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Just Say No ( To Drugs)
Copyright 2002 Danny Quinn

I want to live in a natural way
I won't be cheated of a single day
My body and mind are mine so I say
Just say no to drugs

I had a friend who said all the time
take this man oh you'll feel just fine
It took no great mind to see
He was no friend to me

I knew a kid who was constantly high
missing out on life as it went by
He never spent life straight
and now it's much too late

Drugs aren't fresh and drugs aren't cool
so don't become some pusher's fool
You just might wind up dead
let him be the fool instead

I Can
Copyright 2001 Tom Gardner

If you want to count to zillion on a pogo stick
then start today and say I CAN
You can have as many friends as you can pick
if you find a way and say I CAN
If you want to build a monster in the snow
just get your gloves and say I CAN
If you want to learn everything there is to know
read every day and say I CAN

Half the job is seeing in your mind,
the other half is believing in your heart
If you really really want to do anything
just find a way and say I CAN

If you want to blow a bubble as big as a tree
imagine that and say I CAN
If you want to be a star on MTV
Just copy them and say I CAN

You can talk to a rabbit or a bird or a snake
now just pretend and say I CAN
You can ride down a river of a chocolate shake
if your imagination says I CAN

If you want to catch a fish with an ice cream scoop
it might look silly but say I CAN
You can write your name in alphabet soup
just open a can and say I CAN

If you want to take your family on a trip to space
just build a ship and say I CAN
You can live your life with a smiling face
Just move your face and say I CAN

I Will Never Smoke
Copyright 2002 Tom Gardner

I know it's habit forming and it's tough to quit
it's hard to say no when your friends are doing it
But your lungs were never meant to have tar on top
so why would you start if it's so hard to stop
I want to breathe with ease not cough and choke
So I say NO WAY, I will never smoke (3 times)

Those with the habit made me curious to know
just how much money goes up in smoke
If you smoked for years just think about the cash
Do you want a pile of money or a big pile of ash?
I don't want to grow up sick and broke
So I say NO WAY, I will never smoke (3 times)

I want to play sports and dance and sing
I want to be able to hike in the spring
I want to exercise without needing a nap
I just want to live and that is that!

I believe we choose to live healthy or not
That my friends is the message we got
Some think they'll live forever no matter what we say
even the surgeon general warns them but they do it anyway
I want to live and breathe and that's no joke
So I say NO WAY, I will never smoke (3 or 4 times)

If you're learning in school sing IWNS
If you're riding in your car sing IWNS
If you're with your mom or dad sing IWNS
Whereever you are sing IWNS
If you're on the computer sing IWNS
If you're playing video games sing IWNS
If you're out playing soccer then sing IWNS
you probably aren't listening but IWNS
when you get done sing IWNS

Rainbow
Copyright 2001 Tom Gardner

I had a dream that I built a spaceship
and went to a planet where everything was blue
The people and the pets and the toys and the houses
and I woke up hoping that it's just not true!"

Our world is a rainbow and we are the colors
We all make it a beautiful place
Rainbow, and we are the artists
Let's paint the sky with a smiling face

When I was ten I had two best friends
one had brown skin the other had white
One of us like baseball ,one liked basketball
and one liked no ball and that's alright

I went on vacation to place called China
where everyone spoke in a different way
I didn't understand a single word
I learned that we're all different, and we're all the same

The little bear was scared to go to school
"..but I'm different than everyone in every way"
her mother said, "Yes" but you are special, too
I bet you' ll make a friend by the end of the day
...and she did

(It's All There) At The Library
Copyright 2002 Danny Quinn & Tom Gardner

It's all there go and see
It's all there at the library
There's so much more than books ya know
It's a place to make your brain grow

Mom logs on the Internet
There's so much there that she can get
Checking stocks and emails too
It'll be a while before she's through

It's dad's turn to cook tonight
He wants his family to eat right
He looks for healthy recipes
In the cook books in the library

There's an author there who wrote a book
She's over in the children's nook
Story time draws quite a crowd
When they read the books out loud

Little sister's in her glory
When she hears a brand new story
She concentrates and listens close
This is what she loves the most

Brother looks for colleges
To plan the future that is his
Mr. Jones checks magazines
For the travel places in his dreams

There's a poster hanging on the wall
Musicians come to play for all
It says the Uncle Brothers play today
So everybody shouts hurray

There's a blue sky and a yard that's bright and green
Oh it's a great day the best I've ever seen
I'm gonna kick off my shoes and then I'll run
Beneath the blue sky and the great big yellow sun

There's a green frog that's sitting by the pond
I'll find a stick that can be my magic wand
I'll turn that frog into a boat and then I'll ride
Beneath the yellow sun and the big blue sky

It's a day for fun it's a day for living free
It's a magic world and there's magic that's in me
It's a day to sing a song that is my own
On this great big spinning ball that I call home

There's a black bird and it's singing a tree
He's a loud bird but he's not as loud as me
So I'll sing out and though he'll fly away
He always comes back singing later in the day

There's a brown dog that barks and licks my face
When I'm dreaming and staring into space
At the white clouds as they slowly drift on by
Like white cotton candy up in the big blue sky

There's a red barn and it's on our neighbors land
If I squint my eyes I can hold it in my hand
Like a giant I can carry it away
And the black and white cows can find somewhere else to play

There's a story flowin in my head, like a movie goin in my head
The storyline surrounding, the characters abounding, I see them as I'm layin in bed
I'm gonna write it all down in my journal, everyone will wanna read it when it's done
I can see them lined up in the bookstore window, I'll sell a bunch on amazon.com
I'm gonna write the next (pause) Harry Potter, I'm gonna be a famous author you'll see
Cause I got ideas flowing like water, and I got a dream alive inside of me

There's adventure brewing in my mind, and the plot I carefully define
your belief'll be suspending, I'll twist around the ending, it will be so interesting you'll find
I'll make up a new kind of kingdom if I choose to, I'll imagine places you've never seen
I'll invent some characters you're not used to, I'll push out the pages like a writing machine

I'll give it a catchy title, have a forward by a millionaire
It'll have a really fancy cover, on the back will be a picture of me in a chair
I'll be reviewed in the New York Times, in the paper I'll get high acclaim
I'll do a signing at the Barns and Noble write something clever then sign my name

Now there's nothing flowing in my head, my imagination lay down dead
When just a minute ago my mind was a show, now there's just a bunch of nothin instead
I need a brand new source of inspiration So I'll be a wizard with a magic soul
I'll pretend my dog is from an alien nation, and I'll turn my little brother into a troll