PO Box One Nine
written by C. Carson Parks II
Lyrics:
Chorus
Healthy young man, soon to be single
Wants new girl willing to mingle
One to make my world seem fine - -
Apply to P. O. box one-nine.
Yesterday, she pulled the curtain
There's one thing I know, for certain
I can't make it all alone
Gotta find a girl to call my own.
(Repeat chorus)
Don't know anybody I can call
'Cause all of our friends were married and all
Maybe I should run an ad
Right now anything wouldn't be bad
(Repeat chorus)
There are numbers by the phone booth I could call
And a lot of funny things are written on the wall
But the kind of girl I'm looking for
Wouldn't have her name on the phone booth door!
(Repeat chorus)
© - 1970 Greenwood Music Co. - BMI 1145310
Carson's Remarks:
This was inspired by the whole thing of "personal ads". I've read many, and had a lot of laughs, but it prompted me to write a song which tried to capture the feeling of writing that first "man wants woman" ad, or whatever.