Dave Malloy
Tchaikovsky’s Child’s Song
[TCHAIKOVSKY]
Hush young boy
Hush now
Put that all out of your mind
And be still
Listen:
I AM NOT MY BODY CHILD
I AM NOT MY MIND
YODEL-DAY-DEE-DAY-HO-DEE
YODEL-DAY-HEE-DO
THIS IS JUST SOME BODY CHILD
THIS IS JUST SOME MIND
YODEL-DAY-DEE-DAY-HO-DEE
YODEL-DAY-HEE-DO
AND THEY CAN WORK AGAINST ME
MY MIND CAN TRY TO SLOW ME
STOP ME
STUNT ME
MY BODY LIKES TO HURT ME
BLOCK ME
HUNT ME
HUNT ME DOWN LIKE A WOUNDED FOX
MADE SLOW WITH BOURBON
MADE FAT WITH CHOCOLATE
MADE LAZY WITH BLINKING LIGHTS
BUT THIS IS JUST SOME BODY CHILD
THIS IS JUST SOME MIND
YODEL-DAY-DEE-DAY-O
YODEL-DAY-DEE-DEE
YODEL-DAY
[RACH]
HEE-DOH
[TCHAIKOVSKY]
YODEL-DAY
[RACH]
HEE-DOH
[BOTH]
YO-DAY HEE-DOH-DEE-DAY
YODEL-DAY-HEE-DOH-DEE-DAY
[TCHAIKOVSKY]
YODEL-DAY
[RACH]
HEE-DOH
[TCHAIKOVSKY]
YODEL-DAY
[RACH]
HEE-DOH
[BOTH]
YO-DAY HEE-DOH-DEE-DAY
YODEL-DAY-HEE-DOH-DEE-DAY
[TCHAIKOVSKY]
SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE
GOD IS HIDING