Don't Make Me

Don't Make Me
Music by Peter Tchaikovsky
Lyrics by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1988 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Don’t make me go to school today
Oh, Mom, don’t make me go to school.
I’ve got a high fever and my throat is sore.
Oh, Mom, don’t make me go to school.
Just let me lie here in misery;
You go on to work, I’ll be fine.
But I’m too weak to even watch TV.
Oh, Mom, don’t make me go to school.

It’s not because of the test today
Or the homework I haven’t done.
Please let me stay. I’ll do the dishes,
I’ll walk the dog. I could wash the dog.
I could clean up my room, pick up my toys,
Sweep up and vacuum and dust.
Just don’t make me go to school today,
Oh, Mom, don’t make me go to school.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Family Tree CD.

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