My Video Camera
from Let's Get Creative by Monty Harper
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lyrics
Some kids keep a journal or a drawing pad.
I collect my thoughts in shots and clips.
If the day is pokey and my friends feel bad,
I point and shoot to change their gloomy scripts.
My video camera shows the world the way it ought to be!
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
Everywhere I go I use my camera eye
to capture all the cool things that I see.
Wacky witty humans are in great supply.
I film the funny things they do for me.
My video camera shows the world the way it ought to be!
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
I frame a bike, a dog, a man on a jog, a kid with a comic book walking in a fog;
Now I'm zooming in on something new.
A squirrel, a jump-roping girl, her sister with a yo-yo going round the world;
Now I'm panning all around the view.
Do do do do do do do a do do do da do do do da do!
I think what I’ve been looking for is
you - yeah you! Smile!
My video camera shows the world the way it ought to be!
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
The way it ought to be;
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
Do do do do!
Do do do do!
Do do do do do!
I collect my thoughts in shots and clips.
If the day is pokey and my friends feel bad,
I point and shoot to change their gloomy scripts.
My video camera shows the world the way it ought to be!
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
Everywhere I go I use my camera eye
to capture all the cool things that I see.
Wacky witty humans are in great supply.
I film the funny things they do for me.
My video camera shows the world the way it ought to be!
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
I frame a bike, a dog, a man on a jog, a kid with a comic book walking in a fog;
Now I'm zooming in on something new.
A squirrel, a jump-roping girl, her sister with a yo-yo going round the world;
Now I'm panning all around the view.
Do do do do do do do a do do do da do do do da do!
I think what I’ve been looking for is
you - yeah you! Smile!
My video camera shows the world the way it ought to be!
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
The way it ought to be;
Laughing, loving faces looking back at me!
I cut out any shady parts;
Focus on the sunny hearts;
Make a happy movie for a YouTube world!
Do do do do!
Do do do do!
Do do do do do!
credits
from Let's Get Creative,
released January 1, 2009
license
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about
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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