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Charlie Chaplin

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Happy Birthday, Babe!

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I couldn’t find a card that said what I wanted

So I wrote a tune don’t mind if I flaunt it

Happy Birthday hey we’re gonna celebrate

  

Happy Birthday Babe that’s what this song’s for

Happy Birthday Babe wishing you many more

Happy Birthday hey we’re gonna celebrate - ow

Happy Birthday Babe we’re gonna celebra-ia-ia-iate

 

And congrats on making it here

Much love and success throughout the year

May you be healthy and wiser ‘cuz I’m

Gonna help you celebrate and have a good ti-i-i-i-i-ime

 

I say I say I said Happy Birthday hey

Happy Birthday hey

Happy Birthday hey-ey-ey-ey

 

May the thrill of the surprise never wear out

C’mon everybody won’t you sing and shout

 

Happy Birthday Babe we’re gonna celebrate – mmm

Happy Birthday Babe we’re gonna celebrate – mm yeah

Happy Birthday hey we’re gonna celebrate – mmm

Happy Birthday Babe

Ce-ce-ce-celebrate

The name is Charlie Chaplin

Legend of the silver screen

His movies kept ‘em laughin’

The best you’ve ever seen

 

Got his start on London stages

Moved to New York for vaudeville

Invited to Hollywood to

Make films with comedic skill

 

Bowler cane and a little mustache

A character called The Little Tramp

From slapstick to social satire

Heart and soul with a lot of camp

 

Writer actor song composer

Director producer and

Groundbreaking film comedian

Chaplin

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Single)

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Heroes in a half-shell

Heroes in a half-shell

Heroes in a half-shell

 

They're the world's most fearsome fighting team

They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green

When the evil Shredder attacks

These Turtle boys don't cut him no slack

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Heroes in a half-shell

Heroes in a half-shell

Heroes in a half-shell

 Heroes in a half-shell

Splinter taught ‘em to be ninja teens

Leonardo leads Donatello does machines

Raphael is cool but crude

And Michelangelo is a party dude

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Heroes in a half-shell

Turtle power

Heroes in a half-shell

Turtle power

Heroes in a half-shell

Turtle power

Heroes in a half-shell

Quick Ear Warmer

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1. Dead Weight

 

Dead Weight

Oh you made me feel so bad

Took all the loving that I had

Made me feel like I was

A little baby no I’m not

Another palooka

Got a heart like a bazooka

But you’re dead weight

 

I’m growing tired

Of the pain that’s transpired

But then look down to find

That my heart was on rewind

 

What’s the use of lugging dead weight

Antithesis of love and hate

Won’t jump off the Empire State

To get rid of this dead weight

To get rid of this dead weight

 

You’re loose fitting as a cuff

And though I think I’ve had enough

You’ve only got half of

What cement’s made of

(The heavy part)

Prayed and parted the sea

Looked both ways so I could flee

 

But it feels like forty years

Since we shared each other’s cares

But then look up to find

It’s done wonders for my mind

What’s the use of lugging dead weight

Antithesis of love and hate

Won’t jump off the Empire State

To get rid of this dead weight

To get rid of this dead weight

 

There’s no conspiracy

Lifted dead weight now I’m free

There’s no conspiracy

 

There was a shackle down my spine

A wine grape withered on the vine

“I’m feelin’ fine” tattooed

Across my stupid grin

Then a changing of perspective

Better yet it’s an elective

 

When it feels like forty years

Since we shared each other’s cares

 

What’s the use of lugging dead weight

Antithesis of love and hate

Won’t jump off the Empire State

To get rid of this dead weight

To get rid of this dead weight

To get rid of this dead weight

 

Dead dead dead dead dead dead

Dead dead dead dead dead

Dead weight

 

2. The Keeper Of The Mood

 

There are still people there that linger on

After the mood’s gone

Then the sun burnt the moon that she set upon

It left the stars stunned

 

There’s a bonfire blazin’ by a firebrand

The love I fell into turned into quicksand

I could sink love but no I must remain

 

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

 

The deadly dynamics of a dynamic duo

Made my blood flow

But the heady sarcastics and those silent walls

Put love in escrow

 

There the mood altered chemicals that changes brains

The way they malfunction for a love that sustains

I could go get higher but I’d rather remain

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

 

I know all my faults to a fault

They’re my fault and now I must fix it

So I see why we stalled and it hurt

That I couldn’t even have predicted

I am addicted to more than just you

 

There are baby steps striding in a grown man’s shoes

Kicking up the jazz where it once was blue

I could walk away from the past but footprints have been cast

 

Step to

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

I’m in the mood for loving you

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

Those old days we just outgrew

I’m ready for what’s new

But still the Keeper of the

Mood

3. Hey, Inconsiderate!

 

Hey, Inconsiderate!

You’re wasting my time

All you’re ever after is what’s mine

Hey, Inconsiderate!

You take and you take

I’m searching for your soul as they’re dragging the lake

Hey, Inconsiderate!

 

Hey, Inconsiderate!

I spit on your grave

You haven’t got a life for the way that you behave

Hey, Inconsiderate!

You’ve made a ghost of respect

You haven’t made the most of giving me what to expect

Hey, Inconsiderate!

Hey, Inconsiderate!

 

I want you to know how it feels to be put upon

I know that you know I’m not done

I want you to know how it feels to be ridiculed

I know that you know I’m not fooled

 

Hey, Inconsiderate!

I’m telling you again

Manipulation only works on those who call you friend

Hey, Inconsiderate!

Karma’s bit you on the ass

It’s not too late for schooling

But for now you’ve got no class

C’mon

 

Inconsiderate

In consideration of a lack of wit

Inconsiderate

In consideration you don’t care one bit

Inconsiderate

In consideration that you’re full of shit

Inconsiderate

Inconsiderate

Inconsiderate

Inconsiderate

 

 

4. Quick Ear Warmer

 

Take now into account

A Fountain of Youth-n-gin

Your feelings here are paramount

So baby just drink it in

It’s intoxicatin’

 

Setting today upon renew

All of our dreams are coming true

Rejuvenation overdue

Now all the love is shining through

 

So take now into account

A Fountain of Youth-n-gin

The feeling here is tantamount

To the countless eternal grins

I’ve been smilin’

 

Setting today upon renew

All of our dreams are coming true

Rejuvenation overdue

Now all the love is shining through

 

In the time it takes your mind to wander

There’s a place that combines love with conjure

It’s our place of souls glued two

One from me and one from you

 

Take now

 

Setting today upon renew

All of our dreams are coming true

Rejuvenation overdue

Now all the love is shining through

 

Now all the love is shining through

Quick EarWarmer
Hey, Inconsiderate! (Single)
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Hey, Inconsiderate!

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There are still people there that linger on

After the mood’s gone

Then the sun burnt the moon that she set upon

It left the stars stunned

 

There’s a bonfire blazin’ by a firebrand

The love I fell into turned into quicksand

I could sink love but no I must remain

 

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

 

The deadly dynamics of a dynamic duo

Made my blood flow

But the heady sarcastics and those silent walls

Put love in escrow

 

There the mood altered chemicals that changes brains

The way they malfunction for a love that sustains

I could go get higher but I’d rather remain

 

CHORUS

 

I know all my faults to a fault

They’re my fault and now I must fix it

So I see why we stalled and it hurt

That I couldn’t even have predicted

I am addicted to more than just you

 

There are baby steps striding in a grown man’s shoes

Kicking up the jazz where it once was blue

I could walk away from the past but footprints have been cast

 

Step to The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

The Keeper of the Mood

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

I’m in the mood for loving you

The Keeper of the Mood (Mood)

Those old days we just outgrew

I’m ready for what’s new

But still the Keeper of the Mood

Hey, Inconsiderate!

You’re wasting my time

All you’re ever after is what’s mine

Hey, Inconsiderate!

You take and you take

I’m searching for your soul as they’re dragging the lake

Hey, Inconsiderate!

 

Hey, Inconsiderate!

I spit on your grave

You haven’t got a life for the way that you behave

Hey, Inconsiderate!

You’ve made a ghost of respect

You haven’t made the most of giving me what to expect

Hey, Inconsiderate!

