Grandma's House Tonight
Backing out the driveway
into the street,
cars going by say, "Beep beep beep!"
Stopping at the stop. Look left and right,
then it's
through the intersection and out of sight.
We're
on our way now to Grandma's,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
Won't that be a big surprise
when we arrive
at
Grandma's house tonight!
Driving through Texas,
not much of a view.
Cows going by say, "Moo moo moo."
Then we get a shocker in the rear-view mirror.
Running down
the highway is a longhorn steer.
We're on our way
now to Grandma's,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
With a
long horn steer giving us a cheer.
Won't that be a big
surprise
when we arrive
at Grandma's house
tonight!
Heading straight for the Gulf of Mexico.
Signs whizzing by say, "No no no!"
Then we hit the
water and it's sink or bail,
but swimming to our rescue is
a killer whale.
We're on our way now to
Grandma's,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
With a long
horn steer giving us a cheer,
and a killer whale dancing on
his tail.
Won't that be a big surprise
when we
arrive
at Grandma's house tonight!
We
finally hit land. It's the Florida Swamp.
Something in the
water goes, "Chomp chomp chomp!"
My stomach starts churnin'
like an escalator,
'cause jumpin' on our bumper is an
alligator.
We're on our way now to Grandma's,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
With a long horn steer giving us a
cheer,
a killer whale dancing on his tail,
and an
alligator on the radiator.
Won't that be a big surprise
when we arrive
at Grandma's house tonight!
I think we may be lost now. It's only a hunch.
Snow beneath
the tires goes, "Crunch crunch crunch."
We're north of
Alabama, but I'm not sure where.
Thumbing for a ride we see
a polar bear.
We're on our way now to Grandma's,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
With a long horn steer giving us a
cheer,
a killer whale dancing on his tail,
an
alligator on the radiator,
and a polar bear giving us a scare.
Won't that be a big surprise
when we arrive
at
Grandma's house tonight!
South through
Washington's great state park.
Dogs chasing something say,
"Bark bark bark!"
A little hairy guy with great big feet
leaps out of the forest into our back seat.
We're
on our way now to Grandma's,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
With a long horn steer giving us a cheer,
a killer whale
dancing on his tail,
an alligator on the radiator,
a polar bear giving us a scare,
and a big foot guy sittin' on
my thigh.
Won't that be a big surprise
when we
arrive
at Grandma's house tonight!
East through Arizona and the fossil beds.
Teacher said the
dinosaurs were dead dead dead.
But the ground starts shaking
like a discotheque.
Dancing up behind us it's Tyrannosaurus
Rex.
We're on our way now to Grandma's,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
With a long horn steer giving us a
cheer,
a killer whale dancing on his tail,
an
alligator on the radiator,
a polar bear giving us a scare,
a big foot guy sittin' on my thigh,
and tyrannosaurus rex
breathing down our necks.
Won't that be a big surprise
when we arrive
at Grandma's house tonight!
Suddenly we're cruising a familiar street.
Cars going by say,
"Beep beep beep!"
We're just around the corner and three
blocks south
From our driveway where we started - it's
Grandma's house!
And we all say "Hi!" to Grandma,
Mommy and Daddy and I...
a long horn steer giving
us a cheer,
a killer whale dancing on his tail,
an
alligator on the radiator,
a polar bear giving us a scare,
a big foot guy sittin' on my thigh,
and tyrannosaurus rex
breathing down our necks.
Now Grandma, aren't you quite
surprised
we've all arrived
on your front porch
tonight?
Grandma says "Super - the gang's all
here!
But where's the purple dragon
that you
brought last year?"
© 1999 by Monty Harper
About This Song
This
song is available on the Take
Me to Your Library CD.
The CD also includes a live performance video of this song, showing the sign language movements that go with it.
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