I just got a license to drive, and I'm only five
It's not for a car a bus a truck a plane or train
It's for something that can dive
Down, down, down we'll go
To move and shake and make some waves on the ocean floor below

In our tambourine submarine
It's a mean green rhythm machine
A tambourine submarine
It's powered by rhythm,
Hear the jingle jangle beat that gets the big propeller spinning around
The periscope's up, we're looking for a crew, could it be you
To dance around to the sound
Down, down, down we'll go
To move and shake and make some waves on the ocean floor below

In our tambourine submarine
It's a mean green rhythm machine
A tambourine submarine
Its powered by rhythm,
Hear the jingle jangle beat that gets the big propeller spinning around

Look at this scene
The tilt a whirl it towers over me
And as I watch this crazy spinning machine
I'm turning green
Not today
And I can see
Why all these kids in line are older than me
And everytime I hear the riders scream
They're screaming at me
There is no way

But the line is getting shorter
And my feet are stuck in mortar
Going down down down down down down
I'm getting even sadder as
They climb up the ladder
I'll stick a round round round round round round (x3)

CHORUS: Well first we sit and then we spin

That was insane
The tilt a whirl it spun me to my frame
I told the voices that are in my brain
It wasn't lame and I'm okay
I'm feeling fine
So I decide to run back into the line
And this time I see a boy who's nine
Looking at the incline who says "no way"

So I grab him by the shoulder
And suggest that he be bolder
Don't frown frown frown frown frown frown
And maybe to appease me
Or because he just believes me
He turn it upside down down down down

CHORUS

Ladies and Gentelmen, stand on up and sit right down: It's time for the ride of your life!!! Tilt-a-Whirl Sit Annnnd Spin!

Our... house... is...
CHORUS: An Odditorium
Where the strange things grow
An unusual show
An Odditorium
Weirdly we go
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa

Big sister's working on a lint pillow
And when she hears the dryer buzz
She races to collect the fuzz
To make a grey and matted nest
On which her unique head will rest

And little brother's got his bug museum
A dozen specimens lie still
He found them on the windowsill
Two bees, three spiders, and four house flies
Three centipedes, you won't believe your eyes
Step inside

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And both of our pets
Are quite peculiar too
The cat can play tunes
On little sister's kazoo
The dog joins the fun
By howling along
Our two furry friends
Make the silliest song

And when we're sitting at the breakfast table
Well it's the oddest we've seen yet
Mom mustards everything she gets
Mustard on eggs and toast and pancakes too
It's on her yogurt and fruit and French toast too
Mustard, ew

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Race cross the pier to the carousel
Those lights draw me near to the carousel
Dad lifts me up on a perfect horse
I'm setting off on a dreamy course

CHORUS: And it's up and down
Spinning round and round
You zoom past
It's so fast
And it feels like I'm floating away

Look down at my horse, as real as can be
I feel its heartbeat, it gives a whinny
Giddy up from the pier, high above the sea
Back over the hills, past the city

CHORUS

We slow to a trot
The ride is at its' end
But when I close my eyes
I can see again

CHORUS

I was sitting in the classroom holding a book
I really wanted to read but I was afraid to take a look
Cause every word was bumping into the next one
It was blurry as could be
I felt like something was wrong
Something was wrong with me
What it was… I just couldn't see

I knew all of the letters, I knew all of their sounds
I knew some words but they never looked right when reading time came round'
So last Tuesday after school after I wrote my spelling list
Dad took me to a doctor
She's called the Optometrist

There was a puff of air in each eye
A bright light moving side to side
A big metal contraption swung in front of me
She said option A or option B
Or was C, D, E, F or G?

And magically…

CHORUS: I could see everything in front of me
I could see far away so clearly

So i got fitted with some glasses
I was a spectacle for sure
I didn't just have two eyes
I had the power of four
Yeah was it was just like a bit of magic
When I picked up the book again
I saw what I was missing
And read all the way to the very end

What it was, quite visibly was...

CHORUS, In high fidelity!

We're starting up a little operation
To help the neighbors with their dehydration
We've got a table, a poster too
We're mixing up some lemonade for you

CHORUS: Hey mister, what about some lemonade?
Hey ma'am, what about some lemonade?
Hey kids, how's about some lemonade?
Open up your piggy banks, your wallet and your purse
We've got the stuff to satisfy your thirst

Just 25 cents!
Much obliged, ma'am

We're earning quarters on a sunny day
Serving up refreshment on east acorn way
To kids on bikes, moms on the run
Business is brisk and we're having fun

CHORUS

Little sis is saving up for a trampoline
She's the biggest upseller you've ever seen
Me, I've sold about three dozen cups today
And I'm donating my share to the A-S-P-C-A

CHORUS

CHORUS: Edwina Mae is in the spring play
But to get up on that stage, well, there's just no way
Sometimes she shrinks so small, you can barely see her at all

First it's her heartbeat, like the stomping of hooves
Then her legs get frozen, no they can't even move

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Kids push around her, yeah they ramble about
The lead actors prance and they speak with a shout
Edwina the flower, will she wilt in the light
She's pushed to her mark, crippled with fright

In her mind she seems like she's of giant-size
And all the audience can't avert their eyes from her

And then her best friend Miss Sandy Lee
She plays the part of a bumblebee
Holds Edwina Mae by the hand
And the flower takes a stand

Edwina Mae had a part in the play
And she got up on that stage, one of her proudest days
She felt so tall, no it wasn't that bad after all

CHORUS: It's time to put this show on the road
It's time to pack my bags and get up and go
It's time to put this show on the road
It's time to pack our bags and get up and go
It's time to put this show on the road
And tell the funny stories to everyone you know

It feels like such a shame to be leaving
(show is over, show is over)
When it seems like we just set up this circus tent
(party's over, party's over)
Well we had lots of fun But the last act is done
I can feel the time slipping away (time is slippin')
How do you say goodbye to the greatest day?
(it'll never be like this again)
But I've got news for you There's something you can do
Remember that time is a thought in your mind
And if we all stick together we'll turn out fine
So before this chapter is over, Grab my hand
Hold it tight And every little thing that comes after this will be alright

CHORUS


And, when the last tent pole was put into the caravan
The wheels started turning
And the entire circus slowly crept away from town
Gazing from the windows of each car and truck
Tears streamed down the faces of the performers
As they longed for days gone by
The circus spotlights that had gone dim
But then, as if a beacon were up ahead, their eyes turned toward the road that lay in front of them
And the high flying adventures that waited ahead
And the caravan began picking up speed
And the circus moved toward the next town…

CHORUS

And the children of Springfield watched and waited until the caravan was out of sight.