Goofy Is Good
Van Gogh's Grandsons
Social Inhibition · Carefree Rebellion · Sunny Pop Rock
#VERSE
Walking in the park with Erin
I expected a normal day
Suddenly she was shaking like a wet dog
As if spraying water every which way
She twirled like a ballerina
Struck a pose like a beauty queen
Capped her display with a belly laugh
And then stuck out her tongue at me
And I asked…
#PRE-CHORUS
“What the hell was that about
Have you lost your mind?”
She beamed like the sun and fired right back
“You haven’t lost yours yet, but isn’t it time?”
She said..
#CHORUS
Life is short
We’ll soon be dust
Drop your dreary mask
And get spontaneous
Not everyone does it
But everyone should
We all need to get goofy
Cause goofy is good
Yeah, goofy is good, good, goofy is good
Goofy is good
Yeah, goofy is good, good, goofy is good
#VERSE
We laughed nonstop as we waltzed off to lunch
Found a sleepy café where the jukebox stayed cold
Erin started humming, then singing out loud
Belted out a George Michael song that I didn’t know
But people were smiling, then singing along
I said, “Erin, stop that now, you’re embarrassing me”
She said, “Dude, lighten up, having fun isn’t wrong
Drop that prim and proper act—just let yourself be”
#PRE-CHORUS
The entire room was having a blast
Yep, mischievous Erin made sense
But I cowered in the corner and would never leap
To the silly side of the fence
But she said…
#CHORUS
Life is short
We’ll soon be dust
Drop your dreary mask
And get spontaneous
Not everyone does it
But everyone should
We all need to get goofy
Cause goofy is good
Yeah, goofy is good, good, goofy is good
#BRIDGE
My family’s so polite and boring—and expects that of me
But seeing Erin shine made me ache to break free
I felt a wave of fun swelling in my chest
My brain said “No, no”; my thumping foot yelled “YES!”
Then something inside cracked like an eggshell
Sanity stepped aside, and I said, “What the hell!”
Jumped up, waved my arms, like a band conductor would
I finally got goofy, and damn, it felt good!
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
At a party that night, our friends were amused
When Erin told how she saved me from my miserable mood
And I couldn’t help but demonstrate the change in me
Disco danced on a table singing like the Bee Gees
#PRE-CHORUS
Then I showed my photo of Erin’s goofy pose
They laughed, “Oh my God, we all gotta do those!”
Everyone snapped goofy pics—posted them to the cloud
Well, you can guess what happened next with the online crowd
When we said…
#CHORUS
Life is short
We’ll soon be dust
Drop your dreary rules
And be spontaneous
Now the world’s finding fun
Just like we knew it could
We all need to get goofy
Cause goofy is good
Yeah, goofy is good, good, goofy is good
Goofy is good
Yeah, goofy is good, good, goofy is good
#OUTRO
Goofy is good
Yeah, goofy is good, good, goofy is good
Goofy is good
Yeah, goofy is good, good, goofy is good
We all need to get goofy
Cause goofy is good
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