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In Tents

by Recess Monkey

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In Tents 02:33
IN TENTS Our troupe is a spectacle of sight and sound And we're headed straight for your town This caravan holds a marvelous menagerie A circus everyone must see! CHORUS: When we are in tents It's a juggling act, it's a walk upon a high wire And sometimes it's like we play with fire It's a show that's guaranteed to make you laugh and squeal With a bear that takes the stage riding on just one wheel Climb aboard this carousel of dreams We'll show you things, the likes of which you've never seen CHORUS Through flips and spins and flights of fancy we'll go Until the last act of the show When the spotlight shines bright on the center of the ring And a girl takes the stage and bravely begins to sing CHORUS A spectacle of sight and sound Under the big top at your town A marvelous menagerie A circus everyone must see
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Popcorn 02:42
CHORUS: Pop pop pop Pop pop pop pop Corn Pop pop pop Pop pop pop pop We can smell it cooking from a mile away We could eat hundred million pounds a day Piled high in a bucket Or red striped sack Everybody give it up for our favorite snack CHORUS So bring out the pans, bring out the pots Mama turns on the stove and gets the oil hot Throw some in, to begin We give a hop We don't stop until the last pop in the tin CHORUS And if you're desperate we've saved a bag that has to be microwaved To say we've buttered up, well there's a kernel of truth My sis loves kettle corn, she has a sweet tooth So catch you all in September at the county fair Wherever there's popping you know you'll find us there CHORUS
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Sit and Spin 03:17
Look at this scene The tilt a whirl it towers over me And as I watch this crazy spinning machine I’m turning green Not today And I can see Why all these kids in line are older than me And everytime I hear the riders scream They’re screaming at me There is no way But the line is getting shorter And my feet are stuck in mortar Going down down down down down down I’m getting even sadder as They climb up the ladder I’ll stick a round round round round round round (x3) CHORUS: Well first we sit and then we spin That was insane The tilt a whirl it spun me to my frame I told the voices that are in my brain It wasn’t lame and I’m okay I’m feeling fine So I decide to run back into the line And this time I see a boy who’s nine Looking at the incline who says “no way” So I grab him by the shoulder And suggest that he be bolder Don’t frown frown frown frown frown frown And maybe to appease me Or because he just believes me He turn it upside down down down down CHORUS Ladies and Gentelmen, stand on up and sit right down: It's time for the ride of your life!!! Tilt-a-Whirl Sit Annnnd Spin!
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CHORUS: Human Cannonball Shot from a cannon, like she's shot from a cannon She's the human cannonball She took off from the bedroom Launched from the mattress to the hall At a million miles an hour She's the human cannonball She's racing through the kitchen Too fast to hear me call She's a red and purple blur We call the human cannonball CHORUS: Pitter-patter, pitter-patter, human cannonball At speeds that make us dizzy Lego towers crash and fall As do the pictures on the fridge Cause she's the human cannonball Somebody get this kid a helmet And super-glue it to her head She just can't stop her racing Even when it's time for bed... CHORUS
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Odditorium 03:51
Our... house... is... CHORUS: An Odditorium Where the strange things grow An unusual show An Odditorium Weirdly we go Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa Big sister's working on a lint pillow And when she hears the dryer buzz She races to collect the fuzz To make a grey and matted nest On which her unique head will rest And little brother's got his bug museum A dozen specimens lie still He found them on the windowsill Two bees, three spiders, and four house flies Three centipedes, you won't believe your eyes Step inside CHORUS And both of our pets Are quite peculiar too The cat can play tunes On little sister's kazoo The dog joins the fun By howling along Our two furry friends Make the silliest song And when we're sitting at the breakfast table Well it's the oddest we've seen yet Mom mustards everything she gets Mustard on eggs and toast and pancakes too It's on her yogurt and fruit and French toast too Mustard, ew CHORUS
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Bouncy House 03:10
I get so jumpy bouncin off the walls Sometimes I just can’t calm down Cabin fever, my Mama tells me that I Gotta keep my feet on the ground and slow down I wish the whole world were bouncy CHORUS: Bouncy House I want to go to the Bouncy House When it’s rainy I’m goin crazy cuz I’m gonna have to stay inside No one to play with The park’s so muddy and I’m gettin all googly eyed, Bona fide I wish the whole world were bouncy CHORUS I couldn’t believe my eyes: Mamma had a surprise She took me to castles and trampolines A giant slide in a jungle scene People wonder how these bouncy houses Are so inflated But you won’t catch me ever saying that they’re overrated So here I am now, I'm in the bouncy house And all my dreams have come true I’m bouncing high now in zero gravity I think you should join in too, with no shoes CHORUS
