This is What I Said
from Apples & Cheese by Tom Smith
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lyrics
This is What I Said
Momma told me go and play and don’t make a mess
So I took out my paints ‘cause I like them best
Now on the living room wall I see
A mural of mommy and me
CHORUS:
And this is what I said
When they asked me what I did
Da da da da da da da da
Ta da da da da da da daaah
Once I found a little wall paper tear
I thought I’d rip it off ‘cause it shouldn’t be there
Now why did daddy growl and show his teeth
There’s a much nicer color underneath
I looked over yonder and what did I spy
The corner of a tablecloth very close by
I wondered what would happen if I gave it a tug
Gramma’s jigsaw puzzle on the rug
So when you get in trouble, and everybody does
Like when I used my grampa’s flute to bubble in the suds
Don’t get scared, just sing like me
Try it once, you’ll see.
LAST CHORUS:
This is what I say
And I say it every day
Da da da da da da da da
Ta da da da da da da daaah
Momma told me go and play and don’t make a mess
So I took out my paints ‘cause I like them best
Now on the living room wall I see
A mural of mommy and me
CHORUS:
And this is what I said
When they asked me what I did
Da da da da da da da da
Ta da da da da da da daaah
Once I found a little wall paper tear
I thought I’d rip it off ‘cause it shouldn’t be there
Now why did daddy growl and show his teeth
There’s a much nicer color underneath
I looked over yonder and what did I spy
The corner of a tablecloth very close by
I wondered what would happen if I gave it a tug
Gramma’s jigsaw puzzle on the rug
So when you get in trouble, and everybody does
Like when I used my grampa’s flute to bubble in the suds
Don’t get scared, just sing like me
Try it once, you’ll see.
LAST CHORUS:
This is what I say
And I say it every day
Da da da da da da da da
Ta da da da da da da daaah
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from Apples & Cheese,
released December 4, 2020
by Tom Smith, © 2021 Peabody Hill Publications
by Tom Smith, © 2021 Peabody Hill Publications
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Tom Smith Boston, Massachusetts
“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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