FROG IN A BOX

I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD AND A CITY KID
BUT I TREASURED THE FARM WHERE MY GRANDPA LIVED
GOT TO SPEND A WEEK THAT SUMMER THERE
WITH THE GRASS UNDERFOOT AND THE SMELL OF THE COUNTRY AIR
BY THE POND ONE DAY THROWING ROCKS AT THE TREES
WELL I SAW SOMETHING MOVE UNDERNEATH SOME LEAVES
IT WAS THE FIRST REAL FROG I'D EVER SEEN BEFORE
SO I GATHERED HIM UP IN A BOX WITH A LITTLE DOOR
SO I COULD WATCH HIM SOME MORE

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I SAID WO-WO-WO-WO-WO-WO-WO
A FROG IN A BOX AND I WON'T LET HIM GO
WO-WO-WO-WO-WO-WO-WO
A FROG IN A BOX AND I WON'T LET HIM GO

WELL I TOOK HIM HOME, KEPT HIM UNDER MY BED
GAVE HIM WATER TO DRINK AND MADE SURE HE WAS FED
BUT HE NEVER DID MUCH AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY
THERE WERE TIMES THAT HE SEEMED MORE DEAD THAN HE SEEMED ALIVE
THEN A FRIEND ASKED WHAT WAS IN THE BOX ONE DAY
WHEN I TOLD HIM A FROG, WELL HE WANTED TO PLAY
HE CRIED LET'S GET HIM OUT, LET'S SEE IF HE HOPS
BUT I TOLD HIM THE FROG HAD TO STAY IN THE LITTLE BOX

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WELL MY FRIEND LOOKED LIKE HE'D GONE INTO SHOCK
HE SAID WHY HAVE YOU KEPT THE POOR FROG IN THE BOX
HAVE YOU WATCHED HIM JUMP HAVE YOU SEEN HIM SWIM
LET HIM OUT AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH HIM
I SAID OH NO MY FROG CAN'T DO ANY OF THAT
HE JUST SITS IN THE BOX EATING BUGS,GETTING FAT
AND BEFORE I COULD SAY ANY MORE
WELL MY FRIEND GRABBED THE BOX AND HE OPENED THE DOOR
AND IT FELL TO THE FLOOR AND I COULDN'T IGNORE
WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE MY EYES-I WAS QUITE SURPRISED

HE GOT OUTTA THAT BOX, HE GOT OUTTA THAT BOX
HE GOT OUTTA THAT BOX AND STARTED HOPPING AROUND
HE GOT OUTTA THAT BOX AND HE JUMPED UP AND DOWN
HE GOT OUTTA THAT BOX AND HE SWAM AND HE CROAKED
HE GOT OUTTA THAT BOX-HE EVEN DID THE BACKSTROKE
HE GOT OUTTA THAT BOX, OOH OUTTA THAT BOX

I KNEW THE FUSS COULDN'T BE GOOD FOR HIS HEALTH
QUITE A MIRACLE HE DIDN'T HURT HIMSELF
SO I STUCK HIM IN THE BOX BACK UNDER THE BED
AND IN LESS THAN A WEEK WELL THE POOR LITTLE THING WAS DEAD
HE MUST HAVE HIT HIS POOR LITTLE HEAD

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