Up & Down Day, The
Credit: words by Jenny Heitler-Klevans, (c) 2006
Album: Family Album
Lyrics: Audiences have fun standing up whenever Jenny says "up", and sitting down whenever she says "down" - it’s more difficult than it sounds! If you try it in the car or in a wheelchair, you could sit up straight on "up" and crouch down on "down". Jenny is a one-woman percussion ensemble on this one.
Well I woke up in the morning
I fell down on the floor
I picked myself up
and headed out the door
I went down to breakfast
Eggs sunny side up
My sister was there
Drinking juice from her cup
She said, "You’ll be late!"
I said, "Please don’t get me down."
I shoveled in my eggs
and turned myself around
I headed out the door
My bus was up the block
I ran down to the bus stop
but I was out of luck
So I picked up my feet
and started on my way
but I knew deep down
it would take all day
I was walking along
Feeling like a fool
but then my Dad drove up
and brought me to school
When I got in the door
the bell was ringing late
I charged down the hall
like a bull at the gate
I slid into my seat
then the fire bell rang
I trudged up and down the hall
to the clang, clang, clang
I missed my worst class
What could I say?
Sometimes you have
an up and down day!
Well I woke up in the morning
I fell down on the floor
I picked myself up
and headed out the door
I went down to breakfast
Eggs sunny side up
My sister was there
Drinking juice from her cup
She said, "You’ll be late!"
I said, "Please don’t get me down."
I shoveled in my eggs
and turned myself around
I headed out the door
My bus was up the block
I ran down to the bus stop
but I was out of luck
So I picked up my feet
and started on my way
but I knew deep down
it would take all day
I was walking along
Feeling like a fool
but then my Dad drove up
and brought me to school
When I got in the door
the bell was ringing late
I charged down the hall
like a bull at the gate
I slid into my seat
then the fire bell rang
I trudged up and down the hall
to the clang, clang, clang
I missed my worst class
What could I say?
Sometimes you have
an up and down day!