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Aren't there any grownups at all?

quote by William Golding
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Cousin Kevin

Cousin kevin:
Cousin kevin:
Were on our own cousin,
Were on our own cousin,
All alone cousin.
All alone cousin.
Lets think of a game to play
Lets think of a game to play
Now the grownups have all gone away.
Now the grownups have all gone away.
You wont be much fun
You wont be much fun
Being blind deaf and dumb
Being blind deaf and dumb
But Ive no one to play with today.
But Ive no one to play with today.
Dyou know how to play hide and seek?
Dyou know how to play hide and seek?
To find me it would take you a week,
To find me it would take you a week,
But tied to that chair you wont go anywhere
But tied to that chair you wont go anywhere
Theres a lot I can do to a freak.
Theres a lot I can do to a freak.
How would you feel if I turned on the bath,
How would you feel if I turned on the bath,
Ducked your head under and started to laugh.
Ducked your head under and started to laugh.
What would you do if I shut you outside,
What would you do if I shut you outside,
To stand in the rain
To stand in the rain
And catch cold so you died?
And catch cold so you died?
Im the school bully !
Im the school bully !
The classroom cheat.
The classroom cheat.
The nastiest playfriend,
The nastiest playfriend,
You ever could meet.
You ever could meet.
Ill stick pins in your fingers
Ill stick pins in your fingers
And tread on your feet...
And tread on your feet...
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
Would change your expression to one of alarm,
Would change your expression to one of alarm,

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song performed by Who
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We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

quote by Margaret Atwood
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One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

quote by Randall Jarrell
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Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunites for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.

quote by Eric Hoffer
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Four Years Old

Hey
Why'd you wake me from my nap?
I'm not in the mood
To play your games
Or sit on your lap

You
Where's my Yankees drinking glass?
I want some juice
And I want it now
So you better move your ass
And feel bad for me
'Cuz I'm just getting over a cold

I'm four years old!
I'm four years old!
I'm four years old!
Somebody better tie my shoes!

Now
I run down the hall
I scream and I yell
And I cry 'cuz I fell
Bring the rubbing alcohol

Outside
I get mud on my shoe
I come back in the house
I get it on the rug
The cleanging's up to you
And I won't take a bath
Unless you make me Spaghetti-O's

I'm four years old!
I'm four years old!
I'm four years old!
Mommy reads to me at night
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Well
I can't have a job
And I can't go to school
If no grownups are around
I can't go near the pool
I'm not alowed to climb
My neighbor's apple tree
I'm not allowed to sit
Too close to the TV
I don't know how to drive
And I don't know how to spell

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song performed by Adam Sandler
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Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They're incredibly honest. They'll tell you exactly what they think.

quote by Tim Sample
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I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway - that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants.

quote by William Joyce
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I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me.

quote by Lara St. John
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I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again.

quote by Lee Remick
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Children want to do what grownups do.

quote by Beverly Cleary
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Santa Claus

Written by john jarrad, teddy gentry, randy owen, greg fowler, linda gentry
You always come around this time of year with your big ole bag that's full of christmas cheer
And when it starts to snow the little boys and girls all know soon they'll hear the sound of your reindeer
Now sometimes grownups grow up to believe that you don't really come on
Christmas eve
But i don't think that's true 'cause i know i see you in sparking little eyes
Around the tree
Oh santa claus, i still believe in you
And there's still a kid inside of me that still believes you're true
Oh santa claus, the kids are tucked in tight
And it's time to play ole santa clause tonight
Well i don't see how anybody could ever doubt that there's really a santa
Clause.
Not if they've ever seen a little girl with her arms wrapped around her baby
Doll, so tight both of 'em waking up mama and daddy way before daylight
And grandma and grandpa are looking young and full of life, just knowin' that
Their grandkids are gonna be alright
And mama and daddy, they'll be waitin' up to answer ole santa's call.
"cause tonight they ain't worried about the bills- lord they're just lovin'
It all
Oh santa claus, i still believe in you
And there's still a kid inside of me that still believes you're true
Oh santa claus, the kids are tucked in tight
And i'll be waiting up for you tonight
Ho-ho-ho

song performed by Alabama
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The Answer