Hey, Inconsiderate!

 

I want you to know how it feels to be put upon

I know that you know I’m not done

I want you to know how it feels to be ridiculed

I know that you know I’m not fooled

 

Hey, Inconsiderate!

I’m telling you again

Manipulation only works on those who call you friend

Hey, Inconsiderate!

Karma’s bit you on the ass

It’s not too late for schooling

But for now you’ve got no class

C’mon

 

Inconsiderate

In consideration of a lack of wit

Inconsiderate

In consideration you don’t care one bit

Inconsiderate

In consideration that you’re full of shit

Inconsiderate

Inconsiderate

Inconsiderate

Inconsiderate

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1.  Favorite Everything

 

I can guess what

You’re thinking

With success but then

You’re my favorite everything

 

I bring a smile to your lips as they part to say

Your heart is a rocket ship; your head’s in outer space

 

Tell me have I

Come on too strong?

I don’t know my

Own strength but it won’t take long

 

Though time has become meaningless

I’m a man-made sundial

Somewhere between never mixed

With a great long while

 

Keeps me daydreaming

About what I can bring

To my favorite everything

 

All or nothing

That’s my way

You-n-me well

That’s where I wanna stay

I’ve had a lot of favorites

But you’re still the one

 

Who keeps me daydreaming

About what I can bring

To my favorite everything

 

How many times have I tried to make it here

An intuition on a mission always brings me near

 

You’re my favorite everything

You’re the Queen of

Understatement but to be King

I think I’d better take a walk

And calmly contemplate

Because when I begin to talk

I might just overstate

 

What keeps me daydreaming

About what I can bring

To my favorite everything

 

Keeps me daydreaming

About my favorite everything

 

You keep me daydreaming


 

2.  I Want God

I Want God, I Want God

Seems such a long way away from here

I was robbed at the bottom of my heart

Waitin’ for Beckett to reappear

 

Dropped my guard and asked for God

Means all it needs to mean to me

May sound odd, though I say God’s

Made in the image we choose to see

 

Livin’ every minute of the day my way

Sittin’ down a humble man to pray

 

I Want God, I Want God

Baby, I Want God

 

I’m so flawed; let go, let God

The freedom is overwhelming me

 

I sit on my soul

Ponder and listen

The sky sings in tongues

‘Bout the bit that’s missin’

 

Livin’ every minute of the day my way

Raisin’ up my faithful voice to say

I Want God, I Want God

Baby, I Want God

I Want God, I Want God

Baby, I Want God

I Want God, I Want God

Baby, I Want God…

 

3.  Up & At 'Em

 

Up & at ‘em, up & at ‘em

Good morning mister-n-good day madam

It’s time to set out on our way

 

Up & at ‘em; Earth to Saturn

There’s so much to do

And lots to fathom

I’m lookin’ forward to today

 

And then I stop and look around

There’s so much lost left to be found

So I hop from bed to ground

See the sight, smell the air

Hear the sound…yeah…

 

Up & at ‘em; I am glad I’m

Alive and well enough to reach new stratum

I’m looking forward come what may

 

4.  Day By Day

Sittin’ on a star

Not far from gone

How much longer can this go on?

I say to myself take it day by day

 

Came on too strong; nothing took form

Like a house of cards in a wind storm

I say to myself take it day by day

 

Day by day; I go crazy looking forward

Day by day; I get carried away

But today is where I can stay

I could take it day by day

 

Really hurts my feelings when you don’t respond

Maybe your silence says more than I want

 

Say you’re insecure; that’s your excuse

Wear it like a badge; fits more like a noose

So say to yourself take it day by day

 

Day by day; you go crazy looking for it

Day by day; you go running from it

But today is where you can stay

You could take it day by day

 

Sometimes the heart does all the talking

Shut up

Listen for a while

But when the brain does all that squawking

Traveling the longest mile

 

If it was true; if that was real

It’ll never matter ‘til we heal

And say to ourselves take it day by day

 

Day by day; land those rockets of desire

‘Cuz today is where I must stay

I could take it

If I take it

Day by day

 

5.  I'll Do Anything

 

I’ll go any distance; I’ll go to extremes

Up against resistance; down to meet my dreams

I am ready; I’ll do anything

 

Prayer for persistence; sonnet for success

Commit to my decision to always do my best

Now I’m ready; I’ll do anything

That it takes to make it right; I’ll work my ass off day and night

Just for the vision to see it through to outta sight

 

Blackmore got his Power; Petty Won’t Back Down

Brion keep on Walking Through Walls all over town

Now I’m ready; I’ll do anything and you can’t make me stop

I’ll do anything; Mann, won’t you Put Me On Top

 

Made my declaration; sharpened up my skills

Pushed my lonely boulder up tall and winding hills

Now I’m ready; I’ll do anything

That I need to break through; there’s not a thing that I won’t do

To feed the hunger; dream-flavored wonder coming true

 

 

6.  Valentinian Anti-Matter

Valentinian Anti-Matter

Rarity in romantic form

If you’re happier and not sadder

You’re a contra to the norm

 

Valentinian Anti-Matter

It’s combustible energy

Starts with an electric charge

Ends with you-n-me

 

I’ve got a heart; beats like Spin Art

I’m a particle or two short

But I’m a love militarian

That can’t be store bought

 

Valentinian Anti-Matter

 

Valentinian Anti-Matter

My inner simplicity

Got a spirit that can’t be shattered

Yearning to be free

 

Valentinian Anti-Matter

Beautiful equationry

Divided mad-as-a-hatter

Add it up and you will see

 

Nature will state its laws

And may give you what for

Each of us with our flaws

Leave ‘em at the door

 

Valentinian Anti-Matter


 

7.  Fast Friends

 

When I look at you I feel it right away

Livin’ in today is all I wanna do

 

Forevermore on my plate

Feasting at a Banquet for The Never-Too-Late

 

I think of you

You know I do

Keep you nestled warmly in my heart and head

 

Fast friends

Click and there they stay

Fast friends

May not be here but they never go away

You know you came along and woke me up

From a slumber

Of the underwhelming point of view

 

And if it’s true you don’t miss

What you’ve never had then I am doomed with you

(doomed with you)

 

Fast friends

Home movies of the mind

Fast friends

To stop and think of all the times

We laughed so hard the spirit climbs

Though it was fast and friendly

It went way too quickly

Fast Friends

 

 

8.  Philippa For Miles

She’s all smiles

Philippa For Miles

 

Keeps her words filed

Witty Banter’s child

 

Creative Contra

Like a Valentinian mantra

 

Travel a while but

Philippa For Miles

 

She strolls through Rock Creek Park

That’s where she can unwind

And if I could catch up with her

I’d find Philippa For Miles

 

Taken aback

Timeless in fact

 

I am all smiles

Philippa For Miles

 

 

9.  Wonka's Corridore (Instrumental)

 

 

10.  Me-n-Kizzi O.C.

 

Me-n-Kizzi O.C.

Won’t wait patiently

For what the future’ll be

Warding off all the things

We think we don’t need

 

Her curiosity awakens me

Can’t get back to sleep

Diving into the heart

Of a wasted dream

She tells to me to be wise

I listen to her eyes

And hard as she tries

I know she wants me

To be careful

But with the lows come highs

 

Watch Kizzi get up

Watch Kizzi fall

I will follow suit

I can catch her

But she won’t be caught soon

Yeah I can catch her

But she won’t be caught

She breaks me from my shell

 

I wanderlust and dwell

I think she can tell

(when I tell her now)

That I just want her

To be happy

Now we’re wishin’

Down a well…

 

Me-n-Kizzi O.C.

