Give Me Your Attention
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Christmas dinner is done!
It's time for a show on the living room floor
I make my cousin Allison sing "Michael Row the Boat Ashore."
And then I make my cousin Roddy play "Greensleeves" on the drums
Knowing full well that nobody wants
to hear "Greensleeves" on the drums
I plan all this riff raff before me
Making it harder for my family not to adore me
When I enter dressed as a lovable Christmas elf
And, oh yeah
I've given the eleven o'clock number to myself
Give me your attention please
It's what I want and what I'm looking for!
Ladys and G's your attention please!
Now that it's here I'm gonna get some more!
I take my crayons
The purples, browns, and blues
The perfect colors to draw on an attention-getting bruise
I give myself a beautiful, big black eye
And when my dad comes in I spin a lie as I cry
That this mean girl at school grabbed my arm
When I was trying to tie my shoelace
And when I pulled my hand back
I pulled it so hard that I hit myself in the face
And he believes me
And I totally got his attention
Every day after kindergarten
Mrs. Thorton picks me up
Mrs. Thorton's our next door neighbor
She gives me juice in a Dixie cup
My parents make me stay with her
I'm sure they give her money
And she's a nice enough lady
But her house smells a little funny
And she's always taking naps
So I'm always pretty bored
Through a hole in her fence
I can see my own backyard
And I wanna get there
Mrs. Thorton's snoring in the hammock
And I'm getting kinda mad
So I see this as my chance to get back at Mom and Dad
So I wander into her kitchen
I am lonely and I'm annoyed
Her linoleum floor stretches out for a mile
And I'm not leaving until I see it destroyed
I pour bleach all over the floor
Then I pour salt all over the bleach
Then I make sure the door locks
As I dance around Ms. Thorton's
The air is full of Clorox
And the ground is full of Morton's Salt
But it's not my fault that no one was paying attention
So I sneak out the front door
And I walk home to my house
And later that night my mom's washing my hair in the tub
The phone rings and then my heart stops right in mid-scrub
She leaves the bathroom for a moment, then comes back
"Did you leave Mrs. Thorton's house today?"
"No."
"Did you pour bleach and salt on her kitchen floor?"
"No."
Then she shakes her head
And she leaves me alone in the tub
And though the shampoo's dripping down
And it burns I should mention,
That it really doesn't matter cause at least I got her attention
I want more opportunities to stand out from the crowd!
"Give me your attention please!" I shout it loud and proud
I don't know why I need it or what I want attention for!
But I know that when I get it I just want attention more!
And one day what I am waiting for will finally be clear to me.
I don't know when
But I know then all this need will end