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Don't accidentally do things you'll later regret
Oh, no, you did
Some things can't be taken back
Don't do them
Too late, you did
Don't say these words to your dad
That he's gross or that he smells bad
Don't spill ink on the rug
Don't hammer the wall
Oh, no, you did
Why won't you take directions
Or listen to instrections?
Now you're informed and you've been warned
So don't
Oh wait, you did
Sorry, sorry
Don't be angry
I didn't mean to do it
I swear I'll never do that again
Don't drop eggs from the 14th story window
Oh, you did
Really, you should not go anywhere high up and drop an egg
Like the Pyramids of Gizza
Or the Leaning Tower of Pizza
You know what? Don't drop anything from anywhere
Too late, you did
How did the carton of milk get filled with shaved off puppy hairs?
What's that river of water doing pouring down the stairs?
Did you just eat a napkin
To find out what would hap-kin?
I thought I told you not to
But you had to
And you did
Sorry, sorry
Don't be angry
I didn't mean to do it
I swear I'll never do that again
Blah blah blah da blee
Blah blee blah blah
blah blah blah blee blah
Blah blah blah da blah
Blah blah blee blah
blah blah blee blah blah
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah da blah
Blah blah blah blah blah
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2. |
Omnicorn
01:41
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Omnicorn
Like no other creature ever born
On its head is every manner of horn
The omnicorn's the one
The one
Omnicorn
Omnicorn
Omnicorn
Hiding over by the edge of the pines
Now it's running past the hunting lodge sign
No one will see it go
I've been to museums
I've seen the no-see-ums
I know what I'm talking about
Omnicorn
Even rarer than a unicorn
It's got every single kind of horn
Omnicorn's the one
The one
Omnicorn
Omnicorn
Omnicorn
Leaping over someone's Möbius strip
Left behind from a vacationing trip
That's something to talk about
Omnicorn go
Omnicorn go
Omnicorn go
Omnicorn go
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3. |
I Am Invisible
02:05
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Just an inch away from your face
I am staring into your eyes
You would be surprised if you could see
What's an inch from your face
But it's impossible
I am invisible
Tiptoeing and holding my breath
Almost knocking over a lamp
Barely able to contain a sneeze
I am invisible
I am invisible
I am invisible
Did you notice something?
Was there somebody there?
No, apparently not
There you felt it again
Something creeping around
That you can't see
Doing jumping jacks in the bank
Dancing through the supermarket
Spinning in the courtroom on one leg
I am invisible
I am invisible
I am invisible
There are details
That I haven't worked out
Like when I eat my lunch
Does it disappear
Or do you see it going all the way down?
Did the cat just learn how to fly?
No, I'm only holding him up
Did the cat turn on the dishwasher?
No, I'm holding his paw
Pushing down on the switch
Making it look like he's
Doing it by himself
Cause I'm invisible
I am invisible
I am invisible
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4. |
Definition of Good
01:57
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Oh
Definition of good
Clams secretly smiling at clam jokes
Oh
Definition of good
Conversations in fake Russian accent
Food that's colored wrong
Ping pong balls are eyes
Blanket over the dinner table makes a house
Spin until you fall down
President in a wig
Cardboard box that a large appliance came in
Oh
Definition of good
Two flamingos engaging in a fruit fight
Oh
Definition of good
Listening to the work of Captain Beefheart
Paper cup for a snout
Everyone in a pile
Mixing pieces from two different board games
Sleeping in the bathtub
Candy wax lips
Thing that's stored in a larger version of itself
Oh
Definition of good
Unbelievably real shadow puppets
Masterminding a scheme
Hide and seek with a dog
Arm that stretches around the world and taps your arm
Oh
Definition of good
Understanding a complicated puzzle
Laughing at the same thing
Looking into your eyes
Knowing everything that the other is thinking
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5. |
And Mom and Kid
01:22
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So many combinations
So many combinations
So many
So many combinations
So many combinations
And mom and dad and kid and kid
And dad and mom and kid and dad
And baby
And kid and mom and mom and kid
And dad and mom and kid and kid
And granddad
And dad and dad and kid and kid
And mom and gran and kid and mom and
So many combinations
So many combinations
So many
So many combinations
So many combinations
So many
So many families
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6. |
I Made A Mess
02:25
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I just made a mess
I don't know how
I did but now
The whole place is
A wreck
I made a mess
And now I guess
That somehow I
Have got to clean
It up
It's a catastrophe
From ceiling to floor
From wall to the other wall