Won’t wait patiently

For what the future’ll be

Warding off all the things

We think we don’t need

 

 

11.  The Ink

 

The ink’s still wet on the page

I’m becomin’ engaged

As I notice little details that no one sees

And turn ‘em all around 360 degrees

 

Is anybody ever immune

To catchy air-borne tunes

So infectious I’d love the bug

If you’re contagious you’d be worth the hug

 

Until I feel bad about it and wish it would go away

Until I feel great about it and wish it were here to stay

It comes and goes in waves; some have said it saves

According to the ink on the page

 

History’s all ready arrived

Remnants fight to survive

The recent past is no less the same

An everlasting massive telephone game

 

The ink’s still wet on my skin

Bubblin’ up from within

Dipped in the inkwell of empathy

I’ve got a quill that’s beckoning me

In calligraphy

 

(Though we disappear the ink dries indelibly)

 

 

12.  A Place In My Heart For You

There’s a place in my heart for you

A place in my heart for you

 

We used to laugh

Never thought the days would pass

It really was a gas for years

We’ve moved on; not all of it is gone

And you can rest upon

This simple little fact forevermore

 

I knew a girl; a very special girl

Who used to mean the world to me

But while I’m in another place and time

Still I am reminded

Freedom is what you make of it now

 

A place in my heart for you

 

You can’t make me give up

I’m inviting you in

And I’m never gonna stop

You don’t have to come out

No one’s gonna take your spot

‘Cuz only you have what you’ve got

 

We’ll always share a history we bear

So I’ll always be there in our memories

As long as I can dream


13.  Love With You

Separated and we’re back on the climb

I’ll remember we were one of a kind ever after

 

If it’s fated well you know that I’m

Fit to make my own amends with time

From the laughter to disaster

Still in love with you

 

But don’t come any closer

Don’t get any nearer

I’m the one that’s gonna split this ride

 

It’s a rollercoaster

Can’t get any clearer

No one’s at the switch

So baby something special’s died

 

Still I know that you will always be

The apple of the eye of all Eternity

So take one last look and see me

Still in love with you

 

Love with you…

14.  Outta My Own Way

Open Hearted Broken Record…

 

I’m outta my own way

That’s how I’m made—hey!

I don’t have that much to say

‘Cuz all words fade—hey!

 

I don’t know whether

It’s worse or if it’s better but now

I put one foot past the other

And whatever else that time will allow

 

I’m outta my own way

I’m on display—hey!

I’m still buildin’ underground

My own subway—hey!

 

I don’t know whether

The spirit or the letter wins out

But one without the other

Is like utter cool discovering doubt

And in a word

Life is absurd

Never had occurred to me

I’d be reassured

 

I am set free

I am in check

I’m in the moment and

I’m outta my own way

 

I’m outta my own way

Of my own clay—hey!

My DNA’s at play

Without delay—hey!

 

And in the end you always have to pay

There’s a little freedom livin’ in today

I can’t complain when I look around

‘Cuz I’ve found that I’m outta my own way

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1.  Mars

 

Mars is a far off star from here but I can get there

Mars is a far off star from here but I can go

Mars is a far off star

Mars is a far off star

Mars is a far off star from here but I can get there

Anywhere I can see all possibilities

 

Mars is a far off star from here but we can get there

Mars is a far off star from here but we can go

(We can go)

Mars is a far off star baby

Doesn’t matter who you are, baby

Mars is a far off star from here but we can get there

Anything can be if we give it energy

 

Meteoric roadblock

Moon showers of space rock

Adjust your gravity

And fly along with me

Into outer space

 

Mars is a far off star from here but we can get there

(Come on with me)

Mars is a far off star from here but we can go

(We can go)

Mars is a far off star

Doesn’t matter who you are

Mars is a far off star from here but we can get there

2.  Love-n-Light

 

Love-n-Light

That’s what I need tonight

Love-n-Light

That’s what I’m prayin’ for tonight

 

Love-n-Light

That’s what I want tonight

Love-n-Light

That’s what I’m stayin’ in tonight

 

When sensitivity overwhelms me

When I think I can’t see

I blindly step into the love-n-light

 

Love-n-Light

That’s what I want tonight

Love-n-Light

That’s what I’m askin’ for tonight

 

When I feel so defensive

When I feel uptight

When I feel apprehensive

I move forward towards love-n-light

 

When I’m feelin’ low

And I feel as though I’m trapped in an undertow

If I let it go; allow myself to grow

All I want to know is love-n-light

 

Love-n-Light

That’s what I need tonight

Love-n-Light

That’s what I’m prayin’ for tonight

3.  While We’re Waiting

While we’re waiting

I push my boulder up a hill

And I’m debating whether I’d get further off

By standing still

 

So while you’re waiting

For acknowledgement from anyone

Some need it more than you

And didn’t get enough when they were young

 

While we’re waiting

I take my time; I take yours too

For all the words I speak

I never feel as though I’m getting through

 

While we’re waiting

For a lesson about less is more

I am guessin’ it’s calamity and danger you adore

And what for

One window closing can still open doors

 

I’m gonna sit right down and share myself with you

I’m gonna show you who I am, I am, I really am

I’m gonna listen ‘til my face is blue

I’m gonna give you all I can

 

While we’re waiting

Tell you what I’m gonna do

I’m gonna wait right here and stand in line

With you-n-you-n-you

 

While we’re waiting

I glance around; there’s lots to see

I take it all in as I wonder what’s in front of me

As future turns to history

And figure out how much more I can be

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4.  Love Lamp

 

If I took my love lamp and shined it

Deep in the recesses of your heart

However else would you find it

I’m only doing my part

 

If I took my love lamp and filled it

With all the colors of kerosene

Don’t be the one not to spill it

Bathe in it, baby, if you know what I mean

 

And though I’d really rather hide away

I run and run until I stay, but

I’ve got to shine a light on how I feel

And discover what the love lamp might reveal

Shine…

 

If I took my love lamp and flew it

Across the sky by remote control

The Wind said to himself, ”I blew it.”

So let it guster on from pole to pole

 

And though I’d really rather run away

I run and run until I stay, but

I’ve got to shine a light on how I feel

And discover what the love lamp might reveal

Shine…

 

So what you create

Tends to radiate

Illuminating what you’ve never felt before

Inner-lantern enlightening

Let love resonate

 

 

5.  One Community

 

Why can’t we be one community

Why we always breaking in three

Why can’t we be one community

I am talkin’ ‘bout you and me

 

Put down your dukes and pick up the pieces of your life

Put down the nukes and the gun, rope, tongue, missile, bullet, knife

 

Why can’t we be one community

Why we always breaking in three

Why can’t we be one community

I am talkin’ ‘bout you and me

 

Tell me the truth; there’s harm in beatings ‘round the bush

Don’t turn me to sleuth, ‘cuz I detect bullshit when shove comes to push

 

So why can’t we be one community

Why we always breaking in three

Why can’t we be one community

I am talkin’ ‘bout you and me

 

‘Cuz anyone is someone when there’s someone there to need you

When you’re the one who freed you all the while

 

Why can’t we be one community

Why we always breaking in three

Why can’t we be one community

I am talkin’ ‘bout you and me

Why can’t we be one community

Why can’t we be one community

Why can’t we be one community

One community

 

 

6.  Evening

 

Evening I need ya

And I’m not leavin’ ‘til I get to see ya

Even if my daydream has to die

And that is why

You’ll always be my lullabye

And that is why

You’ll always be my other half of the sky

 

Evening so be ya

The sunlight can’t reveal the way I’m feelin’

So lonely; I only sit and wonder

Whether and why

You’ll always be my lullabye

Whether and why

You’ll always be my other half of the sky

 

Evening I need ya

And I’m not leavin’ ‘til I get to see ya

Even if my daydream has to die

And that is why

You’ll always be my lullabye

And that is why

You’ll always be my other half of the sky

 

 

7.  Take My Hand

 

On my own

All alone

On a throne for the lonely and sad

In the Kingdom of Unhappy

Where I shouldn’t stay

 

‘Cause I wouldn’t want anyway away from you

And I wouldn’t want to go it alone again

Glad to say that now I don’t have to

 

You-n-me

Aren’t we

Each love bound by an intimacy

In memories we lived through together

 

But I wouldn’t let forever

Go by without you

No I’ll never let never

Ever say never ever ever again

 

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…

 

C’mon…listen up…only say this once…

 

“There’s no fun in life without you, babe”

 

C’mon…take my hand…

 

 

8.  To Say Goodbye

 

I want to try to find a way to say goodbye

That doesn’t hurt me when I try

I want to try to find a place in my heart

That keeps me whole when we part

 

