– 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 […]
Audience: Parents/Foster Parents
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 […]
Little Cookie
– Larry Penn’s song about our dis-abilities I’M A LITTLE COOKIE I’m a little cookie, yes I am! I was made by the cookie man On my way from the cookie pan A little piece broke offa me! Cho: A little piece broke offa me, uh-huh! A little piece broke offa me, uh-huh! But I […]
Let ‘Em Laugh
– courage to go on while others laugh! LET ’EM LAUGH! Cho: Let ’em laugh! Let ’em laugh! Let ’em laugh! Let ’em call me a clown! Let ’em laugh! Let ’em laugh! Let ’em laugh! That won’t stop me from getting up when I fall down! Everybody makes mistakes when We’re learning something new […]