How Are You on for Stamps Today?

Bywords now are all the go, from everybody's mouth they flow.
You'll hear them in the house and out, and even from the baby's mouth.
You'll hear them spoke by old and young, in fact they're known to everyone,
But the latest one out I've heard them say, "How are you on for stamps today?"

The ladies they have got it too, they've never heard anything half as new.
When once a thing he gets in their mouth, the devil can't stop it, it's coming out.
They'll stroll around with queenly grace, and then put on their smiling face.
"What a fine day for a ride!" they'll say, "How are you on for stamps today?"

If by chance you've got a wife, the one you love as dear as life,
Perhaps you'll buy her a bonnet new, perhaps a new silk dress or two.
To please her then you think you've tried, but no, she's never satisfied.
"I want no Grecian bend," she'll say, "How are you on for stamps today?"

Kind friends, I'll bid you all good night, I hope my song has done you right,
To please you all I've done my best but now I'll let my subject rest.
But there's one thing more before I go, and this I'd have you all to know.
I'm broke, and all I've got to say, "How are you on for stamps today?"

From Pete Seeger