I’m gonna sit still and look you in the eye

When I try to say goodbye

In the end I know that you are my friend

And that is ever why

 

I’m gonna keep it simple

I’m gonna be real honest

So smile show me that dimple

I’m gonna do my best to say goodbye

Goodbye

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1.  Songs For Today’s Attention Span

 

Songs for today’s attention span

I’ll keep it short, sweet and true to keep you here

It’s all I can do before you disappear

 

 

2.  Art Official

 

Gazed at a painting on his phone

Then rang up Vincent Van Gogh

Technology allowed him to do so

 

Who needs Reality TV

He feeds your hunger for modality

And does so Art Officially

 

No one saw him coming

Do you get the gist, man he doesn’t exist

No one heard him strumming

Now the role of the Art Official is to play therapist

 

Optical illusion

Leads to aural confusion

He loves to catch you snoozin’

 

No one saw him coming

Do you get his aim and do you feel the same

No one heard him strumming

Now the role of the Art Official is to reveal the game

 

He’s not real

He’s ten wishes come true

He can heal the disbelief in you

 

No one saw him coming

Do you get the gist, man he puts you at risk

No one heard him humming

Now the role of the Art Official is to give you a twist

 

Art Official, Art Official Art Official…

 

3.  Weathered

 

No longer together

Predictable as weather

Her conversation dripped precipitation

Though I feel fine

In the dwell of her internal sunshine

 

I’m weathered

 

Sent under the weather

The sun and moon went nether

It’s nary a question I barely had protection

From my decline

To the Hell of her infernal sunshine

 

I’m weathered

 

We far surpassed the forecast

Though storms and warm weather can never last

You know they come back in other forms

 

I see the clouds are lifting as the sky is shifting

And the earth turns another cheek to say

You can weather the gift of a brand new day

 

Wake up trust the challenge

To Nature’s challenge

The world keeps turning around my yearning

For feelin’ fine

(Though not so well)

I’ll heal in time

(Aw, what the hell)

Or break the spell of her enchanted sunshine

 

 

4.  Len’s Good That Way

 

Len’s good that way

Len’s good that way

Len’s goo-oo-oo-oo-ood that way

 

There’s a place in my soul that I never go

Without a little bit of pest control

‘Cuz the sort of stuff I’m not apt to know

Is the knowledge I now need to make me whole…though

 

Len’s good that way

Len’s good that way

Len’s goo-oo-oo-oo-ood that way

 

I’m a man in the middle of an afterthought

But not the kind that makes you think a lot

A pretty package can’t be store-bought

Just to go from a have nothing to a pure have not…but

 

Len’s good that way

Len’s good that way

Len’s goo-oo-oo-oo-ood that way

 

And for a man who has it all at his fingertip

Why can’t I learn from his example how to get a grip

 

There’s a microphone in my hands

But no one sitting in the stands

The crowd you swore you heard was canned

Just to keep the flames of my emotions fanned

 

Len’s good that way

Len’s good that way

Len’s goo-oo-oo-oo-ood that way

 

5.  Diving Board

 

I go dancing off the diving board

Leave me to sink or swim

I’m so singular rising out of a hoard

Believe me I’m me not him

Even though with you I can’t win

Skip the spin I live on a diving board

And I’m dancing off the edge again

 

Dove into your pool of question marks

Mixed with exclamation

As a rule I’d drown for shooting sparks

Alone in a lane of my own destruction

I must admit it’s fun at first

Until the bubble bursts into an inflammation

And I dance off the edge again

 

Sometimes I leap before I look to see what’s there

Reminds me of what’s in store if not for the power of prayer

‘Cuz you never think that you’re the one bad things will happen to, you fool

Whether or not you’re the one who’s invited it to your pool

 

Dancing off my diving board

Faith in leaps of faith restored

 

I go dancing off the diving board

Leave me to sink or swim

I put faith in the Universe, not a Lord

Living life on a whim

Humming an original hymn

To give me strength out on my own limb

 

 

6.  Valentine

 

The signs are clear

My Valentine is here

It would appear

I’m grinning ear to ear

 

That’s because I’m in love with my Valentine

Candy hearts and exotic flowers

And the showers of little things that life brings

When you’re mine

 

I know that you

Are who I value

And it’s true

My passion’s never through

 

That’s because I’m in love with my Valentine

Candy hearts and exotic flowers

And the showers of little things that life brings

When you’re mine

 

I boldly propose to have and to hold

The truth be told

I want to grow old with you

 

The signs are clear

My Valentine is here

It would appear

I’m grinning ear to ear

 

That’s because I’m in love with my Valentine

Candy hearts and exotic flowers

And the showers of little things that life brings

When you’re mine

 

I love I love my Valentine, Valentine

I love I love my Valentine…

 

7.  Hairtrigger

 

I have no fear of telling you

Just what I feel you put me through

Befall a wall of concrete make

Made me your last mistake

 

Song to say good bye

Deported from my nuclei

Though I may rely on a hairtrigger

I move on from this ennui

 

You’re out of line, more paranoid

Than all the friendships you’ve destroyed

To get intimately devoid

Escape pods you’ve deployed

 

Song to say good bye

You’re smooth-n-cool as a cacti

Though I may rely on a hairtrigger

You know where I stand do-or-die

 

This is a different position now that I’m on a mission

It requires discipline and grace

Get the pliers apply to my past waste, you’ve been replaced

Trace one step at a time to keep my pace

The eye has closed, don’t look again

You cartoon gun to estrogen

The mixed messages regimen

Thwarted with my pen

 

Song to say good bye

You’re smooth-n-cool as a cacti

Though I may rely on a hairtrigger

You know where I stand do-or-die

 

This is a different position now that I’m on a mission

It requires discipline and grace

Get the pliers apply to my past waste, you’ve been replaced

Trace one step at a time to keep my pace

 

So as I sit here wishin’ and I start the ignition

Feel the tires unmire and roll along

I’m rewired to say so long in song

 

Song to say good bye

Deported from my nuclei

Though I may rely on a hairtrigger

I move on from this ennui

 

 

8.  The Ebb & Flow Of Your Mixed Messages

 

The ebb and flow, the ebb and flow

The ebb and flow you know of her mixed messages

Reflected in what she says

 

Can you understand a word

Decipher phrases bordering absurd

Don’t be deceived by what you’ve heard

She’s just speaking with her true meaning blurred

 

The ebb and flow, the ebb and flow

The ebb and flow you know of your mixed messages

Confusion built a fortress

 

Can’t you hear the whistle blow

Though it’s quitting time straight to work you go

It’s a verbal dos-a’-dos

But your body language speaking pure scarecrow

 

Where did plain and clear go

It remains a mystery

I don’t know yet

But ‘til I do I won’t be free

 

The ebb and flow, the ebb and flow

You have to know the ebb and flow of your mixed messages

 

I’m glad my intuition’s here

Taking each half-meaning from opaque to sheer

Maintain a well-trained inner ear

That softly whispers to me “been that, done there”

 

The ebb and flow, you ebb and flow

She ebbs and flows and there she goes…

 

Back and forth, to and fro…

 

 

9.  I’ll Face Reality At 5 O’Clock

 

I’ll face reality at five o’clock

Veracity’s survived amidst a total crock

Got all day to escape maybe delay my hark

May not have hit rock bottom but the depths are stark

 

I want to feel more free and open

Write and sing more melodies than Chopin

My haunting memories try copin’

Well, as far as that goes, I’m still hopin’

 

I’ll face reality at five o’clock

If I arrive a bit past five it’s no real shock

I’ve got a track record that clearly shows

What I’ll do at 5 for certain no one knows, but

 

I want to feel more free and open

Write and sing more melodies than Chopin

My haunting memories try copin’

Well, as far as that goes, I’m still hopin’

 

That I’ll choose to overcome my fear

That I’ll start to listen when I hear

When I say that at five today

I’ll actively handle me with care

 

I still want all life has to offer

I want to win one in a laugher

I want to fall in love forever

Well as far as they go may be never, ‘til

 