And nothing was spared
What wasn't destroyed was spilled
And what wasn't spilled was
Melted or scribbled on
From ceiling to floor
From wall to the other wall
I made a mess
I don't know how
But now I have
A big mess on my hands
I'll need a ton (I'll need a ton)
Of mops and glue (Of mops and glue)
And soap and towels (And soap and towels)
And paint and (And paint and)
Power tools (Power tools)
Trying to clean it up
Is making it worse
Whatever I try to fix
Gets even more wrecked
No matter how much I wash
It looks even messier than
It did before
I'm making it worse
By trying to clean it up
I made a mess (I made a mess)
And now I guess (And now I guess)
That somehow I (That somehow I)
Have got to clean (Have got to clean)
It up (It up)
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
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Moles. Moles. Spending their lives down a hole
And when it’s raining they get complaining
And run around out of control
Moles
Hounds. Hounds. Walk with their nose to the ground
The joy in their eyes and
The shock of surprise when
They bring you the thing that they found
Hounds!
Don’t wake up the hibernating bear
He’ll spend all winter there
Asleep
Bees. Bees. Spend most of their time inside hives
But when the breeze knocks the hive off the trees oh
We better run for our lives.
Bees
Hares. Hares. Some call them bunnies—who cares?
Though it sounds phony
Rabbits were coney
Out on this island right hare.
Hares
Don’t wake up the hibernating bear
He’ll spend all winter there
Asleep
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Walking all around the town
Singing all the people down
Talking around, talking around
Me and my cat named Dog
We're walking high against the fog
Singing the song, singing the song
Happy, sad, and crazy wonder
Choking up my mind with perpetual dreaming
Drifting up and down the street (drifting up and down the street)
Searching for the sound of people (searching for the sound of people)
Swinging their feet, swinging their feet
Dog is a good old cat (Dog is a good old cat)
People, whatcha think of that? (People, what d'you think of that?)
That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at
Happy, sad, and crazy wonder
Choking up my mind with perpetual dreaming
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Dog is a good old cat (Dog is a good old cat)
People, whatcha think of that? (People, what d'you think of that?)
That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at, that's where I'm at
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9. |
Or So I Have Read
02:14
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Animals can smell your dreams
Or so I have read
That explains the constant sniffing
Under your bed
Or so I have read
It says it right here
And did you know
That mixing paint with milk will make it clear?
Barber poles are found in the wild
And caught in a cage
If you count the stripes
You can determine their age
Or so says the sage
That authored this page
Who owns a self-consuming timepiece
Called the chronophage
Everything you hear is a fact
And the opposite is also correct
If you swallowed up the planet
You would be a wiser man
It would be inside your head
So I have read
You may not believe this
But it has been shown
The reason clouds are white
Is that they're made out of bone
And when I found out
I slapped my own face
For now I know why skeletons
Are up in outer space
Someday in the distant future
So I have read
Microscopic astronauts
Will land on your head
There's so much to know
Can't put this book down
A mime is the hybrid offspring
Of a human and a clown
Everything you hear is a fact
And the opposite is also correct
If you swallowed up the planet
You would be a wiser man
It would be inside your head
Or so I have read
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They're not the largest mammals
But they're biggest on the land
So when I say "please step away"
I know you'll understand
They've got two tusks up front for fighting
Or digging in the dirt
So you can see how easily
You'd end up getting hurt
Get out of the way
Get out of the way
The elephants are coming through your town today
Get out of the way
Get out of the way
The elephants are coming through your town today
The elephants are coming through your town today
They're great communicators
With waves called infra-sound
Seismically clear, you'd barely hear
Them travel through the ground
And while the cows all stick together
And congregate at home
The bulls go out and walk about
They'd rather be alone
Get out of the way
Get out of the way
The elephants are coming through your town today
Get out of the way
Get out of the way
The elephants are coming through your town today
Elephants are coming through your town today
Elephants are coming through your town today
Did you hear about the farmer, who had a house built in Sri Lanka? Well, it was right in the middle of an elephant migration path. And boy, those elephants didn't care for it one bit. In fact, they got tired of walking around it, and one day, and one day, they walked right through it.