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Carousel 03:49
Race cross the pier to the carousel Those lights draw me near to the carousel Dad lifts me up on a perfect horse I'm setting off on a dreamy course CHORUS: And it's up and down Spinning round and round You zoom past It's so fast And it feels like I'm floating away Look down at my horse, as real as can be I feel its heartbeat, it gives a whinny Giddy up from the pier, high above the sea Back over the hills, past the city CHORUS We slow to a trot The ride is at its' end But when I close my eyes I can see again CHORUS
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Twins 03:13
When we're walking down the street everybody Does a double take You in your red stripes and me in my red stripes Oh what a pair we make You can finish any sentence I start to mutter I do the same for you We can speak in our very own secret language Joined at the hip we two CHORUS: Oh yeah we're just like twins And we sing oh-whoa-oh Open up your lunch, look we both have bananas We both have cheese sticks too I'll eat the frosting from the middle of my cookie Just like you Riding round for all to see on a trike That's built just for two We drive around and around and around and around The way best friends do CHORUS Sometimes we don't agree And things get rocky But my mama says as we both grow There will always be a little something special Between you and me CHORUS
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I was sitting in the classroom holding a book I really wanted to read but I was afraid to take a look Cause every word was bumping into the next one It was blurry as could be I felt like something was wrong Something was wrong with me What it was… I just couldn’t see I knew all of the letters, I knew all of their sounds I knew some words but they never looked right when reading time came round' So last Tuesday after school after I wrote my spelling list Dad took me to a doctor She’s called the Optometrist There was a puff of air in each eye A bright light moving side to side A big metal contraption swung in front of me She said option A or option B Or was C, D, E, F or G? And magically… CHORUS: I could see everything in front of me I could see far away so clearly So i got fitted with some glasses I was a spectacle for sure I didn’t just have two eyes I had the power of four Yeah was it was just like a bit of magic When I picked up the book again I saw what I was missing And read all the way to the very end What it was, quite visibly was... CHORUS, In high fidelity!
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HOUSE OF CARDS We’re living in a house of cards And we’re all in this together We’re living in a house of cards And we always wish for rainy weather Momma is a card shark When she plays Go Fish You know you better stay out of the deep end And Sister’s kinda crazy When it comes to Crazy Eights We know she’ll keep on playing until night’s end Cause we’re living in a house of cards We don’t walk around, we shuffle We’re living in a house of cards And if we lose the deck there’s a kerfuffle Grandma never plays old maid Says it’s not a nice name But she plays nearly every other card game And I’ll stake my Uno claim And my dad, he’s the same We think that Pinochle should be our last name And we’re living in a house of cards No one here is afraid of some luck And we’re living in a house of cards But we never play that 52 card pickup Now some say a smart phone is really what I need That a console will make me all agog But this pack of cards in font of me is all I see I prefer analog Well there is, (Drew) Blackjack, Slapjack, Pitty Pat and Baccarat (Jack) Canasta, Let it Ride, Gin Rummy on the side (Dean) Euchre, Poker, Zap Your Neighbor, Pegs and Jokers (Daron) Kings Corners and Hi-Low, shuffle up and watch it go (Drew) Sequence and Solitaire, Contract Bridge and Guldgrävare (Jack) Texas Hold Em, Twenty one, and Mah Jong is pretty fun (Dean) Got yer Hearts, and the Spades And don’t forget Old Maid? (Daron) Get yer cards and the games, they’ve all got peculiar names We’re living in a house of cards
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Edwina Mae 02:16
CHORUS: Edwina Mae is in the spring play But to get up on that stage, well, there's just no way Sometimes she shrinks so small, you can barely see her at all First it's her heartbeat, like the stomping of hooves Then her legs get frozen, no they can't even move CHORUS Kids push around her, yeah they ramble about The lead actors prance and they speak with a shout Edwina the flower, will she wilt in the light She's pushed to her mark, crippled with fright In her mind she seems like she's of giant-size And all the audience can't avert their eyes from her And then her best friend Miss Sandy Lee She plays the part of a bumblebee Holds Edwina Mae by the hand And the flower takes a stand Edwina Mae had a part in the play And she got up on that stage, one of her proudest days She felt so tall, no it wasn't that bad after all
