Grandmother's Song

Thank you. You know folks, when I was a kid, I was pretty close to my grandmother and she used to sing a song to me when I was about this high. It always meant something to me and Id like to do it for you right now because it does have meaning in todays world even . . . all these years, you know those, even during the "hip drug days" you know when everybody was supposed to be so cool and everything had double meanings and this little simple tune would keep coming back to me and I think it kinda guided me through those years and Id like to do this song for you right now, I think it might have a little meaning for you, so here it goes. Song Be courteous, kind and forgiving, Be gentle and peaceful each day, Be warm and human and grateful, And have a good thing to say. Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike, Be witty and happy and wise, Be honest and love all your neighbors, Be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant. Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus, Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent, Criticize things you dont know about, Be oblong and have your knees removed. Be tasteless, rude, and offensive, Live in a swamp and be three dimensional, Put a live chicken in your underwear, Get all excited and go to a yawning festival. O.K. everybody! Be courteous, kind and forgiving, Be gentle and peaceful each day, Be warm and human and grateful, And have a good thing to say. Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike, (O.K. everybody on this!) Be witty and happy and wise, Be honest and love all your neighbors, Be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant. (Let em hear you outside!) Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus, (Everybody sing!) Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent, Criticize things you dont know about, Be oblong and have your knees removed. (Ladies only) Be tasteless, rude, and offensive, (Now the men) Live in a swamp and be three dimensional, (Everybody) Put a live chicken in your underwear, Go into a closet and suck eggs. "You guys are going to be on a record. Maybe - someday. Not mine of course."