Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 23, 2010
Transcript:
Miss Bliss: Messy Little Mary Lou, found some bubble gum to chew. Chewed it up and blew and blew, and her bubble grew and grew! Grew and grew and grew and grew, grew and grew and - Noise: BLAM! Miss Bliss: Now there's no more Mary Lou. Don't chew gum, I'm telling you! Dill: That was really lovely.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Dill, that didn’t sound too sincere….
rayannina over 14 years ago
But look, his lip is trembling … I think he was really touched.
MisterFweem over 14 years ago
I think I just wet my pants.
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
He’s gonna weep at Chopsticks…
Tancread Premium Member over 14 years ago
She plays with such intensity, if only she hadn’t left Julliard to teach at Cul de Sac Elementary.
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
What a great song! A little Googling suggests it isn’t real, but it should be! Richard Thompson and a decent song-writer could have the makings of a children’s classic for generations to come.
cdward over 14 years ago
I can already sense Raffi picking this one up!
pibfan868 over 14 years ago
I agree, Richard–this needs to be a real song (with even more verses!)
lewisbower over 14 years ago
A girl chewing gum, A cud chewing cow. What is the difference? Oh I can see now. Tis the look of intelligence, on the cud chewing cow.
Guess whose parents never bought me Bazooka Joe?
bald over 14 years ago
i see a duet in the classroom on the horizon
miss bliss and tommy fretwork
ahhhh the sounds, the lyrics
move over America’s got talent
WaitingMan over 14 years ago
Miss Bliss lets out her inner Keith Emerson.
comillsteve over 14 years ago
Alice is contemplating how many pieces of chewing gum she would need to disappear with a (BLAM!).
Richard, I love the song! Now I won’t be able to get it out of my head all day…
Stephen Beals creator over 14 years ago
I sense an instant classic around the house, and less gum to clean up.
comics4brown over 14 years ago
My grandkids would love this song! And the BLAM!! part – wow, perfect for percussion accompaniment!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
The bubble gum companies are going to love this.
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
Hmmmmm……..shes definitely no Jo Ann Castle on that piano!!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
I think Dill got frightened by the Blam.
DTJB almost 11 years ago
Alice just don’t give a ****.
MichiganMitten over 2 years ago
Kinda scary.