I face reality square in the eye

Complacency can’t keep me from my truthful try

One step at a time I’ll climb each building block

When I face reality at five o’clock

 

 

10.  Conflict

 

I’m in conflict

Both living in the moment and the past

Can’t resolve it

Wonder how long will this present last

And when I saw you standing there

I knew it was over

 

I’m in conflict

Imagination shuffling the facts

I’m at odds with

Success each time you’re giving me the axe

And when I saw you standing there

I knew it was over

And it’s not over

 

‘Cuz I’m not over you

Even though we have been through

For more than a year or two

Still you’re my soul mate come true

And all I know how to do

Is play my heartstring solo for you

 

But not to worry baby because

I’m invention

Creativity everywhere I go

I’m in conflict

Though I know innately deep down we both know

Look at us sitting right there

It’s clear we’re not over

 

 

11.  Pushing Karma’s Envelope

 

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

Hindsight like a telescope

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

 

There was a time when I felt free

‘Cause no one was looking at me

Back then I couldn’t see

That I would saw in two

The soul that became me and you

 

Too good (too good) to be (to be) forgotten (forgotten)

That we (that we) forgot what we once knew

 

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

Without denial I’d never cope

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

 

Stretched the truth far as it could go

‘Til yes snapped back as no

Maybe when I’m all for show

It’s ‘Cause I forgot

The things I used to take to heart

 

Too good (too good) to be (to be) forgotten (forgotten)

That we (that we) forgot what we once knew

 

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

Pushing Karma’s Envelope

With every breath a gasp of hope

 

 

12.  Marisela (Mariposa)

 

Marisela imagine me

And you are truly meant to be

Float through love mutually

Like a butterfly I’m fluttering

 

La mariposa flotando

Bajo el viento agradable

Mi Corazon alzar el vuelo

Como una mariposa volante

 

Flapping her gentle wings

Changing the world for all things

Playing true love on six strings

 

Marisela marry me

Though we go deeper than matrimony

Still I’m down upon one knee

Humbled by the butterfly set free

 

 

13.  One Community

 

Why can’t we be one community

Why we always breaking in three

Why can’t we be one community

I am talkin’ ‘bout you and me

 

Put down your dukes and pick up the pieces of your life

Put down the nukes and the gun, rope, tongue, missile, bullet, knife

 

Tell me the truth; there’s harm in beatings ‘round the bush

Don’t turn me to sleuth, ‘cuz I detect bullshit when shove comes to push

 

Anyone is someone when there’s someone there to need you

But you’re the one who freed you all the while

 

Why can’t we be one community

Why we always breaking in three

Why can’t we be one community

I am talkin’ ‘bout you and me

 

Why can’t we be one community

Why can’t we be one community

Why can’t we be one community

Why can’t we be one community

One community

Singles

Flintstones Theme

Spiderman Theme

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Flintstones

Meet the Flintstones

They're the modern Stone Age family

From the town of Bedrock

They're a page right out of history

 

Let's ride with the family down the street

Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet

When you're with the Flintstones

Have a yabba-dabba-doo time

A dabba-doo time

We'll have a gay old time

Flintstones

Meet the Flintstones

Meet the Flintstones

Meet ‘em now

Someday maybe Fred will win the fight

Then that cat will stay out for the night

When you're with the Flintstones

Have a yabba-dabba-doo time

A dabba-doo time

We'll have a gay old time

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Spiderman Spiderman
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web any size
Catches thieves just like flies

Look out
There goes that Spider-Man

Is he strong listen bud
He's got radioactive blood
Can he swing from a thread
Take a look overhead
Hey there there goes that Spider-Man

In the chill of night
At the scene of a crime
Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time

Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
As for fame he's ignored
Action is his reward look out
There goes that Spider-Man

(Be My) Co-Dependent Valentine

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Be my co-dependent Valentine

I've all ready built a shrine to feeling unfulfilled

I swallow a heart-shaped bitter pill

Will ya be my co-dependent Valentine?

 

I need you so co-dependently

Without you here

There's no me to speak of anywhere

The fun in dysfunction disappears

With our splendid co-dependent love affair

 

Hey! I watch it drift away 

From a place where I can handle it

Wait! Enable me a little more

Our therapist says to slip my check under her door...

 

God bless this livin', breathin', lovin' mess

That we created with success

I guess we have to climb

The hopelessly copeless go sublime

I'm your moping co-dependent Valentine

Mistletoe

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I’m waitin’ for Christmas

To finally steal a kiss

Under the mistletoe

 

Every night I picture this

Countin’ down ‘til the 25th

Under the mistletoe

 

Under the mistletoe

Where I wanna go

To be alone with you

 

Under the mistletoe we go

 

The morning of Christmas

I’m making a B-line

Past the gifts under the tree

The dreams I’ve had that this could be mine

Your sweet touch is all I nee-ee-ee-ee-eed

 

I’m waitin’ for Christmas

To get a taste of your lips

Under the mistletoe

 

Under the mistletoe

Where I wanna go

To be alone with you

 

Under the mistletoe

Where the kisses flow

 

Under the mistletoe

Where I wanna go

To get that kiss from you

 

Under the mistletoe we go

 

 

Sled

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1. Mistletoe

 

I’m waitin’ for Christmas

To finally steal a kiss

Under the mistletoe

 

Every night I picture this

Countin’ down ‘til the 25th

Under the mistletoe

 

Under the mistletoe

Where I wanna go

To be alone with you

 

Under the mistletoe we go

 

The morning of Christmas

I’m making a B-line

Past the gifts under the tree

The dreams I’ve had that this could be mine

Your sweet touch is all I nee-ee-ee-ee-eed

 

I’m waitin’ for Christmas

To get a taste of your lips

Under the mistletoe

 

Under the mistletoe

Where I wanna go

To be alone with you

 

Under the mistletoe

Where the kisses flow

 

Under the mistletoe

Where I wanna go

To get that kiss from you

 

Under the mistletoe we go

 

 

2. A Very Merry Federal Secular Holiday

 

It’s a very merry federal secular holiday
That’s why public buildings close across the land
The separation of church and state leads us to say
We are Santa Claus’s biggest fans

Put up your decorations

There’s no denomination
And no discrimination

Celebrate


Give all your presents out

That’s what its all about
And why I’m so devout to make it a great

Very merry federal secular holiday

(Very merry oooh)
Scrooge and Jimmy Stewart make their point again

(Federal secular oooh)
The mistletoe will help promote a sense of play
The food is never better

Dude it’s Zen

We don’t want to offend our Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu friends
So all our rules will bend to include them too
Were in a culture war but what (what) are we fighting for?
‘Cuz can you be so sure we can’t merge our views?

 

(Very merry very merry oooh)

(Federal secular oooh)

(Federal secular Federal secular)

If you’re Agnostic what will you do?
‘Cuz there’s no God-given holiday for you
The only way to make it through

A very merry federal secular holiday

(Very merry oooh)
A day to share for everyday Americans

(Federal secular oooh)
There’s enough to go around that’s why I say
Were all Santa Claus’s biggest fans

So have a very merry federal secular holiday

 

 

3. Santa Forever 

 

Santa Forever ever and ever

He’ll live on and on

He’ll never be gone

Santa’s alive in everyone

 

There’s a time and place each year

When Santa spreads his special cheer

In just one night he makes it clear that

Santa Claus is always here

 

Santa Forever ever and ever

He’ll never be gone

He’ll live on and on

 

Bags full of timeless love

As he flies through wintery skies above

That’s some “Ho-Ho-Hope” you hear

Flown first class by eight reindeer

 

 

Santa Forever ever and ever

He’ll live on and on

He’ll never be gone

Santa’s alive in everyone

 

Ol’ St. Nick sits on his own

Alone all year at the North Pole

Cake and tea with Mrs. Claus

They’re so eternal now because

He’s Santa Claus

 

Santa's Forever

 

Santa Forever ever and ever

He’ll live on and on

He’ll never be gone

Santa Forever ever and ever

He’ll live on and on

He’ll never be gone

Santa’s alive in everyone

4. December Holidays Be Happy

 

May All Your December Holidays Be Happy

No matter what you celebrate

Always to remember peace on earth

And miracles so great

 

Decorate every face with a smile

Man, woman, and child

The season for giving a little bit more

Make every life worthwhile

 

Let yourself go have a good cheer

Everyone knows it’s that time of year

So I propose everyone here

Join together now

 

May All Your December Holidays Be Happy

No matter what you celebrate

Always to remember peace on earth

And miracles so great

Miracles so great

 

  

5. Lovin’ Santa’s Daughter

 

Tall order lovin’ Santa’s daughter

She grew up with a famous Dad

From the Heights above the North Pole border

With the best of everything to be had

 

But she has me under her mistletoe

My wonder of light by candle glow

Best of all she’s my year long holiday

“Ho! Ho! Ho!” turns into “Hey! Hey! Hey!”

