I met her on a corner in Duluth
(Thats the truth.)
She was tryin to fix her shoe in a telephone booth
(Her name was Ruth.)
She said she was just waiting for a bus
But I hid my thumb cause I knew just what she was,
And I aint gonna let no thumbsucker such my thumb.
Itll drive you crazy and leave you deaf and dumb.
Itll make you crawl and climb the wall
Leave you without no thumb at all.
So I aint gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb.
Ill tell you what them thumbsuckers like to do.
They suck your thumb till its wrinkled like a prune
Theyll say youve got the sweetest thumb of all
But then they suck the thumb of the guy livin down the hall
Thats why I aint gonna let no thumbsucker suck my thumb
(etc. . . etc. . . until finally giving in.)