A Fine, Fine Day

When my uncle Sonny blew back into town Said, "I'll just go for a ride and have a look around" He took off his fedora Stuck his fingers in the crown And he pulled out twenty dollars And he laid that money down And he called out to a taxicab "Take me down to Central Park And keep that meter runnin' To the twenty dollar mark" And he kept his eyes turned forward And he sat up straight and tall And no one even noticed him No one cared at all It's a fine, fine day for a reunion It's a fine, fine day for comin' home You did your sittin' You did hard time But you ain't gonna sit no more They can't keep you there no more It's a fine, fine day And nothin's gonna take you Nothin's gonna take you away It's a fine, fine day Oh yeah The first time I saw Sonny I was just about this tall And he always made my mama kind of crazy when he called Him and my old man would stand and whisper in the hall Then they'd disappear, and maybe not come home at all Then one day Sonny stopped comin' around Heard he got himself into A little trouble out in town Sometime after that he finally disappeared for good Well, he pulled that old Houdini Like we always knew he would It's a fine, fine day for a reunion It's a fine, fine day for comin' home You did your sittin' You did hard time But you ain't gonna sit no more They can't keep you there no more It's a fine, fine day Oh yeah And nothin's gonna drag you Nothin's gonna drag you away Oh yeah It's a fine, fine day A fine day (A fine, fine day) (A fine day) (A fine, fine day) (A fine day) I see you made it back all right All right I see you're none the worse for wear It's been a long time comin' Nothin's gonna drag you away from here A fine, fine day And nothin's gonna drag you Nothin's gonna drag you away Oh yeah A fine, fine day Oh yeah A fine, fine day (A fine, fine day) And nothin's gonna drag you Nothin's gonna drag you away, away A fine, fine day A fine day A fine, fine day