The Song We Made
A crocodile!
(A crocodile?) A dinosaur!
(You want some more?) And a horse!
(A HORSE?
OF COURSE!)
We had an appointment,
time to spare, I thought we'd make a song right there.
I said, "Let's make the waiting fly!" And you had creatures standing
by. A crocodile, a dinosaur,
A horse — who could ask for more?
A little spooky, not too bad,
The strangest song we'd ever had!
Ready to start?
(Not quite yet!) We've got the words!
(But there's no internet!) And then they called us!
(ALREADY? WHAT?!)
That's the song we made,
From a plan that had to wait!
A crocodile, a dinosaur,
And don't forget the horse!
That's the song we made,
And you played it all the way!
A little spooky,
a little strange, And you wanted it again!
Back to the car,
the clock was ticking,
Thirty minutes parking free.
We made it out with seconds to spare,
Then stopped where we could finally be.
I typed your ideas into my phone,
And soon a song began to play.
Three unlikely animals Had found a voice that very day.
One more time? (One more time!) You know the words?
(Every line!) A crocodile?
(A dinosaur!) (AND DON'T FORGET THE HORSE!)
That's the song we made,
From a plan that had to wait!
A crocodile, a dinosaur,
And don't forget the horse!
That's the song we made,
And you played it all the way!
A little spooky,
a little strange, And you wanted it again!
All the way back home it played,
Again and then another day.
You learned the words,
you knew each line,
And wanted it one more time.
It wasn't on the radio,
No famous singer sang along.
But there it was,
your crazy idea, Turned into your very own song.
Today,
on your birthday, I played that tune
once more.
The one we made outside the doctor's,
The one you'd heard
before.
And then you said
so simply, Like it was nothing new: "That's my favorite song."
(And
I remembered making it with you.)
Who picked the crocodile?
(SHE DID!) Who picked the dinosaur?
(SHE DID!) And who put a horse in the middle of it
all?
(SHE DID! OF COURSE!)
THAT'S THE SONG WE MADE!
From a plan that had to wait!
A crocodile, a dinosaur,
And don't forget the horse!
THAT'S THE SONG WE MADE!
And you still love it today!
A little spooky,
a little strange, And you want to hear it again!
A crocodile! (A dinosaur!) And don't forget...
(THE HORSE!) Your favorite song.
(That's the song we made!)