Shel Silverstein

Would you like to buy a dog with a tail at either end
He is quite the strangest dog there is in town
Though he's not too good at knowing just exactly where he's going,
He is very very good at sitting down

But please walk softly as you do
Frogs dwell here and crickets too
Ain't no ceiling, only blue
Jays dwell here and sunbeams too

I'll tell you the story of Cloony the
Who worked in a circus that came through town
His shoes were too big and his hat was too small,
But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all

Nentis Nan, he's my man,
I go do im each chanz I gan
He sicks me down an creans my
Wid mabel syrub, tick an' sweed,

Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,
Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the houseflyin my bed

Channel 1's no fun
Channel 2's just news
Channel 3's hard to see
Channel 4 is just a bore

Someone ate the baby
It's rather sad to say
Someone ate the
So she won't be out to play

(Hey the truth might hurt so I'm tellin' you now that you better not ask me)Hey you better not ask me where I been all
Why my eyes are shinin' and my spirit is flyin'You better not ask if I been doin' right or I just might tell
And you b...

There are too many kids in this
There are too many elbows to scrubI just washed a behind that I'm sure wasn't
There are too many kids in this tub

Well, my daddy left home when I was three,and he didn't leave much to Ma and me,just this old guitar and a bottle of booze
Now I don't blame him because he run and hid,but the meanest thing that he ever did wasbefore he left he went and named...

Oh,
I'm being
By a boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,

Danny O'Dare, the dancin' bear,
Ran away from the County Fair,
Ran right up to my back
And thought he'd do some dancin' there