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THE DANCIN' BEAR The bears lived at the edge of the wood Doing everything that a bunch of bears should Eating bugs and leaves Scratching on trees Hibernating for months with lots of ease But the littlest bear I'm told, She didn't seem to fit the normal bear mold Dancing to the beat of the buzzing bees And moving to the rhythm of the babbling creek "Why are you acting like that?" All the bears would say, and she replied, "I'm just made this way And I think today might be the day To leave the wood okay OOH-She's the Dancing Bear Down the path just a mile away Was a caravan of wagons all filled with hay It was on the go, moving slow With a painted sign: "Animal Circus Show" There was a penguin at the wheel She hit the breaks with a little squeal "Want to join our crew? What do you do?" And the bear let loose with a move or two OOH-She's the Dancing Bear They set up their tents in a little meadow Where all the forest animals liked to go And for three whole nights by firefly lights The creatures took in all the marvelous sights The was a sword swallowing dog Followed by fire-juggling frog Three acrobatic pigs on trapeze But what brought the crowd to their knees Was a little bear with sparkling dancing shoes And the craziest set of dancing moves Tapping left and right She was quite a sight And they chanted through the night For the dancing bear!
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Lemonade 02:16
We're starting up a little operation To help the neighbors with their dehydration We've got a table, a poster too We're mixing up some lemonade for you CHORUS: Hey mister, what about some lemonade? Hey ma'am, what about some lemonade? Hey kids, how's about some lemonade? Open up your piggy banks, your wallet and your purse We've got the stuff to satisfy your thirst Just 25 cents! Much obliged, ma'am We're earning quarters on a sunny day Serving up refreshment on east acorn way To kids on bikes, moms on the run Business is brisk and we're having fun CHORUS Little sis is saving up for a trampoline She's the biggest upseller you've ever seen Me, I've sold about three dozen cups today And I'm donating my share to the A-S-P-C-A CHORUS
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Crystal Ball 02:29
Hey kid you’ve been growing up through every amazing new thing Each year you sit on the birthday chair you get so big, got a loose toothy grin What will the future hold? Is it wrapped up inside a crystal ball? Ask the crystal ball what is ahead, what is in store Dear crystal ball where will I be when I’m 64 Will I sing or invent a new thing or travel to places I’ve always dreamed of Fortune tell, cast me a spell, will I find someone to love? And will the future hold All that’s inside this crystal ball? Dear crystal ball will I really drive a car when I’m sixteen And this is a little more urgent, what should I be this Halloween? What will the future hold? Is it hiding a sparkling, unknowable, mysterious crystal ball?
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CHORUS: It’s time to put this show on the road It’s time to pack my bags and get up and go It’s time to put this show on the road It’s time to pack our bags and get up and go It’s time to put this show on the road And tell the funny stories to everyone you know It feels like such a shame to be leaving (show is over, show is over) When it seems like we just set up this circus tent (party’s over, party’s over) Well we had lots of fun But the last act is done I can feel the time slipping away (time is slippin’) How do you say goodbye to the greatest day? (it’ll never be like this again) But I’ve got news for you There’s something you can do Remember that time is a thought in your mind And if we all stick together we’ll turn out fine So before this chapter is over, Grab my hand Hold it tight And every little thing that comes after this will be alright CHORUS And, when the last tent pole was put into the caravan The wheels started turning And the entire circus slowly crept away from town Gazing from the windows of each car and truck Tears streamed down the faces of the performers As they longed for days gone by The circus spotlights that had gone dim But then, as if a beacon were up ahead, their eyes turned toward the road that lay in front of them And the high flying adventures that waited ahead And the caravan began picking up speed And the circus moved toward the next town… CHORUS And the children of Springfield watched and waited until the caravan was out of sight.

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A circus-themed adventure album featuring wackiness galore!

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released June 19, 2012

Produced by Dean Jones

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Recess Monkey Seattle, Washington

Three teachers from Seattle who have landed in the national Kindie consciousness for their pitch-perfect understanding of what gets kids and their parents excited! Eclectic, eccentric and laugh out loud funny.

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