Bill Shontz   You Are What You Eat

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
CHORUS: You are what you eat
You are what you eat
The food you choose to chew and swallow
You become, I repeat
You are what you eat
Last night I had a crazy dream
I was in a sandwich shop
A skinny man with yellow legs
Clucked through the door and hopped
Upon the stool beside me
His feathers brushed my seat
He pecked his chicken soup and cackled
You are what you eat
That’s why squirrels act so nutty
That’s why monkeys go bananas
S’why my puppy’s always sleeping
Cause he chewed up my pajamas
And at pond side frogs are bug-eyed
Katydids are green as grass
Mary Jane at so much lettuce
She’s the head of her whole class
Her brother ate so much corn the army made him a KERNEL
CHORUS
My aunt ate too many vitamins, now
She’s hard to swallow!
You are what you eat
And my uncle drank so much soda – he POPPED!
You better mind the way you dine
Cause you are what you eat
Now in my dream I ran back home
I thought I was awake
I tried to warn my family
But I arrived too late
My dad was eating pasta
“Don’t swallow that,” I said!
To my surprise before my eyes
He grew a noodle head!
Sis had made a sandwich, “Yummy
I cried, “Sis, don’t eat that bread!”
She was looking pretty crumby
“Nothing different here,” I said
My brother ate a brussel sprout
My mom ate steak, “Oh wow!”
Brother vegetated, while
My mother had a cow! MOO!
CHORUS
My best friend at nachos all day long. He’s got a chip on
his shoulder.
You are what you eat
My girlfriend ate a crate of oranges, now she’s my
main squeeze!
The food you choose to chew and swallow
You become, I repeat
You are what you eat!
My next door neighbor ate his cookies too fast and turned in
to an Oreo Speedwagon!
You are what you eat
I like to eat mushrooms and tell jokes. I’m a real fungi.
Mind the P’s and Q’s of diet
Before you bake or boil or fry it,
Think things through before you try it
Cause you are what you eat!