Best Childrens Music.com: Lyrics

1. My Best Day
Grimwood/Idlet Troutoons and Fred Bogert Maxbox Music ©2001 (BMI)
Derived from a songwriting workshop with kids of Olathe, KS

On My Best Day it's my birthday,
Made a new friend at school and I'm getting all A's.
I come home to a birthday surprise,
My sister has been evicted and now her room is mine.
My lucky day, got money in my pocket,
It's snowing whipped cream and raining chocolate.
On My Best Day we got a brand new car,
A blue sparkle drum set and an electric guitar.
On My Best Day I got two pairs of shoes,
One for messing 'round and one for shooting hoops.
My lucky day, got money in my pocket,
It's snowing whipped cream and raining chocolate.
This could never happen that's what you might say,
But that's how it's gonna be on My Best Day.

On My Best Day whatever needs doing is done,
If it's sad it's happy, if it's boring it's fun.
On My Best Day whatever's good is great,
The clocks are all broken and there's no way to be late.
My lucky day, got money in my pocket,
It's snowing whipped cream and raining chocolate.
This could never happen that's what you might say,
But that's how it's gonna be on My Best Day.

Hey, on My Best Day nobody cries.
Everybody's happy and we all learn how to fly.
Got my own roller coaster, got my own bumper cars,
There'll be Six Flags flying over my back yard.
My lucky day with all of my friends,
Think about a good time that never ends.
This could never happen that's what you might say,
That's how it's gonna be this is My Best Day.
This could never happen that's what you might say,
That's how it's gonna be this is My Best Day.
This could never happen that's what you might say,
But that's how it's gonna be on My Best Day.

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2. Are We There Yet?
Grimwood/Idlet ©2001 Troutoons (BMI)

Everything on your side of the car belongs to you.
Everything on my side of the car belongs to me.
It's a million miles to where we're going,
We might never stop to eat.
I'll take the batting cage with automatic pitch.
You take that beaten up old garbage can out by the drainage ditch.
We could use some ice cream. Hey, I own a Dairy Bar.
Driving on and on and on and on for hours. Look how rich we are!

Looks like you got a new car dealership.
Come see me at my gas station before you take a trip.
There's money in your bank,
But you'll starve without my farm.
Driving on and on and on and on and on and on and on
and on and on for hours.
Look how rich we are!

CHORUS:
Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
I don't believe you heard me say are we there yet?
1-2-3-4 I declare a thumb war.
Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
I don't believe you heard me say are we there yet?
Take a look at this old car, you'd never know how rich we are.

There's a checkered flag waving in the wind.
It's a go-cart track on your side. Looks like you win again.
How'd you get so lucky? Man, you can't even drive.
I'll trade you California for that go-cart track.
I'll even throw in a putt-putt course if you promise not to give it back.
Think about it, California, you could meet a movie star.
Driving on and on and on and on and on and on and on
and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and
on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on
and on and on and on and on for hours.
Look how rich we are!

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4. You Can't Go
Grimwood/Idlet ©2000 Troutoons (BMI)

There's a roller coaster at the county fair,
And a Ferris wheel high up in the air.
We're gonna grip the Gripper and zip the Zipper,
The neon lights will glow.
All our friends are gonna be there, but you can't go.

CHORUS:
You didn't do your homework. You didn't feed the dog.
You didn't take the garbage out and now that's your job.
Your daddy tried to warn you and your mamma told you so.
But you didn't listen to what they said so,
Now you can't go.

It's a pizza party birthday, Kevin's turning ten.
We're gonna have some fun and do it all again.
Plates of ice cream and chocolate cake, filled to overflow,
And all our friends are gonna be there, but you can't go.

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You were busy watching television, busy doing nothing,
And now there's finally something good to do.
But you'll still be doing nothing while all your friends are having fun,
And I know I should stay home with you so you're not the only one.

But you didn't do your homework and you didn't feed the dog.
You didn't take the garbage out. It's not my job.
Your daddy tried to warn you and your mamma told you so.
Well, I did everything that I had to do, so I'm gonna go.
No you didn't do what you had to do so you can't go.
If you can't do the time, buddy, don't do the crime.
You can't go. I'm gone.

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5. Your Name Backwards
Grimwood/Idlet ©2001 Troutoons (BMI)

Now it's time to play a little game,
Play a little game with names.
I know it's silly and I know it's strange,
But the name of the game is Your Name Backwards.

I know a girl whose name is Rachel,
Oh such a pretty name.
Say it backwards and it's Lehcar.
Playing a game of Your Name Backwards.
Rachel-Lehcar, Lehcar-Rachel, Lehcar-Rachel, Rachel-Lehcar,
Ordinary names become bizarre.
When you're playing a game of Your Name Backwards.

I know a boy whose name is Fred,
Does his homework in his head.
Turn it around and call him Derf.
Playing a game called Your Name Backwards.
Fred-Derf, Derf-Fred, Derf-Fred, Fred-Derf,
You hear the craziest sounds on Earth,
When you're playing a game of Your Name Backwards.

How about Robert? Can you say Trebor?
How about Liz? Can you say Zil?
How about Mary? Can you say Yram?
Yes I can and I think I will.
How about Steven? Can you say Nevets?
How about Ann? Nna Nna Nna Nna Nna.
How about Michelangelo--Olegnalehcim,
Michelangelo--Olegnalehcim, Olegnalehcim--Michelangelo,
Michelangelo--Olegnalehcim,
Playing a game of Your Name Backwards.

Anna, Otto, Hannah and Bob,
Don't care a thing for this game.
If your name's a palindrome,
Back and forth, it's all the same.
Now it's time to play a little game,
Play a little game with names.
I know it's silly and I know it's strange,
But the name of the game is Your Name Backwards.

What's your name backwards? Have you figured it out yet?
Let me hear it. Playing a game of Your Name Backwards.

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7. Sailing
Grimwood/Idlet ©2001 Troutoons (BMI)

CHORUS:
We're sailing on a ship to the ocean.
Sailing on the ocean to the sea.
We're sailing up a creek all the way to Mozambique.
Sailing is the only life for me.

There was a pirate with a peg leg and a parrot,
Who bought his vegetables from farmers at the pier.
He'd gladly trade a piece of eight for a carrot,
But was dumb-floundered that corn cost a buccaneer.

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There was a ship with a cargo of red paint,
To a tragic fate everyone was doomed.
It rammed a ship with a cargo of brown paint,
The ships sank and the sailors were marooned.

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A pelican was talking to his gull friend,
About the way the walrus made him feel.
They stopped in for a drink down at the sand bar,
And caught a tuna from BB Kingfish and Lou Seal.

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Simon says stand up.
Simon says sit down.
Simon says don't stand up.
If you're up, sit down.
Simon says raise your right hand.
Simon says put it down.
Simon says raise your wrong hand.
Simon doesn't know what he's talking about.

CHORUS:
You can call him Simple Simon 'cause he's always such a clown,
But it won't seem so simple when Simon sits you down.

Simon says be happy.
Simon says be sad.
Simon says be good.
Simon says be bad.
Simon says stick out your tongue.
Simon says stick out your tummy.
Simon says wiggle your fingers in the air.
Simon thinks you sure look funny!

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