Fourteen
Brave Combo/Tiny Tim Lyrics

Fourteen!
The singer exclaims the number fourteen.

Fourteen girls in baggy pajamas
The singer imagines fourteen girls wearing baggy pajamas.

What if I'd gone to the south Bahamas
The singer wonders what if he had traveled to the south Bahamas.

Told me I had won the mystery prize
Someone informed the singer that he had won a mysterious prize.

Tied my head behind my back and blindfolded my eyes
Someone tied the singer's head behind his back and blindfolded him.

Fourteen tons of golden ripe bananas
The singer imagines having fourteen tons of ripe bananas.

The one I'd trade for my long lost bandanna
The singer would trade one banana for his lost bandanna.

The one I won one time at the State fair
The singer won a bandanna with pictures of James Dean at a state fair.

With little pictures of James Dean slicking back his hair
The bandanna had pictures of James Dean with slicked-back hair.

Fourteen is not my favorite number
The singer does not have a favorite number, and fourteen is not it.

At night I dream, I see Fourteen spelled out in lumber
The singer dreams of the number fourteen spelled out in lumber.

Fourteen, I can't understand
The singer cannot comprehend the number fourteen.

Fourteen, 'cause I'm just an ordinary man
The singer is just an ordinary man who cannot understand the number fourteen.

Fourteen men to witness my confession
The singer imagines fourteen men witnessing his confession.

If I'm ever sentenced and die for my obsessions
The singer fears being sentenced and dying for his obsessions.

There's Fourteen songs all named Fourteen
There are fourteen songs with the title 'fourteen.'

With Fourteen verses each that I dearly love to sing
The singer loves to sing the fourteen verses of each of the fourteen 'fourteen' songs.

X-I-V is how the Romans said it
The singer notes that the Romans said 'fourteen' as X-I-V.

In retrospect I'm sure they don't regret it
The singer jokes that the Romans probably don't regret how they said 'fourteen.'

Eventually their empire finally fell
The Roman Empire eventually fell.

F-o-u-r-t-e-e-n is how we came to spell
The singer notes that 'fourteen' is spelled F-o-u-r-t-e-e-n.

Fourteen, is not my favorite number
The singer reiterates that fourteen is not his favorite number.

At night I dream, I see Fourteen spelled out in lumber
The singer dreams of the number fourteen spelled out in lumber.

Fourteen, I can't understand
The singer still cannot understand the number fourteen.

Fourteen-'cause I'm just an ordinary man
The singer is just an ordinary man who cannot understand the number fourteen.

An ordinary man, an ordinary man
The singer reiterates that he is just an ordinary man.

Fourteen!
The singer exclaims the number fourteen once again.