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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sarah Vaughan
Vocals
Richard Davis
Double Bass
Sonny Payne
Drums
Freddie Green
Guitar
Ronnell Bright
Piano
Billy Mitchell
Saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes
Saxophone
Frank Foster
Saxophone
Frank Wess
Saxophone
Marshall Royal
Saxophone
Al Grey
Trombone
Benny Powell
Trombone
Henry Coker
Trombone
Eugene Young
Trumpet
Thad Jones
Trumpet
Wendell Culley
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Horace Silver
Songwriter
Jon Hendricks
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Tracy
Producer
Bob Fine
Engineer
Lyrics
Usin' the phone booth
Makin' a few calls
Doodlin' weird things
Usin' the booth walls, yeah
Got me a big date
Waitin' for my cap
Puttin' his fine on
So he can look dap
I enjoy procrastinatin'
'Cause I'm busy while I'm waitin'
Doodlin' away
Sittin' and dinin'
Dinner beginnin'
Started designin'
Usin' the linen
Talkin' to my man
Doodlin' my bit
Waiter got salty
Told me to please quit
Told the waiter, don't be dizzy
Can't you see I'm very busy?
Doodlin' away
Do, doodle all day
Said the waiter in his way
Do you doodle all night?
Told the waiter he was right
In your doodlin' way
That's the way I'm gonna stay
Are you thinkin' things right?
Doodlin' sheds a lot of light
I don't know what to do
Ain't nothing you can do
With old doodlin' you
Doodlin's all I want to do
That's for true!
Why does every single thing I see, look exactly like a doodle to me?
If I ever had a doubt
What life is all about
I get my pencil out and then commence to doodlin'
And I find it so relaxing
'Specially when I feel that life is really taxing
Those weird designs
They only show what's goin' on in weirdy minds
'Cause when you doodle then your noodle's flyin' high
Everything little thing that you write, just conceive, or it might be a thought
That you caption while coppin' a wink
Doodlin' takes you beyond what you see
Then you draw what you think, yeah
I'd feel so lost without my doodlin'
Doodlin' really helps me ease my mind
I'd be tempest-tossed without my doodlin'
When I'm doodlin' there's one thing I find
Truly, I really, really, really, truly wanna figure out
What my doodlin's all about
Later the waiter
Had me arrested
Took me to Bellevue
Where I was tested
Had me a doctor
Brought me my noodle
For it was half done
Taught him to doodle
Showed him hidden thoughts that linger
Find an outlet through your finger
Doodlin' away
Doctor was real nice
Told me to be cool
Looked at the waiter
Called him a real fool
Looked at my baby
Told him to feel free
Got him to doodlin'
So he could bug me
When he put his arms around me
Quite to his surprise, he found me
Doodlin' away
We just doodle again
Writer(s): Horace Silver
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