(All)
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We took the babies we knew and the toddlers we knew,
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Said we'd like to get a slice of life from your point of view
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'Cause you cry and laugh a lot more than us older folks do
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It's a Spicer show especially for you.
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(Dave)
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The markers that I just got are non-toxic
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And my sister says the lake is quite dioxic
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I don't know what these words mean,
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I just want to play where it's clean
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But something in the backyard make my dog sick.
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Is there something you like? (squirt-gunning my dog!)
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Is there something you hate? (when my turtle ate my gerbil)
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Is it fun to take a bath (no...sometimes...yes) balbum-(yes, no, sometimes, yeah)
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Should Quebec separate?
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Well, we'll try and handle that for you
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And make a better world, so you can have kids too.
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(Mike)
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My mom is French, and she's a candy striper
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When my dad sings 'Save the Queen' she gets real hyper
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She says "Douglas, keep your paws
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Off my Notwithstanding clause"
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And they argue, and forget about my diaper (gross!)
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Is there something you like? (Jurassic Park)
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Is there something you despise? (when I ate too many crayons)
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Do you like to play with dolls? (not dolls, action figures)
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Do you have a gender bias? (my sister is three....gender biases)
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Well, we'll try to handle that for you
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And make a better world, so you can have kids too.
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(Jian)
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Hello, I'm Gabby and I just got here from Chile (welcome Gabby!)
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I like Canada, except that it is chilly
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I met Premier Bob Rae, and he ain't no Pinochet
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My mother makes a spicy bowl of chili (three rhymes!)
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Is there something you like? (squirt-gunning my Shreddies)
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Is there something you hate (reject)? (food that isn't pizza)
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What's your favourite colour? (fuschia...teal)
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Is that politically correct?
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Well, we'll try and handle that for you
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And make a better world, so you can have kids too.
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(All)
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Now the kids have held court, and we're glad to report
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That from now on we'll take orders from the young and the short
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In fact, adults should only speak up as a final resort
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When there's a grown-up problem through which one must sort
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Trust the people for whom living is a sport
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If you need us we'll be backyard in our new treefort.
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From the Liner:
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1991- In '91, the Spicer Commission gathered reflections on Canada's fragile unity.
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We put it to the overlooked toddler lobby and got this little nugget.
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(Recorded live
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by Colin Stanutz, October '93 at the Danforth Music Hall, Toronto.)
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The Kids' Song (Live)
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| Moxy Fruvous |
