– 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 […]
Audience: Kids
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 […]
If It Doesn’t Have Me
by Bill Harley – missing our family, school & friends IF IT DOESN’T HAVE ME Just about now they’re all getting up My sister, my brother, my mom and my pop Dad’s in a hurry and Tommy moves slow They’re all getting dressed, getting ready to go But down in the kitchen, who sits in […]
Kid’s Peace Song
– world peace from seeing our similarities KID’S PEACE SONG Cho: People come in diff’rent sizes Colors, shapes and names Tho’ we’re diff’rent on the outside Inside I think we’re the same! Sometimes happy, sometimes sad Scared or silly, mean or mad Feelings you have, I have too, We’re not so diff’rent me and you. […]
Logical
– kids see through the grown-up plot! LOGICAL Cho: Logical, logical! Why do you have t’be so logical? Ne-ver-mind, . . don’t tell me why, You’ll have a logical reply! Kid: Dad, I’m too full to eat my beans Dad: You’re too full? What does that mean? Kid: My tummy’s got no room, it’s true! […]
He Eats Asparagus
– Barry Louis Polisar’s song – don’t compare HE EATS ASPARAGUS Whenever I am naughty, whenever I act bad Whenever I do something that makes my parents mad, Like the time I juggled eggs, and they splattered on the floor My Mommy says “Why can’t you be just like that boy next door!” Bridge: The […]
Letter To Mr. Brown
– children need to be touched appropriately THE LETTER TO MR. BROWN Dear Mr. Brown, From the kids in Room 2 We’re writing you a letter like you taught us to do We all got together at Lunch this noon, N’ we decided we’d better do something soon Bridge: ’Cause lately you’ve been diff’rent, and […]