The Goose
"The Goose" is a song by the funk band Parliament. It was released as a two-part single, the group's first on their new label Casablanca Records. It was also a track on their 1974 album Up for the Down Stroke. The song failed to chart.
Like "Testify", "The Goose" was borrowed from the repertoire of bandleader and producer George Clinton's earlier doo-wop group The Parliaments. The lyrics use the story of the goose that laid the golden eggs as an eccentric metaphor for romantic attachment, an early instance of the references to fairy tales and nursery rhymes that would continue in Parliament's later releases.
This song was covered by the funk-rock band Fishbone and is included on their 1996 compilation album Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay.
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The Goose
by: ParliamentOoh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
The goose that laid the golden egg
Was an extraordinary goose
(Real, real goose)
Now, just imagine a goose laying a golden egg
Why it's a dream come true
(Real, real goose)
Oh, but you don't lay no golden egg
But you're a golden goose to me
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Now, I'm as happy as a monkey with a peanut machine
Since I found you
(I found you)
Just imagine a monkey with a peanut machine
It's a dream come true
(Dream come true)
Oh but I don't need no nut machine
Because I'm nuts all over you
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Hey babe, yeah, babe
You're my goose that laid the golden eggs, babe
You're my peanut machine, hey babe
Happy as a mole with eagle eyes
Yeah, since I found you
(I found you)
Can you imagine a mole with eagle eyes
It's a dream come true, babe
(Dream come true)
I'm feelin' all right and I'm feelin' all right, babe
Hey hey, I want to talk about it
Wanna step right here in the pocket, babe
Lord, make me want to sing about it
Hey, babe, whoo, babe
You're my monkey peanut machine, babe
Eagle eye, hey goose that laid the golden eggs
(Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet)
Laid the golden eggs, babe, yeah
(Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet)
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
Ooh ahh yeah, you're so sweet
You're my goose, baby
What's good for the goose is good to the gander, baby
Funky, love machine, baby
Eagle eyes, lay the golden eggs, babe
Lay the golden eggs, babe
Feeling so proud, so proud, so proud
Hey, can't you tell by the way I walk
Tell by the way I talk, baby
Come on baby make me feel so good, oh baby, yeah
Ooh, ahh, yeah you're so sweet, oh babe
Oh babe, I'm proud as a mole with eagle eyes
And that's feeling some kind of proud, baby
See where I'm coming from?
I'm as happy as a monkey with a peanut machine
'Cause you're my goose that laid the golden egg
Come on, goose, kinda really feelin' alright baby
Feelin' alright baby
Hey baby, I'm with you goose, like a goose
Hey baby, crazy 'bout you babe
Oh, you feel some kind of good, babe