Get out of the way
Get out of the way
The elephants are coming through your house today
Get out of the way
Get out of the way
The elephants are coming through your house today
Elephants are coming through your house today
Elephants are coming through your house today
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Everything I say is true
And for your delight
I have such a tale for you
Can you stand the excitement?
I had a beautiful sleep
And I had some beautiful dreams
My family was there
And we laughed and we laughed
The alarm clock rang and I gasped
I woke up with a long white beard
A long white beard
A long white beard
Like Zeus on Mount Olympus
With a long white beard
And eyebrows most surprisingly long
Last night I walked in my sleep
And last night I talked while I dreamed
My grandma was there
And she gave me some cocoa
But when I awoke, it was loco
I woke up with a ten foot tail
A ten foot tail
A ten foot tail
And just like a sleepwalker
With a ten foot tail
Some collectables were knocked to the ground
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12. |
I Just Want to Dance
01:08
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I just want to dance (yeah yeah yeah)
I'm a little kid but I just want to dance (yeah)
I just want to dance (yeah yeah yeah)
Yeah, I'm a little kid but I just want to dance (yeah)
I can't rest
Yes, I knew it was a two-part test
I just want to dance (yeah yeah yeah)
Yeah, I'm a little kid but I just want to dance (yeah yeah yeah)
All those rules are dumb, chum
All those rules are dumb
All those rules are broken and dumb
I'm a little kid (yeah)
Yeah, I'm a little kid but I just want to dance
I'm a little dude (yeah)
I'm a little dude with my brand new moves (yeah)
Do my thing
Doing my thing until I break this song
I just want to dance (yeah yeah yeah)
Yeah, I'm a little kid but I just want to dance (yeah yeah yeah)
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13. |
Thinking Machine
02:10
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JF: Tape has brightening arm connect
JL: Wait, that didn't make sense
JF: Self-paint lever itching does
JL: That made even less sense
JF: Shaving copter anymore
JL: That's not even a sentence
JF: Weld crat tonsil speep enact
JL: Some of those aren't words
What does it mean? (What does it mean?)
What does it mean? (What does it mean?)
I'll put it in my thinking machine
JF: Uncle fourteen marching flame
JL: Don't know what you said
JF: Sleep expensive cloud enjoy
JL: Still not following
JF: Gurb long trom flom dim fim lim
JL: Pretty sure that's gibberish
JF: Dog dog dog dog dog dog dog
JL: Now you're just repeating the word "dog"
What does it mean? (What does it mean?)
What does it mean? (What does it mean?)
I'll put it in my thinking machine
JF: Cash fog Ansel Adams mouth
JL: What?
JF: Green grape gravy grateful grab
JL: Whaaaaat?
JF: Skeleteleteleton
JL: Whaaaaaaaaaaat?
JF: The word for word is word
What does it mean? (What does it mean?)
What does it mean? (What does it mean?)
I'll put it in my thinking machine
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14. |
So Crazy for Books
02:10
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I can read anything (Read books! Yes books!)
I can read everything (Read books! Yes books!)
I can explore (Books!)
I can learn (Books!)
I can discover (Books!)
I can name (Books!)
I can read everything (Read books! Read books! Yes books! Yes books!)
I can read anything (Read books! Read books! Yes books! Yes books!)
