I know a professor of great renown
And he is the loneliest man in town
He's as smart as a man can be
But he never has company
Why is he the loneliest man in town?
He ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
He attracted some attention
When he found the fourth dimension
But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
A lonely man is he
Bending over his books
His wife and family
Keep giving him dirty looks
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
When they call him up, it's to call him down
With a daring aviator
He encircled the equator
But he ain't got rhythm, as no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
He ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
With a problem scientific
He's colossal and terrific
But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
A lonely man is he
Bending over his books
His wife and family
Keep giving him dirty looks
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
When they call him up, it's to call him down
In the month of January
He compiled a dictionary
But he ain't got rhythm, as no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
What are you studying?
Psychology
And you, dear?
Philosophy
Well, don't take it too seriously because
I know a professor of great renown
Yes?
And he is the loneliest man in town
Really?
He's as smart as a man can be
But he never has company
Why is he the loneliest man in town? Huh?
He ain't got rhythm
Oh!
Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
Too bad!
Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
He attracted some attention
When he found the fourth dimension
But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
A lonely man is he
Bending over his books
He would!
His wife and family
Keep giving him dirty looks
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
When they call him up, it's to call him down
In the month of January
He compiled a dictionary
But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
He's lonely, he's lonesome
And he's all by his "own-some"
The loneliest man in town
I know every planet up in the sky
I've measured them all with my naked eye
I've seen everything up in Mars
I know all about falling stars
But still I'm a very unhappy guy
I wonder why
You ain't got rhythm!
I can read the tea leaves in my cup
But you ain't got rhythm!
And I just found out how high is up
But you ain't got rhythm!
I discovered once while sober
Where the flies go in October
For what I found out about the flies
I got the Nobel prize
But you can't do the Charleston
And you don't know how to do the Black Bottom, the new rhythm
Heaven, I see Heaven
Through my telescope while gazing from Mount Wilson's highest peak
I'll explain it all in Latin or in Greek
But you're not so hot while dancing cheek to cheek
I've mastered relativity
But when they have festivity
They'll never think of asking me
Don't you wonder why?
'Cause you don't know how to do the rhumba
That's the reason you're a lonely guy
Ah, love!
Venus is lovely tonight and so is Jupiter
Jupiter's skipping from planet to planet
Jumping Jupiter!
But you couldn't be stupider
'Cause you ain't got rhythm