Week 42 - "There's a Tap Dancing Cow Upstairs"

I had intended to write at least one children's song for the Year of Song project, but I hadn't been inspired with any ideas in that direction.  Then the other night, when there was a commotion coming from the floor above, my wife asked, "Is there a tap dancing cow upstairs?"  And that is the inspiration for this song.

Lyrics

When I moved in, it caught me unawares.

I did not know there’s a tap dancing cow upstairs!

I cannot sleep at all while he’s up there.

I did not know there’s a tap dancing cow upstairs!

He’s not that good, but that’s alright except that

It drives me nuts the way he practices all night.

He wants to be a four-hoofed Fred Astaire

Who wears a bell.  He’s the tap dancing cow upstairs.

                                                                

(Dance Break)

Oh what to do?  My life seems so unfair!

Not a moment’s peace, with a tap dancing cow upstairs.

I’ll have to move.  It’s more than I can bear.

I just can’t stay with a tap dancing cow upstairs.

He’s not that good, but that’s alright except that

It drives me nuts the way he practices all night.

He wants to be a four-hoofed Fred Astaire

Who wears a bell.  He’s the tap dancing cow upstairs.