A friend and I wrote and mixed and performed the title song to the 1977 movie,
Can I Do It 'Til I Need Glasses?, which is listed on several "Worst 100 Movies" sites, such as
this one
It was Robin Williams first movie, and I think I had more time in the movie singing and playing than Robin had on screen. It was a terrible movie -- all the dirty jokes based on acting out all the "dirty" jokes you told in junior highschool. It's a funny song, but the movie really did suck. :Q.
It's also the only song I ever got on the radio, and then, it was
The Doctor Dimento Show. The performing group,
Whizbang, was me, Bob, his wife, Saba, and another actress from the show.
Can I Do It 'Til I Need Glasses?
Words and Music by Harvey Rubens and Bob Vernoff
Verse 1:
Mama said she was alarmed,
When she caught me in the barn.
Now, you know she didn't come up from behind.
She said (Mama's voice) "That ain't the way I taugh ya.
It's a good thing that I caught ya.
Don't you know, if you don't stop it, you'll go blind?
Chorus:
Can I do it 'til I Need Glasses?
Can I stroke my spoke, can I fiddle my twiddly-dee?
I want to do it 'til the girls start making passes,
'Til I Need Glasses, just let me be.
Bridge:
When I'm feeling low, (Chorus) Where do you go?
Oooh, X-rated show. (Chorus) Wouldn't you know:
Oooh, Down in the front row, here I go.
(Chorus) You'll be blind by the time you count to
(with heavy breathing) 1, 2, 3 .....
Chorus:
Can I do it...
Verse 2:
Papa told me man to man,
(Papa) "You'll grow hair upon your hands.
If you don't stop, you know you'll lose your mind."
Now, maybe there's something to it,
But it feels so good to do it that when they say,
(Chorus) "If you don't stop it, you'll go blind." I say,
Chorus:
Can I do it.....