Bill Shontz   My Books

My Books
Some people say that books
Are merely words on pages,
But I know better,
Oh I know better than that.

Of the ages gone by.
Oh I just love my books,
my books, my books.
My books are magic doors to adventure
That I can enter, oh I can enter.
My books are very special to me,
And I’ll tell you why:

I can have my own detective agency
With my best friend Nancy Drew
(“You’re a very Hardy boy”)
I can solve the toughest murder mystery
while unraveling every clue. (The butler did
it in the bathroom with a plunger!)

I can be old Tarzan back in jungle times
As I shout my mighty call (“ah-ah-ah-ah”)
I’m the very best at swinging on the vines
And I never ever fall.
(Whoops, who greased the grapevine?)
My books, my books, my books.

I can be a far out handsome surfin’ dude
And I’m in love with Betty Lee
(I love you my darling).
But she loves Brad and Brad loves Sue
and Sue’s in love with me.
(Oh I love you my darling).

I can be a cave man with a stone age axe
and a very hairy chest
(Ooga-booga, ooga-booga, ooga-booga).
When Tyrannasaurus Rex attacks
I will stand up to the test:
A. Swing my axe and get him mad
B. Jump on his back and choke him
C. Scream and run away
C!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaah


My books, my books, my books,
oh I just love my books,
oh I just love…
My books, have worlds
between their covers
and every letter says
“Let me take you there.”
Books are like a ticket to a fantasy,
I can fly away, I just love them.
I just love my books, my books
My books, my books
Oh I just love my books,etc.