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I Can’t Sound Like a Cricket

I heard a cricket in my closet
He was making quite a riot
Everytime I peeked
That cricket sure got quiet

I tried searching with my flashlight
He was no where to be found
Every time I walked away
I heard that cricket sound

If I could talk in cricket
I was hoping to play with it
I thought that would be the ticket
But I couldn’t seem to trick it

Moo, moo, that’s not it
Hee-haw, that’s not it
Eee-eee-eee that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

Baa, that’s not it
Neigh, that’s not it
Oink, oink, oink, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

I was running late for school
So I just grabbed my jacket
Sister got in the car and screamed
“Eeew, there’s a bug, can I whack it?”

It was a beautiful little cricket
Just sitting right there on my sleeve
I rolled up the window
Hoping he wouldn’t leave

If I could talk in cricket
I was hoping to play with it
I thought that would be the ticket
But I couldn’t seem to trick it

Moo, moo, that’s not it
Hee-haw, that’s not it
Eee-eee-eee, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

Baa, that’s not it
Neigh, that’s not it
Oink, oink, oink, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

The cricket hopped up on the dashboard
There was music on the radio
His little feet started taping
He was putting on a dancing show

Two steps to the left
Three steps to the right
He hopped up and he hopped down
While we waited at the traffic light

If I could talk in cricket
I was hoping to play with it
I thought that would be the ticket
But I couldn’t seem to trick it

Moo, moo, that’s not it
Hee-haw, that’s not it
Eee-eee-eee, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

Baa, that’s not it
Neigh, that’s not it
Oink, oink, oink, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

By the time we got to school
I thought the cricket could be my friend
When I opened up the door
It was adios the end

That cricket did a back-flip right there on the lawn
I said “please don’t go”
But friends I hate to tell ya
That little guy was gone

If I could talk in cricket
I was hoping to play with it
I thought that would be the ticket
But I couldn’t seem to trick it

Moo, moo, that’s not it
Hee-haw, that’s not it
Eee-eee-eee, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

Baa, that’s not it
Neigh, that’s not it
Oink, oink, oink, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

Eee-eee, that’s not it
Aooga, that’s not it
Doogie, doogie, doogie, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket

Caw, Caw, that’s not it
Hello, that’s not it
Ding, ding, ding, that’s not it
I can’t sound like a cricket (I tried)

It’s not as easy as you’d think

©Barney Saltzberg 2007 inkless music