(sambora, foster)
The lightning flashed as angels
Rode fiery chargers through the clouds
That answer scared me into tears
And all the grownups laughed out loud
Now the years roll on, tired voices have all gone
Now they ride their thunder through the heavens
Theres a world in every drop of rain
Embracing oceans sweep us home again
Come along with me, come along with me
Seek the truth, you shall not find another lie
They say for every living thing
Theres a guide up in the sky
That helps you pass from world to world
So you never really die
Then with scythe and cloak
Death comes waltzing to your side
As the visions pass you ask
If there was meaning to your life
As you strain to hear the answer, spirits sing, and devils fiddle
As he bends to whisper in your hear, he leaves you one more riddle
Oh, the answer lies beyond the pain
All the questions in our minds, we surely ask in vain
Come along with me, come along with me
Seek the truth, and you shall find another life
And now my life is like a storm
Growing stronger every day
Like the unrelenting wind
That comes to blow our lives away
So I live each day like I know its my last
If there is no future there must be no past
Now I know the answers never meant a thing
And with each instant that I breathe
I feel the joy that life can bring
Come along with me, come along with me
Seek the truth, you shall not find another lie
Come along with me, come along with me
Seek the truth, you shall not find another lie

song performed by Bon Jovi
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Grownup

(carly simon)
I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown
Red roses on cotton, I stood three feet from the ground
The grownups inside used words I didnt know
But still I enjoyed the show
They looked so lovely, they looked so self-assured
And I just like them would know it all when I matured
And I wouldnt be afraid of the darkness or the bears
Or the cracks in the ceiling upstairs
Now Ive just gotten older, Ive just gotten taller
And the little ones, they call me a grownup
Lat night at a friends house a little girl was there
She stood in the doorway playing with her hair
She looked up to me as if I could do no wrong
As I got up to sing my song
I sang it with a shiver in my throat and in my knees
Feeling just as small as a thistle in a breeze
But the childs imagination carried me along
And saw me through my song
Now Ive just gotten older, Ive just gotten taller
And the little ones call me a grownup

song performed by Carly Simon
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Kisses 4 One

Verse1:
Livin in a world where love is deadly
Maybe we should look back
What went wrong?
Temptation took us all for a ride
Love was made to the beat of a perfect song
Chances are, it wasnt love at all
Chances are, the rewards were not great but small
Yet in a selfish time even the strong dont survive
Well Im lucky to be alive and lovin you
Chorus:
Kisses 4 one
Lovin for only you
Kisses 4 one
For my one and only
Kisses 4 one
Gonna love only you
All my kisses are 4 one
For you tonight
Verse2:
Little baby grownups in rehearsal
Luckily they know whats up ahead
Luxuries this day and age could not buy
Yellow, white, black, brown all seeing red
Dont you know, lust is not love at all
Dont you know, the rewards are not great but small
Thats why I kinda feel it should be only you
Well Im oh so happy, heres what Im gonna do
Give...
Chorus
Bridge:
All my love is with you
Go and tell the world
I am always oh so
Happy to be alive and lovin you

song performed by Debbie Gibson
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Lights Out

Last lights out
Theyre all abed
And somethings in my room
Creeping down towards me on the wall
Daddy said its just some flickering
Headlight through the gloom
Making shapes through trees outside the hall
But what the hell does he know?
He doesnt feel the dread
The cold restricting terror in the dark
Ive seen that silhouette before
Something the newsman said
Something about some monster in the park
Chorus:
Its you, youre the man on the tv screen
Its you front page face of the dead
Locked up in the light of day
At night come out to play
To terrorize me there above my bed
The air is still and heavy now
Theres thunder in the sky
Hes dreaming up some message he can send
Im scared completely helpless
And I think Im going to cry
Are grownups brave or do they just pretend?
His face is growing clearer
I can see his eyes glow red
My teddy bears the only friend I can feel
The shadows hand slips down the wall
And touches teddys head
I now suspect that shadow will touch me
Chorus
Repeat chorus
Its you...

song performed by Jethro Tull
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Have You Seen Jackie?

