. I don't feel groovy when I have to yell to get them out of the way. They feel entitled to my go go space. They oughta listen to RP. 
 

I always have loved this song. However, I must admit I personally enjoy the Williamsburg Bridge a bit more than the 59th Street Bridge, as it's in my neighborhood and such a please to walk across into NYC.

I am back in my happy place now............

This is a cool song. Groovy indeed.