Everybody Wants One
from Imagine That by Monty Harper
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lyrics
They said a hot new craze was sweeping 'cross the nation.
"Be the first kid on your street to own this out-of-sight sensation!
If you want to have a lot of friends and have a lot of fun,
then dig up all your money and go out and get yourself one!"
Because everybody wants one.
And everybody needs one.
And everybody's having fun.
'Cause everybody's got one -
Everybody but me!
I know because I saw it on TV.
Well, I always hate the feeling that I'm being left out.
I knew I had to have one. There was never any doubt.
So I begged my mom and dad until I drove 'em both insane,
and they took me to the store so I could but the crazy thing.
Because everybody wants one.
And everybody needs one.
And everybody's having fun.
'Cause everybody's got one -
Everybody and me!
I know because I saw it on TV.
Well, I got the thing home and dumped it out of its box.
It just sat there on the carpet looking kind of sad and lost.
I tried to get it going, but it wouldn't work- for me.
Why'd it look so darned fantastic when I saw it on the TV?
They said everybody wanted one.
They said everybody needed one.
They said everyone was having fun -
Everybody but me!
Could it be? Did they lie to me on TV? Oh, no!
They said everybody wanted one.
They said everybody needed one.
They said everyone was having fun -
Everybody but me!
I guess I can't believe everything on TV!
"Be the first kid on your street to own this out-of-sight sensation!
If you want to have a lot of friends and have a lot of fun,
then dig up all your money and go out and get yourself one!"
Because everybody wants one.
And everybody needs one.
And everybody's having fun.
'Cause everybody's got one -
Everybody but me!
I know because I saw it on TV.
Well, I always hate the feeling that I'm being left out.
I knew I had to have one. There was never any doubt.
So I begged my mom and dad until I drove 'em both insane,
and they took me to the store so I could but the crazy thing.
Because everybody wants one.
And everybody needs one.
And everybody's having fun.
'Cause everybody's got one -
Everybody and me!
I know because I saw it on TV.
Well, I got the thing home and dumped it out of its box.
It just sat there on the carpet looking kind of sad and lost.
I tried to get it going, but it wouldn't work- for me.
Why'd it look so darned fantastic when I saw it on the TV?
They said everybody wanted one.
They said everybody needed one.
They said everyone was having fun -
Everybody but me!
Could it be? Did they lie to me on TV? Oh, no!
They said everybody wanted one.
They said everybody needed one.
They said everyone was having fun -
Everybody but me!
I guess I can't believe everything on TV!
credits
from Imagine That,
released January 1, 1996
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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.
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Nov 2011
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