 

So picky little St. Nikki

Chose the gift of lovin’ me

She’s the nicest kind of naughty

Under Chrissy Kringle’s family tree

 

‘Cuz she’s the one for me under her mistletoe

My wonder of light by candle glow

Best of all she’s my year long holiday

“Ho! Ho! Ho!” turns into “Hey! Hey! Hey!”

 

I’ll sneak right up my chimney (chimney)

Daughter Christmas waits up on the roof

Her spirit wells up in me

Under nine pairs of flying hoof

Count ‘em

 

“Ho! Ho! Ho!”, I mean “Hey! Hey! Hey!”

 

I ought to marry Santa’s daughter

She’s sexy and excitin’ ‘cause

She sleighs me over land and water

I’ll become her Mr. Claus

 

‘Cuz she’s the one for me under her mistletoe

My wonder of light by candle glow

Best of all she’s my year long holiday

“Ho! Ho! Ho!” turns into “Hey! Hey! Hey!”

 

 

6. Winter Magic

 

Winter Magic

Glitter on the treetops glistenin’

In the distance

Santa’s sleigh bells I am listenin’

Wow I’m sure he’s on his way right now

 

Winter Magic

Can you hear them play “White Christmas”?

Powder blankets

I am prone to reminisce

 

Seasons come and go and before long

They've come and gone again

What makes it magic is a little song

And I sing it when

I need some enchantment

 

Winter Magic

Frosty’s hat has landed on my head

I’m a snowman

Wishing he was warm with you instead

Melting in my snow bed

 

Seasons come and go and before long

They've come and gone again

What makes it magic is a little song

And I sing it when

I need some enchantment

 


7. White Christmas

 

May your days be merry and bri-i-i-i-ight

And may all your Christmases be white


I'm dreamin’ of a White Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know 
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

Uh-oh-oh

I'm dreamin’ of a White Christmas
With every Christmas card I write 
May your days be merry and bri-i-i-i-ight
And may all your Christmases be white

 

May your days be merry and bri-i-i-i-ight

And may all your Christmases be white

OMA

One Minute Autobiography

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The Punctuation People

The Punctuation People

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1. The Punctuation People Theme Song

 

The Punctuation People

Will give you the facts

About punctuation

And how each acts

 

They make words easier

For you to read

A special lesson

We’ll keep it brief

 

Ma & Pa Rentheses

And Spot that’s our puppy

Comma Kass takes a breath

To answer Question Markowitz

Then Don Period says we’re done

We hear three cheers from Ms. Exclamation

 

Punctuation People

Will give you the facts

In a fun act

The Punctuation People

 

 

2. Ms. Exclamation Theme

 

What a glorious day for football and exclamations alike!

Here are the keys to understanding today’s game:

An exclamation point is a punctuation that comes at the

end of a sentence to show excitement! We now take you

down to the field live where Spot is waiting with an example.

 

I’m excited to see my team play!

 

Exclamation!

 

That’s right!  I can see that you’re excited because you used

an exclamation point, and I’m excited to hear Ms. Exclamation

sing!  Take it away!

 

Hip hooray I’m Ms. Exclamation

A sign of loud communication

I come at the end of your shout as an exclamation

 

Totally!

 

A period that blew its top

Excitement starts and doesn’t stop

You well may hear us yell

 

Run!

 

Score!

 

I can show surprise

 

Wow!

 

And emotions like shouts or cries

 

Yay!

 

I can command or even demand

 

Now!

 

And from far away you can hear my voice 

 

Woo hoo!  Woo hoo!

 

Ms. Exclamation!

 

Hip hooray I’m Ms. Exclamation

The only upbeat punctuation

I end your shout out as an exclamation

 

Hooray!

 

That’s all she wrote folks—using the correct punctuation marks of course!

 

 

3. Ma & Pa Rentheses Theme

 

Hello boys and girls out there.  I’m Ma--

 

--and I’m Pa--

 

--Rentheses.

 

We’re going to tell you about our favorite punctuation: parentheses.

 

Spot, can you say—“pa-renth-e-ses”?

 

Pa-renth-e-ses.  Parentheses.

 

That’s a smart dog.

 

Good job, Spot.

 

You put parentheses around extra information.

 

That’s right.

 

For instance, you could say--

 

You could say, “Our silly dog buried the bone (in our living room!).”

 

Oh, ho-ho. Oh, goodness. Or, “See Spot (our dog) sleep.”

 

I am kinda tired. snoring

 

That’s very funny (you little puppy comedian).

 

Well, Spot.  I’ve got a great way to keep you awake, so turn that radio up and listen!

 

We’re Ma & Pa Rentheses

To add a thought, remember this

Parentheses group extra thoughts in sentences

 

Yes they do.

 

We’re a way to say by the way

Consider this a side remark

And that’s the role parentheses play

 

Hey!  We are bent ‘round added statements

Not part of the main sentence

We are there to show a side comment

 

We can also tell you years that someone was alive

 

Like who?

 

 Well President Lincoln lived from 1809 to1865

 

Sometimes we’ll see

We’ll be used around a one-two-three

On a list of anything from A to Z

 

Now bring it home!

 

We’re parentheses and we punctuate

When there’s something more to state

We give extra information

To help you understand the situation

 

We look like an egg that’s been split in two

And we love you

 

Ha, ha, ha!

 

Oh, Ma.

 

That was fun.

4. Question Markowitz in Riddler On The Roof

 

Who?  What?  Where?  When?  Why?

 

Are you wondering why I, Question Markowitz—

The Riddler On The Roof, so called, am up here on my roof pondering riddles? 

Then why don’t you just ask me??

 

Why does a question mark come at the end of a sentence?

 

Well, Spot, for instance, what if I ask you—

 

“Did my pants just fall down?”

 

Can you see that a question mark comes at the end of this sentence, because I asked you something?

 

Oh, I get it!  When you want an answer, use a question mark at the end of your sentence, like when I say “Will you please sing me a song?”

 

Why not?

 

Will you sing this song with me?

Didle, deedle, die

And won’t you answer my query

Who, what, where, when, why?

 

When ending a direct question

Why does my voice get higher?

Does the sound affect my speech

When I must inquire?

 

May I ask for direction

To help complete a task?

And did I fail to mention

All I need to do is ask?

 

Have you seen Question Markowitz

The Riddler On The Roof?

Up there every day he sits

But is he weather proof??

 

Oy.

 

Am I just a question mark at the end of your line?

 

You’re there for asking questions, such as:

 

Who? What? Where? When? Why?

 

Who? What? Where? When? Why?

 

 

5. The Comma & The Stoppers

 

Cheerio kids!  Welcome back to your groovy, beautiful live musical program, “Ready, Set, Learn!”, where I might say the kids learn from their favorite music stars.  But first, back with our guest, a puppy doggy named Spot, who has a question:

 

Why do commas show up in the middle of a sentence?

 

The comma gives you a chance to pause, or take a breath. For example: “Spot wants to sing, dance, and play the guitar.”

 

Oh, I get it.  After the words “sing” and “dance”, a comma is used to tell us to “take a breath”.

 

Right-o!  Spot on, Spot! And now, here to dance, sing, and teach

you about what they do in a sentence, won’t you please help me welcome the
talented, musical singing group, The Commas & The Stoppers,

featuring Comma Kass.  Now here they are, The Commas & The Stoppers!

