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Ready to Fly

by Roger Day

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1.
Ready to Fly (Featuring The Indigo Girls) 03:32
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READY TO FLY Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com Put your left arm out - and then your right Flap your wings up and down till you take flight You’re a bird. You’re a plane. You’re a butterfly dancing in the rain And you’re ready, I can see you’re ready… CHORUS Now you’re ready to fly all around the world Yes, you’re ready to fly all around the world You can climb up real high - and then look down At all your friends they look like ants crawling on the ground You’re bug. A balloon! You’re a rocket shooting for the moon And you’re ready, I can see you’re ready… CHORUS Put your left arm out - and then your right Flap your wings up and down till you take flight You’re a bee. Buzzing by. You’re a lightning bug lighting up the sky And you’re ready, I can see you’re ready… CHORUS Tag Verse Flap your left arm then your right Now you’re flying out of sight Like a bird and like a plane A butterfly out in the rain All around this great big world Every boy and every girl All around this great big world Every boy and every girl Every boy and every girl
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It's a No No to Kiss a Rhino 02:16
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IT’S A NO-NO TO KISS A RHINO Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com If you’re traveling to the Congo And you’re walking through a meadow And you run into a Rhino Here’s a little tip that I bet you never did know It’s a No No to kiss a Rhino! It’s a No No to kiss a Rhino! And if your crazy Uncle Otto Wins a fortune on the lotto And decides to buy a Rhino Say, “Before you do there’s something that you really should know.” It’s a No No to kiss a Rhino! It’s a No No to kiss a Rhino! So remember this wherever you go From Key West to Colorado If you run into a Rhino Take a step back and politely tell him “Hello” It’s a No No to kiss a Rhino! It’s a No No to kiss a Rhino!
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Parachute Girl (featuring Nanci Griffith) 03:13
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PARACHUTE GIRL Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com CHORUS Parachute girl flies over the world When she jumps up! And out of her airplane Parachute girl flies over the world When she jumps up! And out of her airplane She’s not afraid to jump from a plane And into the sky With her parachute on and her helmet too She’s ready to fly She scares her mother & her brother half-to-death They’re holding their breath for... CHORUS She likes to pretend she’s some kind of bird Soaring high above the clouds Then she pulls the cord and her parachute Pops open - Now she’s floating Down, Down, Down, Down Gently to the ground CHORUS
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Open Up the Coconut 04:14
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OPEN UP THE COCONUT Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com You can kick it with your foot. You can throw it at the wall You can smash it on the ceiling if you’re ten feet tall Roll it off the roof underneath your Daddy’s car Gorilla’s do it all the time it can’t be hard CHORUS We gotta open up the coconut We gotta open up the coconut Everybody listen up - We gotta open up the coconut You can put it on a trampoline and bounce it to the sky Hit it with a bat then catch on the fly Give it a karate chop that’s what my brother said But don’t listen when he tells you can hit it with your head CHORUS You can let your cat scratch it. You can throw it to your dog You can leave it to the termites living underneath the log Stab it with your fork. Beat it with your spoon Bomb it with a great big water balloon CHORUS You can put it in a barrel heading for Niagra falls Give it to the Titans when they play football Drop it from a ladder saw it in half Rub it underneath your arms till everybody laughs! CHORUS You can take it to the Everglades and sink it in the swamp Let an Alligator eat it with his Alligator chomp Crush it with a wrecking ball (Maybe that’s too much!) And if you break your leg - you can beat it with your crutch CHORUS You can strap it to a rocket ship and send it the moon You can shoot it from a cannon going BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! You can load it in a catapult to scare the Visigoths Hide it in your sweater till it’s eaten by the moths CHORUS You can throw it from a helicopter down into the sea Let the swordfish serve it to the Manatee Find the nearest elephant and say “For Goodness Sake” Won’t you sit down on my coconut until the shell breaks?!” CHORUS You can swing your favorite hammer down upon a penny nail That’s what my teacher told me and she says it never fails You get a crack started then you pull it open wide Now everybody’s eating up the Coconut inside! CHORUS X2 Everybody open up the coconut Everybody open up the coconut
