when my uncle sonny blew back into town said i ll just go for a ride and have a look round and he took off his fedora and stuck his fingers in the crown and he pulled out twenty dollars and he laid that money down and he called out to a taxi cab take me down to central park and keep that meter runnin to the twenty dollar mark and he kept his eyes turned forward and he sat up straight and tall and no one even noticed him no one cared at all it s a fine fine day for a reunion it s a fine fine day for comin home you did your sittin you did hard time but you ain t gonna sit no more they can t keep you there no more it s a fine fine day and nothin s gonna take you nothin s gonna take you away it s a fine fine day oh yeah first time i saw sonny i was just about this tall and he always made my momma kinda crazy when he d call him and my old man would stand and whisper in the hall then they d disappear and maybe not come home at all then one day sonny stopped comin round heard he d gotten himself into a little trouble out in town sometime after that he finally disappeared for good then he pulled that ol houdini like we always knew he would it s a fine fine day for a reunion it s a fine fine day for comin home you did your sittin you did hard time but you ain t gonna sit no more they can t keep you there no more it s a fine fine day oh yeah and nothin s gonna drag you nothin s gonna drag you away oh yeah it s a fine fine day fine day i see you made it back alright alright i see you re none the worse for wear it s been a long time comin nothin s gonna drag you away from here a fine fine day and nothin s gonna drag you nothin s gonna drag you away oh yeah a fine fine day a fine day and nothin s gonna drag you nothin s gonna drag you away