Eleanor Gerbil
from Paws Claws Scales & Tales by Monty Harper
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lyrics
Ooo, look at all that chewed-up cardboard!
Ooo, what to do with all that cardboard!
Eleanor Gerbil,
Gnawing away at the edge of another page;
Alone in her cage.
Look at her working,
Moving her castles of paper from here to there
Why does she care?
Gerbil, gerbil, rearrange.
Make everything just so.
What she thinks she's going to change,
Only she can know.
Bobby McDoogle,
Slumped in a chair after school staring at TV;
What does he see?
Someone distracts him.
A rodent in motion has broken his cartoon trance.
Look at her dance!
Gerbil, gerbil, rearrange.
Make everything just so.
What she thinks she's going to change,
Only she can know.
Ooo, look at all that chewed-up cardboard!
Ooo, what to do with all that cardboard!
Eleanor Gerbil,
Poking her nose through a hole in her plastic cell;
What does she smell?
Bobby McDoogle,
Standing and stepping away from the TV set;
Greeting his pet.
Gerbil, gerbil, rearrange.
Make everything just so.
What she thinks she's going to change,
She and Bobby know!
Ooo, what to do with all that cardboard!
Eleanor Gerbil,
Gnawing away at the edge of another page;
Alone in her cage.
Look at her working,
Moving her castles of paper from here to there
Why does she care?
Gerbil, gerbil, rearrange.
Make everything just so.
What she thinks she's going to change,
Only she can know.
Bobby McDoogle,
Slumped in a chair after school staring at TV;
What does he see?
Someone distracts him.
A rodent in motion has broken his cartoon trance.
Look at her dance!
Gerbil, gerbil, rearrange.
Make everything just so.
What she thinks she's going to change,
Only she can know.
Ooo, look at all that chewed-up cardboard!
Ooo, what to do with all that cardboard!
Eleanor Gerbil,
Poking her nose through a hole in her plastic cell;
What does she smell?
Bobby McDoogle,
Standing and stepping away from the TV set;
Greeting his pet.
Gerbil, gerbil, rearrange.
Make everything just so.
What she thinks she's going to change,
She and Bobby know!
credits
from Paws Claws Scales & Tales,
released January 1, 2006
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all rights reserved
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Monty Harper Stillwater, Oklahoma
Monty Harper is a children's musician in Stillwater, OK. He performs for elementary schools and libraries, helps kids write their own songs in workshops and residencies, does informal science education, and writes songs for clients.
discography
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Apr 2015 -
Mar 2014 -
Nov 2013 -
Nov 2011
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