When I go to the library
Those librarians all run to me
and when I walk past the silent sign
I think fine fine fine fine fine
I am so crazy for books
This is a maze filled with books
Books are the fuel to my dreams
Which fly so fast you can't see
Then I go back to my house
Check out the books I just checked out
So many things have just begun
This is fun fun fun fun fun
I am so crazy for books
My mind's a maze filled with books
Books are the fuel to my dreams
Which fly so fast you can't see
I can read anything (Read books! Yes books!)
I can read everything (Read books! Yes books!)
I can explore (Books!)
I can learn (Books!)
I can discover (Books!)
I can name (Books!)
I can read everything (Read books! Read books! Yes books! Yes books!)
I can read anything (Read books! Read books! Yes books! Yes books!)
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I haven't seen you in forever
I'm so sad cause I missed you so much
I missed you so much
I'm so so sad
I haven't seen you in forever
I'm so sad cause I missed you so much
I missed you so much
I'm so so sad
I haven't seen you in forever
I'm so glad we're together again
Together again
I'm so so glad
I haven’t seen you in forever
I'm so annoyed cause I forgot how much you bug me
I forgot how much you bug me
I'm so so annoyed
Go away and leave me alone
No you go away
No you
No you no you
No you
No you
NO YOU
NO YOU
Since we've been apart I see that I cannot live without you
I cannot live without you
Don't ever leave me again
I haven't seen you in forever
I'm so glad we're together again
Together again
I'm so so glad
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16. |
Out of a Tree
02:36
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Get your eight-year-old out of a tree
Get your eight-year-old out of a tree
Got up there, quite a ways
There's no ladder as tall as that tree
And what's sadder is he's still in that tree
Just what could've made him
Of course you forbade him
He's a child
Hear the sounds of laughter
High above the rafters
He's gone wild
Neighbors shocked but they still all agree
There's no talking him down from that tree
And it rains, still he stays
Get your eight-year-old out of a tree
Get your eight-year-old out of a tree
Now your nine-year-old lives in a tree
Now your nine-year-old wants no T.V.
Not a stage, not a phase
Now your nine-year-old has been set free
Now your nine-year-old's home is a tree
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17. |
Hello Mrs. Wheelyke
02:17
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Hello Mrs. Wheelyke
Wouldn't
You like
To write
With a Pencil?
Hello Missis
We like
Wooden
You like
Two right
With a Pennsyl
Maybe We can
Hang out
On the Drive way
You can Ride on Lions
If you
Find you're
Hungry You should
Eat a Sandwich
At the Picnic
If you
Find you're Hungary
You should Eat a Sand which
At the Picnic Maybe
We can Hang out
On the Drive way
You can Ride on Lions
Maybe We can
Hang out On the Driveway
You can Ride on Lions
I'm from sippi to wear footwear to wear -handed gloves hat in vania
some day let our wigs to dry clothesline out of town steer and I'll the hood will cheer
some day in Budapest look me up never big pile of you found beach or with wolves
some day let our wigs to dry clothesline out of town steer and I'll the hood will cheer
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18. |
Then the Kids Took Over
02:25
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The earth is our one home
The earth is so fragile it seems
It's warmer and warmer
And things have gone from strange to extreme
And then the kids took over
That's when the future began
And when the kids took over
They had an un-secret plan
And when the kids took over
They didn't walk no they ran
And when the kids took over
It was the future
Neglected deflected
Can't undo what is already done
Aware now with know-how
With power from the wind and the sun
And then the kids took over
That's when the future began
And when the kids took over
They had an un-secret plan
And when the kids took over
They didn't walk no they ran
And when the kids took over
It was the future
(Spoken:)
Listen up!
I was stomping around with my giant carbon footprint
But now I got so tiny you really gotta squint
I learned there was a lot I can do
Recycling, self-reliance, energy conservation, no matter how small
I even planted a tree, now it's twelve feet tall
And then the kids took over
That's when the future began
And when the kids took over
They had an un-secret plan
And when the kids took over
They didn't walk no they ran
And when the kids took over
It was the future
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