On My Way To School

On My Way To School
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1990 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

“Do I have to walk to school?
Okay.
Yes, I have my homework.
Yes, I have my lunch. No, I won’t dawdle.”

First I step and I step at an easy pace,
An easy pace like a turtle in a race.
Step, step, step, step,
Step, step, like a turtle in a race.
Taking my time, taking my time,
Taking my time on my way to school.
Taking my time, taking my time,
Taking my time on my way to school.

Then I bounce and I bounce and I bounce like a bean,
A bean on a tramp, a trampolampoline.
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce,
Bounce, bounce, like a trampolampoline.
Taking my time, taking my time,
Taking my time on my way to school.
Taking my time, taking my time,
Taking my time on my way to school.

Then I hop and I hop and I hop like a roo,
A roo. (A roo?) A kangaroobeedoo.
Hop (kanga), hop (kanga), Hop (kanga), hop (kanga),
Hop (kanga), hop, like a kangaroobeedoo.
Taking my time, taking my time,
Taking my time on my way to school.
Taking my time, taking my time,
Taking my time on my way to school.

Then I skip and I skip and I skip just a little,
Skip like a drip on a red-hot griddle.
Skip, I skip, I ski-ip, I skip,
I ski-ip, I skip like a drip on a griddle.
Taking my time, taking my time,
Taking my time on my way to school.
Taking my time, whoops, look at the time!
Running out of time on my way to school.

So I gallop and I gallop and I gallop like a goat,
Gallop like a scallop down a fat man’s throat.
Gallop, gallop, gallop, gallop, gallop some more,
Gallop right in through the schoolhouse door.
Running out of time, running out of time,
Running out of time on my way to school.
Am I in time? Am I in time? Rrrrriinngg.
Whew! Just in time I’m here at school.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Mother Earth CD.

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