Spit Ball | Peter Alsop

Peter Alsop

Music for Children and Adults

Spit Ball

From the album Camping With Dads Buy Now

"When we do the same things over, ... things always end the same!"

SPIT BALL

Fred throws a spit ball, hits Dustin on the head

Dustin picks it up, throws it back at Fred

But Dustin misses Fred, the teacher doesn't see

So Dustin chews more paper, makes it gooey as can be.

   He wads it on his finger, flicks it cross the aisle

   Hits Fred between the eyes, but Fred, he doesn't smile

   He scrapes away the goo, ... wipes his forehead dry

   Throws his pencil back at Dustin, hits him in the eye!

 

Cho:  Small as a spit ball, that's how it always starts

Back and forth it grows, ‘til the world gets blown apart

And everyone blames someone else

But no one takes the blame

When we do the same things over

Things always end the same

 

Darlene doesn’t want to, ... be friends with Felice

Cause Felice, drew pictures of Darlene with pointy teeth!

She gave 'em to Darlene’s friends, just to make 'em laugh

So Darlene said, "Felice, you're an ugly dumb giraffe!"

   Felice got angry, wiped jam in Darlene’s hair

   Darlene wiped it off, said "Well, I don’t care!"

   But she kicked Felice's leg,  knocked her on the ground

   They yelled and hit and wrestled, round & round & round!

 

Now kids don’t use spit balls, they use mean words instead

They spit 'em from computers, 'til some other kids are dead!

It's really messed up, and I know revenge is wrong, but,

But if I do something back, then we’ll never get along

   Someone has to stop, ... I guess I’ll try it first

   Going first is scary, and you know, there’s nothing worse!

   So, though it feels awful, ... when someone else attacks,

   If you throw a spitball at me, I will not spit back!

 

It stops with me, 'cause when no one takes the blame

We all do the same things over, and over, and over, ...

And things always end the same. 

Someone's got to stop!

Or things always end the same!

 

 

Written by Peter Alsop, ©Copyright 2020 Moose School Music (BMI)

on Camping With Dads ~ www.peteralsop.com