Ben Franklin - Ellis Paul

Old Ben Franklin, I think we should thank him

Was a poet and a diplomat

He put a key out in a cage till he saw the lightning strike

But what’s shocking is he did more than that

Chorus:

He put my focals on the nose, made a better wood stove

The lightning rods in all the homes in Philly

He helped the declaration pass, he made music out a class

Fought the British as a lot of things were silly

Old Ben Franklin, I think we should thank him

Was the word’s most industrious guy

He said early to bed, and early the rise

Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Chorus:

He put my focals on the nose, made a better wood stove

The lightning rods in all the homes in Philly

He helped the declaration pass, he made music out a class

Fought the British as a lot of things were silly

He was a fireman

He was an inventor

He was kite flier

He was a lighter

He was… for general

An ambassador

He was a musician

A revolutionary

He was a philosopher…

Chorus:

He put my focals on the nose, made a better wood stove

The lightning rods in all the homes in Philly

He helped the declaration pass, he made music out a class

Fought the British as a lot of things were silly

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest

Fish and gas go bad after three days

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle

Say, hey Benny, they didn’t put you on the penny

Though you… with your mighty

.a penny saved is a penny earned

So they put you on the hundred bill

Chorus:

He put my focals on the nose, made a better wood stove

The lightning rods in all the homes in Philly

He helped the declaration pass, he made music out a class

Fought the British as a lot of things were silly

That’s rich!