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Hiccupopotomus 02:55
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HICCUPOPOTOMUS Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com Deep in the jungle where the river flows There’s a great big animal that everybody knows One sad day while he was splashing around He started making this awful sound It rumbled up from his belly and it rattled his throat Like he accidentally swallowed up a sunken tugboat He tried to be polite and cover up his mouth But the sound kept coming out CHORUS Now they call him Hiccup...Hiccupopotamus Hiccup...Hiccupopotamus Hiccup...Hiccupopotamus He just can’t make ‘em stop It was such a funny sound He woke the sleeping crocodile He made the anteater and the anaconda smile The laughing Hyena laughed so hard she couldn’t breathe Still the sound just would not leave…that’s why they call him CHORUS He tried standing on his head and holding his nose While a big, furry monkey tickled all of his toes But nothing made it better nothing made it go away There was nothing you could say…except to call him CHORUS He tried blowing up balloons while he was brushing teeth While he was making funny faces at his second cousin Keith He tried to whistle underwater like a water buffalo But the sound just would not go…that’s why they call him CHORUS x 2
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Helicopter Harry 02:22
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HELICOPTER HARRY Words & Music © 1998 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com Helicopter Harry has Helicopter Hair He went to sleep just fine but woke up in the air Now he tells the weatherman if it’s cloudy or fair That’s Helicopter Harry with his Helicopter Hair Helicopter Harry he was doing all right Till he refused to take a bath one Saturday night He said, “Uh uh, No way! I’m not using shampoo!” Then he woke up in the morning with a new hairdo Now they call him Helicopter Harry with his Helicopter Hair He went to sleep just fine but woke up in the air Now he tells the weatherman if it’s cloudy or fair That’s Helicopter Harry with his Helicopter Hair Well, Helicopter Harry he was really surprised He never knew that dirty hair could make you fly So the moral of the story is sad but it’s true If you want your hair happy you’d better use shampoo... Or you could be like Helicopter Harry has Helicopter Hair He went to sleep just fine but woke up in the air Now he tells the weatherman if it’s cloudy or fair That’s Helicopter Harry with his Helicopter Hair
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Big Balloon 02:30
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BIG BALLOON Words & Music © 1994 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com If I were a big balloon Hanging in your big bedroom I could fill myself with air And maybe float away somewhere Take a trip to Timbuktu Learn to dance the boo-ga-loo There’s no telling what I’d do If I were a big balloon Oh, I could fly Across the sky Above the clouds Above the crowds Oh, I could dance with Mr. Moon If I could be a big balloon I wouldn’t need an aeroplane I wouldn’t need a speeding train I tell you with the greatest ease I could go just where I pleased Maybe go to Mexico Stop for lunch in Idaho There’s no telling what I’d see If a big balloon were me Oh, I could float Above the boats Above the seas Above the trees Oh, I could dance with Mr. Moon If I could be a big ballon Oh, I could fly Across the sky Above the clouds Above the crowds Oh, I could dance with Mr. Moon If I could be a big balloon
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Freddie Frog 02:21
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FREDDIE FROG Words & Music © 1993 Roger Day From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com Down by the water where the crawdad sleeps There’s a little green creature with the four-webbed feet He jumps in the morning. He jumps at night. He jumps till he jumps clean out of sight They call him “Mr. Freddie Frog” He rules the riverbank Sittin’ on his log When he was little you mighta called him Mr. Tadpole Living in the water of your swimming hole He sprouted some legs. He moved to the land. That’s because he’s one of those amphibians. They call him “Mr. Freddie Frog” He rules the riverbank Sittin’ on his log Now you might have heard a rumor that’s been going around That Mr. Freddie Frog sports a golden crown If you want to see it just remember this You gotta pucker up for a big frog kiss! If you think that you can catch, man, you better be quick His legs are fast. His skin is slick. You think you’ve got him cornered then you miss by a mile He’s so hard to handle, baby, that’s his style They call him “Mr. Freddie Frog” He rules the riverbank Sittin’ on his log Down by the water where the crawdad sleeps There’s a little green creature with four-webbed feet
