– every big job start with a small step TAKE A STEP If y’got a great big mountain to climb And that mountain’s covered with slime There’s only one way to get to the top, One step at a time! Cho: Take a step! Take a step! Who knows, it might be fun! Take a […]
Audience: Educators
While I’m Sleepin’
by Peter Alsop & Diane Grimm – for children afraid to go to sleep WHILE I’M SLEEPIN’ Cho: While I’m sleepin’, … I’m alive My heart’s beatin’, … deep inside I keep breathin’, … soft and slow How I do it? … I don’t know. I remember Gramma, she was kinda sick I offered her […]
The Castle Dream
by Bill Harley – for children afraid to go to sleep THE CASTLE DREAM It was really strange, Peter. I dreamed I was standing on this road, and up ahead I saw this castle. I don’t know why, but I knew I had to walk towards it. So I started walking towards the castle, and […]
New Ground
– looking at loss from a different perspective NEW GROUND The leaf falls from the tree The sap runs deep Snow in the winter Covers seeds that sleep Sun melts the ice And the warm Earth gives Water to the sprouts And the green world lives. Chorus: Watch for a sign Keep your heart alive […]
Needle-ee, Noodle-ee
by Peter Alsop & Penny Pefley – what fun it would be if kids ran the hospital! NEEDLE-EE, NOODLE-EE If needles were noodles, I’d cook up ca-boodles So no one would ever get hurt! If I was the head of this hospital here I’d bring in a dumptruck of sterilized dirt I’d say “Let the […]
Samit And The Dragon
– using imagery to help the healing process! SAMIT AND THE DRAGON Every evening, just at bedtime Samit puts his armor on Jumps up on his great white stallion Grabs his sword and then he’s gone Riding faster than the wind He races through the countryside Moonlight streaming down on him He’s off to fight […]
Inspection!
by Peter Alsop & Penny Pefley – humorously dealing with invasion of privacy! INSPECTION! Oh no! Inspection again? They did it before! Then hundreds of nurses march in the door With doctors and lab techs, fifty or more! “C’mon!” they say, “Now take off your clothes!” “I can’t!” I say, “I’ll catch cold! I’ll be […]
My Little Clock
– asking for respect when we feel powerless MY LITTLE CLOCK You’ve got a big clock I’ve got a little clock too Your clock’s for your time Your big clock pushes you When you’re in a hurry My little clock’s pushed aside Y’make me use your clock Y’don’t care about my clock’s size When your […]
Let’s Face It!
– about the reality of physical disabilities LET’S FACE IT! I love the way you laugh. I love the way you smile I love the way y’act. Y’got your own style Chorus: Let’s face it! Let’s face it! You’re feelin’ blue ’cause you look diff’rent It’s no fun when you get funny looks But life […]
A Friend Like Me
– support for a hospitalized buddy A FRIEND LIKE ME I knew that they’d kill you, those cafeteria fish sticks I told ya, “Don’t eat ’em!..They’re like paper mache!” But you never listen, and your guts glued together Then the ambulance came, and took you away So I brought you some homework, I dropped the […]