 

We’re the commas (They’re the commas)

They’re the Stoppers (We’re the Stoppers)

 

I’m a comma, baby, so I always come

In the middle of your words to help your sentence run

 

We’re the word stoppers—

 

Period

Or, exclamation

Or, a question mark

At the end to say you’re done

 

Or I’ll run on and on and on and on

But must not run too far

 

I’m Comma Kass

I make the sentence last

But I can’t run on forever

 

Period.

 

I can separate three or more items on a list

Like I ate pears, grapes, plums and apples

Get the gist?

Or, I indicate a slight pause in what you say

 

Like man, I wore my best skirt, the blue one today.

 

We’re the commas (They’re the commas)

They’re the Stoppers (We’re the Stoppers)

We’re The Commas (We’re The Commas)

And The Stoppers!

 

 

6. Grand Sentence Station featuring Don Period

 

Ladies and gentlemen, comma, boys and girls, comma, and punctuation of all ages--

 

Period.

 

The Comma Cabana Club proudly presents, comma,

The Chairman of the Blackboard!

 

There are 3 punctuations you can choose from to bring a sentence to a stop. 

They are period, exclamation and question mark.

Statements end with a period, like when Don Period says:

 

Spot is waiting for the train—Period.

 

To show excitement, raise your voice and end your sentence with an exclamation, as does Ms. Exclamation:

 

Here comes the train!

 

Questions end with a question mark, such as when Question Markowitz asks:

 

So, why can’t I see the train coming?

 

Heh heh. Let me put it to you like this, baby:

 

Shooby dooby doo, there’s a short round dot who

Says when my sentence is through

 

Period.

 

That’s right, baby.

 

But in his family there’s a total of three

That say what the sentence will be

 

Use a period to end a statement.

 

You’re done. Period.

 

When a word train makes a full stop at Grand Sentence Station

There are three choices of punctuation

Don Period’s sent to end the statement

 

I’m the small round dot at the end a lot. Period.

 

Use an exclamation point to end a sentence showing excitement!

 

I’m excited!

 

When a word train makes a full stop at Grand Sentence Station

There are three choices of punctuation

There’s Ms. Exclamation

Her shout’s heard that’s for sure

 

I end your sentence and make it louder!

 

Use a question mark to end a sentence when there’s something to ask.

 

Who?  What? Where? When? Why?

 

When a word train makes a full stop at Grand Sentence Station

There are three choices of punctuation
Question Markowitz wonders

 

Where and what is my task?

 

At the end of a sentence when a question’s asked.

 

But shooby dooby doo it’s the Dotfather who

Says when my sentence is through

 

You’re through--Period.

1. One Minute Autobiography Theme

 

One Minute Autobiography

One minute for you to get to know me

My lifetime condensed for you to see

Who what where when why

Just a vignette for a minute

A slice of my whole history

One Minute Autobiography

 

 

2. One Minute Autobiography: Einstein

 

Hmm hmm hmm, carry the two…

Ah!  E equals MC squared!

Oh, hello there.  I am Albert Einstein.

 

Hey Einstein

I'm a scientist

Hey Einstein

Ünt a physicist

Hey Einstein

Yah

You're a genius

 

Filled my head with knowledge

Ünt used my imagination

E equals MC squared

My most famous equation

 

Hey Einstein

I'm a scientist

Hey Einstein

Ünt a physicist

Hey Einstein

You're a genius

 

I made big discoveries about the speed of light

My Theory of Relativity proved that I was right

Let's sing

 

Hey Einstein

You’re a scientist

Hey Einstein

Ünt a physicist

Hey Einstein

I’m a genius

 

To find out more about Albert Einstein, visit your local library

 

 

3. One Minute Autobiography: Shakespeare

 

Skully, listen to these new words I’ve composed: “critical”, “excellent” and “countless”.

As in, “Shakespeare recorded countless fine words, works and phrases.”

Skully!  You didn’t tell me we have visitors.  Allow me to introduce myself.

 

I'm William Shakespeare

Most famous playwright extraordinaire

Shakespeare

Wrote comedies and dramas with flair

Don’t know if you know it

But I’m also a poet

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day

 

The name is Shakespeare

I sure could write a good phrase

Shakespeare

Many now are known as clichés

To be or not to be

All’s well that end’s well

It’s all Greek to me

Neither here nor there

I’m Shakespeare

 

To learn more about I, William Shakespeare, visit your local library.

4. One Minute Autobiography: Gandhi

 

I'm Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi

 

I’m called the Father of my Nation back in India

Because I guided her to freedom with my wits

I instituted peaceful civil disobedience

To take our country back from Great Britain

 

Gandhi

My first name is Mohandas

Gandhi

They call me Mahatma

Gandhi

Fought tyranny for my people

For everybody

 

We were treated like second-class citizens

For no other reason than the fact we’re Indian

I formed a movement using noncooperation

So the British Empire would get up and go

They did

 

Gandhi

My first name is Mohandas

Gandhi

They call me Mahatma

Gandhi

Fought tyranny for my people

For everybody

For you

 

Visit your local library to learn more about me, Gandhi.

 

 

5. One Minute Autobiography: Babe Ruth

 

And stepping up to the plate, good ol’ number three, right fielder, Babe Ruth.

 

I’m George Herman Ruth, Jr.

The best in baseball’s Hall of Fame

But you may know my nicknames

The Babe

The Bambino

The Sultan of Swat

Among the greatest sports heroes you’ve got

More often than not my bat would get hot

 

I pitched for the Boston Red Sox in 1914

‘Til sold to the New York team

Where I won seven Pennants

And four World Series

A Home Run King and right fielder

For the Yankees

I wore number three on my jersey

 

Larger than life

And bigger than baseball some say

I’m George Herman Ruth, Jr.

Known as The Babe

 

To learn more about baseball legend, Babe Ruth, step up to your local public library.

Baloon To The Moon Lyrics

Balloon To The Moon

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1.  The Eyes Have It

 

The eyes have it, they can see

Lovely visions of you and me

The eyes have it…

But the ears can’t read

 

The ears have it, they can hear

Helps to listen for why and where

The ears have it…

But the mouth can’t hear its own cheer

 

The mouth has it, it can smile

And turn to laughter in a little while

The mouth has it…

But the nose can’t chew

Though it can “aah-aah-aah-choo!”

AAH-CHOO!!!

Gazuntheit.

Thank you.

 

The nose has it, it can smell

Your stinky feet a bit too well

The nose has it…whew!

Though the feet can’t tell they smell

 

That’s ‘cuz the feet have it, they can run

Taking you to places fun

The feet have it…the hands can’t dance

No they can’t, but you can!

C’mon, let’s dance!  Get down!  Yowsa!

These ain’t no ordinary boogie shoes!

 

“…Everybody clap your hands, now…”

 

The hands have it, they can clutch

Wave, hold, throw and touch

The hands have it…they’re holding you

 

You have it, because you’re great

You know how to appreciate

That you have it…

Enjoy it now don’t wait!

 

Your eyes have it, they can see

Your eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hands and feet

Live your life happily together ever after!

 

 

2.  Playground

 

Wherever we go, whatever we do

I’d like to spend some time with you

So let’s go to the playground

Whenever we like, we’ve got all day

There is a ground on which we can play

So let’s go to the playground

 

How high can we get on the swing set

Before we shout: “Hee Haw!”