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Monster Face! (free) 01:32
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MONSTER FACE Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com MONSTER FACE! MAKE A MONSTER FACE MAKE A MONSTER FACE MAKE A MONSTER FACE EVERYBODY IN THE HUMAN RACE MAKE A MONSTER FACE AND FREEZE! MAKE A MONSTER FACE AND FREEZE! MAKE A MONSTER FACE AND FREEZE! 1, 2, 3, 4 MONSTER FACE MAKE A MONSTER FACE MAKE A MONSTER FACE MAKE A MONSTER FACE EVERYBODY IN THE HUMAN RACE MAKE A MONSTER FACE AND FREEZE! MAKE A MONSTER FACE AND FREEZE! MAKE A MONSTER FACE AND FREEZE!
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If You Jump on Your Bed 02:15
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IF YOU JUMP ON YOUR BED Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com CHORUS If you jump on your bed You’re gonna fall on your head That’s what my Mama said If you jump on your bed You’re gonna fall on your head That’s what my Mama said She said, “It’s not a diving board It’s not a trampoline It’s not a place to bounce around Like a jumping jelly bean It’s a place for slumber It’s a place to relax So please remember this simple fact!” CHORUS She said, “It’s not a football field It’s not a ‘rassling ring It’s not a mosh pit for when Roger Day sings It’s a place to rest And to recuperate So please don’t go tempting fate!” CHORUS Well.... I didn’t pay much attention I didn’t listen very well And when my Mama wasn’t looking I went jumping for a spell And you know she was wrong I didn’t fall on the floor I went straight through the ceiling And man is my head sore! CHORUS X 2
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Gravity 03:11
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GRAVITY Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com Who keeps the cars on the highway? Who helps me sit in my chair? Who keeps my food on the table Instead of up in the air? Who threw the apple At Isaac Newton’s head? That’s when Sir Isaac got his big idea And this is what he said... CHORUS Gravity You’ve got a hold on me You keep me on the ground Instead of floating upside down Oh, gravity You’re such a friend to me I’d simply float away Without you gravity You keep my hat on my head You keep my feet on the floor You make the low tides and high tides, too You keep the waves on the shore Just what you look like Is such a mystery I’d be floating like an astronaut Without you gravity! CHORUS Oh, gravity You’re such a friend to me I’d simply float away Without you gravity
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The Goodbye Song 01:39
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THE GOODBYE SONG Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com Oh, we had alot of fun Dancing in the sun Never once complained In the middle of the rain Now it’s time to say “See you later, Alligator” “In a while Crocodile” Till we meet again My amigo friend Oh, we had alot of fun Dancing in the sun Never once complained In the middle of the rain Now it’s time to say “See you later, Alligator” “In a while Crocodile” Till we meet again My amigo friend Till we meet again My amigo friend Hope to see you soon... YOU BIG HAIRY BABOON!
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The Ketchup Song 00:47
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THE KETCHUP SONG Words & Music © 2001 Roger Day (All Rights Reserved) From the CD Ready to Fly available at RogerDay.com I like ketchup on my hot dogs Ketchup on my fries Ketchup on my corn dogs Keeps me satisfied That’s why I’m so confused When my Momma speaks How come I gotta take a nap To ketchup on my sleep? How come I gotta take a nap To ketchup on my sleep?

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A Parents' Choice Recommended CD, Roger Day's second collection of smart, interactive family music features special guests The Indigo Girls and Nanci Griffith. It was also the first of Roger's CDs to receive heavy airplay on SiriusXM Kidsplace Live, especially the songs "Parachute Girl" and "It's a No No to Kiss a Rhino".

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released May 1, 2001

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From his first job as a camp counselor to his current jam-packed concert schedule, ROGER DAY has been writing and performing, smart, interactive music that encourages kids and adults alike to SING LOUD, JUMP HIGH AND DREAM BIG! His newest CD INVINCIBLE! will help families everywhere SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND SAVE THE DAY! ... more

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