Have you seen jackie?
Hes a strange strange strange little girl
Make up on his face and his hair in curls
Have you seen jackie?
Shes a strange strange strange little boy
Her long black beard is her pride and joy
And all the children follow him around
And all the grownups try to drag her down
So we sing
Hey, leave jackie alone
Hey, his pigeons have flown
Hey, shes never at home at all these days
Leave jackie alone
Have you seen jackie?
Hes an odd odd odd little fish
To fly around is his only wish
Have you seen jackie?
Shes a queer queer queer little bird
Shy and quiet neither scene nor herd
And all the rats will follow him around
The dogs and cats will chase her from the town
And we sing
Hey, leave jackie alone
Hey, his mind is all blown
Hey, shes not on the phone at all these days
Leave jackie alone
Jackie couldnt decide if he was a girl
Or if she was a boy
Have you seen jackie?

song performed by Xtc
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What In The World?...

2032
Housewives shock in blue
What in the world is it coming to
What in the world
2033
Cannabis in tea
What in the world. acid is free
What in the world
If daddy could see today
Hed be turning in his grave
If mummy could see the way
The boys and girls and the manner in which
They talk to their parents
2034
Women fight the wars
Men are too bored, theyre scrubbing floors
Men are too bored
Theyre staying at home
Doing the chores
What in the world
Do you remember when this life
Was in perspective and the grownups were respected
Theyd give up a seat on the bus
Open your door with no fuss
2035
The whole worlds one beehive
Throw us a line you might be in time
Throw us a line
What in the world
Who gets the girl
What in the world

song performed by Xtc
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It's Christmas Day! All's Secure

Note: I don’t often put poems up that are not my own. But at the end this poem came with a request from the unknown author who wanted lots of people to read it by passing it on. As I read the poem I understood why and decide if I post it as the readership would end up worldwide. I removed the mark counter as it is not needed for this, but if want to pass this poem along please be my guest.

T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.
I'D COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE, JUST WHO, IN THIS HOME HERE DID LIVE.

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY THE MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND.
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS,

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS.
A SOBERING THOUGHT CAME TO MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY.
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN DISORDER.
NOT HOW I PICTURED A LONE BRITISH SOLDIER.

WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED.
I REALISED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

SOON ALL 'ROUND THE WORLD THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOY FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.

I COULDN'T HELP WONDERING, HOW MANY ALONE
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE.
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND I STARTED TO CRY.

THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE:
''SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE.
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE.
MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS'

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS SO SILENT AND STILL.
WE BOTH SAT AND SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHTS CHILL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD DARK NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOUR SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE

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poem by David Harris
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Oh Say. Can you see? for Friend Thad

Oh say can you see

At night, when I should be sleeping.
From my window slyly peeping
I can see the fairies dance.
I’m not afraid to take a chance
that the fairies might see me.
Because I know they are friendly.

They have no reason to fear me.
They do not mind that I can see.
Why should they mind they know quite well
there is nobody I can tell
Who would believe that I had seen
the fairies dancing on the green.

I know that grownups cannot see
what children see so easily
Though adults do not seem to mind
they do not know that they are blind.
Their childish innocence once lost
can’t be replaced at any cost.

So they dismiss as fantasy
the fairies they no longer see.
But in their blindness they insist
that fairy folk do not exist
All children in their wisdom know.
Grown ups are wrong it isn’t so.

Most adults are convinced they’re right
but some few have retained their sight.
They see the world as children see,
Accepting as reality.
the evidence of their own eyes
and you will too if you are wise.

11/04/2009
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poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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Save The Children

Save the children

Look around you and what do you see
Death, destruction, and misery.
It is not much that they ask
It is gods will and part of our task.
Save the children and let them be free
To live their lives as we.
Give them hope- don’t let them despair
Give them a helping hand and show them that we care.
As their elders we are supposed to teach them what’s right.
Give up your arms- give up the fight.
For when we are gone the problems will still be there
Affection and love is still very dear.
Save the children and let them see
That they no longer have to live in the worlds misery.
Hungry for food and hungry for love
The bird of peace is the snow white dove.
They are hiding in mountaintops and trembling with fear
Not seeing love and showing no tears.
They learn to live in this country torn apart
And in the process they lose their heart.
Is this the way we want our children to be
Grownups fighting and butchering one another
Mother, wife, sister, and brother.
Save the children is all god asks

poem by Louis Rams
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