Next we’re up and down on the see saw

 

Wherever we go, whatever we do

I’d like to spend some time with you

So let’s go to the playground

Whenever we like, we’ve got all day

There is a ground on which we can play

So let’s go to the playground

 

Then we’ll have some fun under the sun

And climb the monkey bars

In our rocket ship heading to Mars…

 

“Take me to your leader”

 

And before it’s dark we’ll leave the park

Sun sets on Sandbox Beach

Happy times are never out of reach

 

Wherever we go, whatever we do

I’d like to spend some time with you

So let’s go to the playground

Whenever we like, we’ve got all day

There is a ground on which we can play

Let’s go to the playground

 

Going to the playground…

 

 

3.  My Pet Pickle

(featuring Emily Gerstein)

 

My Pet Pickle, now here’s a surprise

My Pet Pickle came with burger-n-fries

But there’s one thing you may not get

Why I chose that pickle as my pet

Let me tell you in one word it’s love…

 

I’ll take my pet pickle out for a walk

Oh how I wish my pickle could talk

Think of all the yarn he’d spin

About the jar he once lived in

Every story makes you want to grin

 

My pet pickle plays with pickle pet toys

Having fun with the nice girls and boys

But there’s one thing you may not get

Why I chose that pickle as my pet

Let me tell you in one word it’s love…

 

 

4.  Early In The Morning

 

Early in the morning

I’m awake but I’m still snoring

Early in the day

I forgot what I should say…

 

It’s the right time

Before the night time

To get this whole thing right

If I could work it out

You may hear me shout

Hopefully it won’t be boring

Booooooorrrriiiiiinnng

 

 

5.  3rd Little Pig’s House

 

Third little pig’s house

We’ll rock-n-roll all night

Third little pig has got

A big bad wolf-like appetite

 

The first little pig’s house

Was made of hay and

Straw was all he saw

As it blew away

By the wolf’s big bad breath

Poor little first little pig’s house was a mess

 

The second little pig’s house

Was made of sticks

Held together with toothpicks

One toothpick was all the wolf needed

The second little pig’s house was defeated

 

Third little pig’s house

We’ll rock-n-roll all night

Third little pig has got

A big bad wolf-like appetite

 

The third little pig

Just loved to read

To learn in life how to succeed

He built a brick house tall and strong and

Asked the other little pigs to come along

 

The first and second pig showed up late

Still the time they had was great

To stay up all night and play loud music

The wolf was out of breath; this time he really blew it

 

(party chatter)

 

“The big bad wolf” so says the press

The big bad wolf says he must confess

That he’s pretty good as wolves go

I don’t know; it’s your best guess

Though he’s an unwelcomed guest at

 

Third little pig’s house

We’ll rock-n-roll all night

Third little pig has got

A big bad wolf-like appetite

 

Third little pig’s house

We’ll laugh, sing dance, pig out!

Third little pig’s house

Thick as brick so we can scream and shout

 

This is the big bad wolf reporting

(Ugh, I wanted pig)

 

 

6.  Buck B’Gak Theme

 

You’d better stand back for your friend Buck B’Bak

“My name is Buck-Buck-Buuuuuck B’Gak,

Licensed, Certified, Registered Chicken”

 

He’s Buck Buck Buck B’Gak

Buck Buck B’Gak

Some call him a quack

But he’s got your back

He’s Buck Buck Buck B’Gak

 

Buck Buck Buck B’Gak

Buck Buck Buck B’Gak

You’re out of luck if you think he’s a duck

He’s a chicken and a half

“I’m a chicken and a half!”

 

The farm barnyard is his playground

It’s quiet until he comes along

“Whoops!”

“All right, all right…It was an accident.”

“It really wasn’t my fault, fellas.”

 

He’s Buck Buck Buck B’Gak

Buck Buck Buck B’Gak

You’re out of luck if you think he’s a duck

He’s a chicken and a half

He’s Buck Buck Buck B’Gak

Buck B’Gak

 

“You want a piece of me…??”

“I want a leg!”

“You sure do know how to hurt a chicken’s feelings!”

 

 

 

7.  Big Kid

 

CHORUS:

I’m a big kid, I can’t get rid

Of that part of my heart

‘Cuz I’m a big kid, and I won’t change

Though all the other grown-ups

Think it’s strange, I say:

Age is just a number

 

I don’t like to

Go to sleep when I’m told

Good thing that I’m

Thirty-six years old

Age is just a number…

 

I can eat cake

For breakfast if I choose

My tummy may ache

But what else do I have to lose

 

CHORUS

 

I like to laugh out loud

And make you laugh too

So sing along with me, and

Make all my dreams come true

 

CHORUS

 

You can count on me: 1-2-3-4-5

At any age it’s great to be alive

 

Some people ask me

“Will I ever grow up?”

I may some day, but

For now I’d rather be a

 

CHORUS

 

You can count on me

I’m a big kid

 

 

8.  Balloon To The Moon

 

Some balloons drift to the sky with a lot of long hot air

But one will only lift and fly if we've got the right song to share

So I ask that you all try with me, 'cause I built a huge balloon

But it can only fly, you see, if we sing aloud this hot air tune...

 

Sing our balloon to the moon…

 

We've taken off upon a trip with plenty of music for fuel

Travelling through the clouds is hip and singing aloud is so cool...

 

Sing our balloon to the moon…

 

We're going on a space-a-thon for everyone that wants to come

And before long our uplifting song will raise your voice to sing-a-long

 

Sing our balloon to the moon…

 

Going far past twinkling stars; you can keep your moon flowers in my vase

Our voices, my guitar's way, way deep in outer space

 

Sing our balloon to the moon…

 

We'll spend our summers on the moon resting by Lake Crater

Then we'll hum our favorite tune; nothing could be greater

 

Sing our balloon to the moon…

 

There may be aliens out there different than us

Don't be afraid, there's friends to be made, and that's a big plus

(“...They can sing and fly with us...”)

 

Balloon to the moon (“...On unleaded tune...”)

Balloon to the moon (“...So everyone croon...”)

Balloon to the moon (“...We'll be there soon...”)

Balloon to the moon...

 

 

9..  Monkey’s Uncle

 

I'll be a monkey's uncle...

I'll be a monkey's uncle to my niece and nephew

And a gorilla or two, who live in a villa in the zoo

 

I'll be a monkey's uncle...

I'll be a monkey's uncle to my nephew and niece

And a coupla' chimpanzees, swingin' from my family trees

 

Ee-ee, oo-oo, ah-ah; it's a jungle out there

Ah-ah, oo-oo, ee-ee; I'll get by with my family's care

 

I'll be a monkey's uncle...

I'll be a monkey's uncle to an ape and baboonion

Our family reunion will be on the next full moon at the lagoonion

 

I'll be a monkey's uncle...

I'll be a monkey's uncle to put you at ease

Calling all primates if you please

My nephew, my niece and you

 

 

 

10.  Jubilee

 

Hey boys and girls!  It’s jubilee time!

 

Come with me there will be a jubilee

We will sing our favorite song

Fun is easy as 1-2-3

If you please do hum along…

 

There will be laughter, and

After that some smiles

Then in your memory

A jubilee goes on for miles

 

Jubileedle-oodle-oo

 

From start to end

You will be my best friend

Let’s play our favorite game

Our hearts beating happily again and again

When we get to sing our party’s name

 

Sing with me:

 

Jubilee, Jubilee, Jubilee

Sunny sky and puffy cloud

Jubilee, Jubilee, Jubilee

Let me hear you sing it loud

 

Jubilee…

 

Birds whistle in the breeze

Leaves glowing on the trees

Life flowing on with ease

 

…Jubilee!

 

 

11.  That Craaaaazy Freckle

 

What’s that little speck

Travelin’ ‘cross my leg

It’s That Craaaaazy Freckle

 

Don’t want to speculate

But he’s up to somethin’ great

He’s not lazy, he’s successful…

‘Cuz he’s That Craaaaaazy Freckle

 

Yeah, I’m the Freckle; just don’t confuse me with that weird mole.

 

 

12.  Riding Away

 

I’m gonna jump on my horse, I’m gonna ride far away

Take you with me of course—hey darlin’, what do you say?

 

Up in the saddle we’re safe, out on the trail we ride

Me on my steed, you on your pony, travellin’ side-by-side

 

I close my eyes and I dream

About the places we’ll go

There’s no such thing as a clock

There’s neither fast nor slow

The only important thing’s

That we’re together and riding away

 

We dig the view from the cliff, the secrecy of the gorse

It gives us both quite a lift, alone on our pony and horse

 

Out to the sunset we ride, Hollywood endings abound

You can bet that we have tried the other escapes around

 

I close my eyes and I dream

About the places we’ll go

There’s no such thing as a clock

There’s neither fast nor slow

The only important thing’s

That we’re together and riding away

 

Getting away from it all

Out on a gallop and trot

I say “Giddyup y’all” and

“Give it all you got”

© Dave Jay Gerstein

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