Red Rubber Ball

I often get some pretty obscure songs stuck in my head. Over the past couple of weeks some of the songs or tunes I've had stuck in my head include the theme from Underdog, the theme from The Banana Splits and Red Rubber Ball. Yes these are very, very old pieces. I decided to hunt on the internet for a free mp3 of Red Rubber Ball.

As things are now on the internet, free mp3s are no longer easy to find (if at all). I gave up. But I did find a very funny analysis of the song written by Colin Grant. Colin 's piece on Red Rubber Ball is worth a read if you've ever heard the song. Nice job Colin! Read it here.

Here are the lyrics to the song.

Red Rubber Ball
( The Cyrkle )

I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

You never cared for secrets I'd confide
For you I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your pride
Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

The story's in the past with nothin' to recall
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all
The roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Oh, oh, oh
I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

And here's the Amazon link if you want to listen to a bit of it.

Don't think I could really sit through listening the entire album/CD by The Crykle that has Red Rubber Ball on it. I'm betting the CIA plays it for "detainees" in various undisclosed locations around the globe though. Actually it's not all that terrible, but I'm betting the other songs are worse.