Those who know me (and will go so far as to admit it!), know I'm a mom to 3 boys. Ah, motherhood has its benefits . . . which , more and more, seem to be subject to the same cuts as our provincial budget. But I digress. Even so, our day is not without its usual, familial routines. Bedtime is synonymous with storytime and songtime, in our household. Never content to "let it be", the kids and I have taken some familiar rhymes, songs and ditties and "spruced the goose", as it were, with Fruvous-related lyrics.
PIECE 'O' CAKE (sung to Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake, Bakerman)
Fru-show date? Don't hesitate,
Fruvous fan!
Call Ticketmaster
As fast as you can.
Pick it, the ticket, and
Charge it to your card.
Pencil -in your calendars,
It's not that hard!
Hickory, dickory dock.
Those Fruvous guys sure can rock!
FRU-GAL's LAMENT
If wishes were horses,
Then beggars would ride.
If Mike Ford were single
Then I'd be his bride.
But since he's entangled
With somebody else,
I still have Jian, Dave and Mur all to myself!
DAYS DAZE
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November.
February has twenty-eight alone.
All the rest have thirty one.
Excepting Leap Year, that's the time
When February has twenty-nine.
So, how does Fruvous manage to fix
Annual tour dates numbering...366 ?
SAY YER PRAYERS . . .
Mike Ford
Could sing no word.
For his life
Could drum not Jian.
Neither Dave nor Mur
Could lyrics remember.
Moxy Fruvous' collective worst dream!
SING A SONG OF SETLISTS
Sing a song of setlists,
(Apocalyptic "Fly"?)
Four enchanting Fruvi
Basked in applause.
When their show was opened
The boys began to sing . . .
Was not that their 1000th time
Singin' 'bout the Spanish King?
(ROSE)MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB-BASTE
Moxy Fruvous on the lam
Their flight? From show to show.
And everywhere that Fruvous went,
Their fans were sure to go.
Fans followed them to gigs each week,
Maps criss-crossed, to and fro.
It made the Fruguys shake their heads,
At the lengths to which fans would go.
Fans entered clubs, tho' underaged
Which was against the rules.
What did fans care? Fruvous was there.
It was worth skipping the day from school.
The bouncers tried to turn them out,
Yet these shows the fans wouldn't miss.
If they pestered Marcus long enough
They could get on the band's guest list.
MOXY DOODLE
Moxy Fruvous
Went to some town,
Riding down the highway.
Mur stuck a walkman in his ear
Listenin' to Sinatra's "I Did It My Way."
DR.FOSTER IN THE U.K.
Murray Foster
Went to Gloucester
In a shower of glory.
And what of Mike
And Jian and Dave?
Well, that's ANOTHER story!
THEIR NUMBER'S UP
One, two
Moxy who?
Three, four
Know the score.
Five, six
Fruvous kicks.
Seven, eight,
Fans can't wait.
Nine, ten,
On the road again!
FRUVOUS ANTHEM
Fruvous we sing of thee
Your creativity
Of this we sing.
Band whose popularity
Derives from their peculiarity,
You guys are quite the rarity!
Jus' keep doing your thing!
THE FRUVOUS CURSE-TERDAY
Yesterday,
Fruvous left T.O. to tour and play
Now my trouble have begun today
Since Fruvous left here
Yesterday.
Suddenly,
All that can go wrong went wrong, I'd say
It's Murphy's Law, and now I'm gonna pay
Since Fruvous left here
Yesterday.
Why they
Had to go
I don't know
They wouldn't stay.
Damn bills
Piled in hills,
How I long for
Yesterday, ay, ay, ay
Yesterday
Lucky charms can't keep bad luck at bay
I crawl under cover and then hide away
Been beleaguered since
Yesterday
La la la la la la-la.
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